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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 1990
Filed:
Jul. 23, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert D Dyer, Richland, WA (US);
Eugene A Eschbach, Richland, WA (US);
Jeffrey W Griffin, Kennewick, WA (US);
Michael A Lind, Durham, OR (US);
Erville C Buck, Eugene, OR (US);
Roger L Buck, Springfield, OR (US);
Assignee:
Battelle Memorial Institute, Richland, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
318587 ; 36442401 ; 180168 ; 180169 ;
Abstract
An automatically guided vehicle system for steering a vehicle. Optical sensing detects an image of a segment of track mounted above the path of the vehicle. Electrical signals corresponding to the position of the track are generated. A control circuit then converts these signals into movements for the steering of the vehicle.