Method of determining an acquisition guidance path for a vehicle and an acquisition guidance path system for a vehicle
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorAlex J. Nykamp
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Abstract
A system and method of determining an acquisition guidance path of a vehicle includes defining a desired guidance path for travel by the vehicle, determining a first acquisition factor of the acquisition guidance path between the vehicle and the desired guidance path, determining a second acquisition factor defining a ratio between a heading error and a lateral error of the acquisition guidance path, and calculating the acquisition guidance path based on the first acquisition factor and the second acquisition factor to control travel of the vehicle to the desired guidance path.
Claims20
A method of determining an acquisition guidance path of a vehicle, the method comprising:
- defining a desired guidance path for travel by the vehicle;
- determining a first acquisition factor of the acquisition guidance path between the vehicle and the desired guidance path;
- determining a second acquisition factor defining a ratio between a heading error and a lateral error of the acquisition guidance path;
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- calculating the acquisition guidance path based on the first acquisition factor and the second acquisition factor to control travel of the vehicle to the desired guidance path.
An acquisition guidance path system for a vehicle, the system comprising:
- a location-determining receiver configured to determine the location of the vehicle;
- a data storage device configured to provide a desired guidance path for travel by the vehicle, a first acquisition factor of an acquisition guidance path between the vehicle and the desired guidance path, and a second acquisition factor defining a ratio between a heading error and a lateral error of the acquisition guidance path;
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- an electronic data processor configured to calculate the acquisition guidance path based on the first acquisition factor and the second acquisition factor to control travel of the vehicle to the desired guidance path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.