Weight-based decoy system with a path controller
AssigneeSera Engenierie
InventorsFrancois-Sylvain Crosnier, Rudy Southway
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Abstract
Method and device for steering a convoy (1) having a follower vehicle (2) to be protected and a weight-based decoy system (4), this method and these device being relative to the following steps: steering a controller of yaw-wise direction of the weight-based decoy system (4) depending on a route to follow, the weight-based decoy system (4) defining a safe track that is made so by passage of at least one axle-and-wheels assembly (5) suitable for exerting pressure on the ground; steering the follower vehicle (2) so that its wheels follow a path that falls on the safe track defined by the weight-based decoy system (4).
Claims16
A method for steering a convoy (1) comprising a following vehicle (2) to be protected and a weight-based mine-clearing system (4), the method comprising the following steps:
- steering a yaw-direction steering command of the weight-based mine-clearing system (4) on the basis of a route to be followed, the weight-based mine-clearing system (4) defining a lane made safe by the passage of at least one wheelset (5) designed to apply pressure to the ground;
- steering the following vehicle (2) so wheels follow a path falling inside said safe lane defined by the weight-based mine-clearing system (4);
- wherein the step of steering the following vehicle (2) comprises a step of commanding the yaw direction of the following vehicle (2) by a steering actuator (18) of the following vehicle (2), the steering actuator (18) being commanded by a steering computer (17) connected to at least one environment sensor (19) of the following vehicle (2) and designed to steer the path of the following vehicle (2) so that the wheels of the following vehicle (2) fall inside the safe lane defined by the weight-based mine-clearing system (4).
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