Procedure and system for driving a vehicle
AssigneeJeumont-Schneider Corporation
InventorsAlain D. Virnot, Simon A. Cynober
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Abstract
Procedure and system for driving a vehicle required to travel repeatedly over the same path, in which procedure at least some elements of the vehicle are operated in accordance with prerecorded information. According to the invention, the information relates to the operations to be performed on or by such elements in relation to the position of the vehicle on its path; and the elements are operated on the basis of such information in the light of the vehicle's instantaneous position with a correction for instantaneous vehicle speed and the response time of the elements.
Claims23
A driverless method for operating a vehicle along a path comprising the steps of:
- a. storing information pertaining to operation of several elements of the vehicle in relation to the vehicle's position on the path;
- b. sensing data related to the vehicle's position along the path,
- c. automatically operating one of said elements responsive to the sensed data and to the stored information, and
- d. correcting said operating step in accordance with vehicle speed and response time of said elements.
An automated, driverless system for operating elements of a vehicle comprising:
- a. position sensing means providing a signal representing the vehicle's position along a path;
- b. computing means receiving said position signal for calculating an anticipated vehicle position;
- c. storage means receiving said anticipated vehicle position from said computing means, said storage means containing information pertaining to actions to be taken by an element related to the anticipated position of a vehicle;
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- d. means for regulating such an element responsive to information obtained from said storage means.
An automated system for operating elements of a vehicle comprising:
- a. position sensing means providing a signal representing the vehicle's position along a path;
- b. computing means for calculating an anticipated vehicle position;
- c. storage means receiving said anticipated vehicle position from said computing means, said storage means containing information pertaining to actions to be taken by an element related to the anticipated position of the vehicle;
- d. means for providing a signal representative of reaction time of an element being regulated;
- e. said computing means receiving said position signal and said reaction time signal;
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- f. means for regulating such an element responsive to information obtained from said storage means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.