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US 9,534,410 B2Granted
Vehicle shuttle
AssigneeUnitronics Automated Solutions Ltd
InventorsHaim Shani, Zvi Raz
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Abstract
A vehicle shuttle car operable to travel in linear and lateral directions includes a low profile cart including a steerable front section and a rear section, the front section operable to turn left and right relative to the rear section. The rear section is operable to raise and support at least one tire of a vehicle off the ground.
Claims13
A vehicle shuttle car operable to travel in linear and lateral directions comprising:
- a low profile cart including a steerable front section and a rear section, said front section operable to turn left and right relative to said rear section, and said rear section operable to raise and support at least one tire of a vehicle off the ground;
- a plurality of sensors configured to measure distances between at least two different reference points in the vehicle and measure a location of a front and rear tires of the vehicle in relation to a ruler;
- a communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with another communication unit;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- communicate wirelessly with a controller of another shuttle car, via the communication unit;
- receive from the plurality of sensors of the shuttle car and the plurality of sensors of the other shuttle car distances between reference points on the rear and front tires of the vehicle and the location of the front and the rear tires of the vehicle in relation to the ruler;
- guide the shuttle car to a position below the vehicle with respect to the front tires;
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- control the shuttle car to be aligned with the front tires and the other shuttle car to be aligned with rear tires during transportation of the vehicle,
- wherein controlling the alignment of the shuttle car and the other shuttle car is based on the received distances between the reference points of the rear and front tires of the vehicle and the received location of the front and the rear tires of the vehicle in relation to the ruler.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.