Autonomous roving vehicle management using laser barriers
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsMarc H. Coq, William J. Green
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Abstract
Methods, systems and computer program products for defining a functional area of operation of an autonomous roving vehicle with laser barriers are provided. Aspects include one or more laser barriers. Aspects also include a controller configured to selectively activate and/or deactivate a selection of the one or more laser barriers to define a functional area. Aspects also include an autonomous roving vehicle including one or more sensors capable of detecting a laser barrier. The autonomous roving vehicle being configured to autonomously rove within the functional area and change direction to remain within the functional area upon detecting a laser barrier.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- activating, by a controller, a group of one or more laser barriers to define a functional area;
- activating an autonomous roving vehicle comprising one or more sensors capable of detecting a laser barrier, the autonomous roving vehicle being configured to autonomously rove within the functional area and change direction to remain within the functional area upon detecting a laser barrier.
A system comprising:
- one or more laser barriers;
- a controller configured to selectively activate and/or deactivate a selection of the one or more laser barriers to define a functional area;
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- an autonomous roving vehicle comprising one or more sensors capable of detecting a laser barrier, the autonomous roving vehicle being configured to autonomously rove within the functional area and change direction to remain within the functional area upon detecting a laser barrier.
A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith the program instructions executable by a computer processor to cause the computer processor to perform a method comprising:
- activating, by a controller, a group of one or more laser barriers to define a functional area;
- activating an autonomous roving vehicle, the autonomous roving vehicle being configured to autonomously rove within the functional area, the autonomous roving vehicle comprising one or more sensors capable of detecting a laser barrier, the autonomous roving vehicle being configured to change direction to remain within the functional area upon detecting a laser barrier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.