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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2017
Cybernet Systems Corp., Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Glenn Beach, Grass Lake, MI (US);
Douglas Haanpaa, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Charles J. Jacobus, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Steven Rowe, Grass Lake, MI (US);
Other;
Abstract
Autonomous vehicles are capable of executing missions that abide by on-street rules or regulations, while also being able to seamlessly transition to and from 'zones,' including off-street zones, with their our set(s) of rules or regulations. An on-board memory stores roadgraph information. An on-board computer is operative to execute commanded driving missions using the roadgraph information, including missions with one or more zones, each zone being defined by a sub-roadgraph with its own set of zone-specific driving rules and parameters. A mission may be coordinated with one or more payload operations, including zone with 'free drive paths' as in a warehouse facility with loading and unloading zones to pick up payloads and place them down, or zone staging or entry points to one or more points of payload acquisition or placement. The vehicle may be a warehousing vehicle such as a forklift.