Guidance of a transport vehicle to a loading point
AssigneeCeption Technologies Ltd.
InventorsYossef Israel BUDA, Tal ISRAEL
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Abstract
A vehicle onboard guidance system includes a guidance unit having a communications module. A processor is configured to receive from one or more sensors sensed data of at least a topography of an environment of a vehicle on which the guidance unit is installed. The sensed data is analyzed to generate a map of the environment based on the received sensed data and share, via the communications module, the generated map with another vehicle onboard guidance system, to register the topography with a map of the environment that was received, via the communications module, from another vehicle onboard guidance system, or to modify a map that was received from another vehicle onboard guidance system.
Claims21
A vehicle onboard guidance system comprising:
- a guidance unit comprising:
- a communications module;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- receive from one or more sensors sensed data of at least a topography of an environment of a vehicle on which the guidance unit is installed;
- analyze the sensed data to perform one or more of:
- generate a map of the environment based on the received sensed data and share, via the communications module, the generated map with another vehicle onboard guidance system;
- register the topography with a map of the environment that was received, via the communications module, from another vehicle onboard guidance system;
- and
- generate an updated map by modifying a map of the environment that was received, via the communications module, from another vehicle onboard guidance system.
A guidance method comprising:
- receiving, by a processor of a vehicle onboard guidance system from one or more sensors, sensed data of at least a topography of an environment of a vehicle on which the guidance unit is installed;
- analyzing, by the processor, the sensed data to perform one or more of:
- generating a map of the environment based on the received sensed data and share, via the communication module, the generated map with another vehicle onboard guidance system;
- registering the topography with a map of the environment that was received, via the communication module, from another vehicle onboard guidance system;
- and
- generating an updated map by modifying a map of the environment that was received, via the communications module, from another vehicle onboard guidance system.
A method comprising
- providing to each of a plurality of vehicles operating at a site a vehicle onboard guidance system comprising:
- a guidance unit comprising:
- a communication module;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- receive from one or more sensors sensed data of at least a topography of an environment of a vehicle on which the guidance unit is installed;
- analyze the sensed data to perform one or more of:
- generate a map of the environment based on the received sensed data and share, via the communication module, the generated map with another vehicle onboard guidance system;
- register the topography with a map of the environment that was received, via the communication module, from another vehicle onboard guidance system;
- and
- generate an updated map by modifying a map of the environment that was received, via the communications module, from another vehicle onboard guidance system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.