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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2022
Schaeffler Technologies Ag & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Martin Kram, Gerolzhofen, DE;
Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Abstract
A method for determining a direction of travel and/or a change in position and/or a speed of a driverless transport vehicle (), which has an optical sensor () directed to a ground (), on which the driverless transport vehicle () is traveling, wherein a) measurement data is acquired by means of the optical sensor (), and b) the direction of travel of the driverless transport vehicle () and/or a change in position and/or a speed of the driverless transport vehicle () is/are determined by an evaluation unit () in the driverless transport vehicle () based on the acquired measurement data. A driverless transport vehicle and a method for operating a driverless transport vehicle are also provided along with a driverless transport system.