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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:
Jun. 26, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 22, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Komatsu Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 2/200 ; G05D 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 2/200 ; G05D 1/00 ;
Abstract
Interference prediction apparatus is applied when an unmanned vehicle is guided within a course area based on travel position and course data, and comprises a device for inputting the form of the course area, a device for preparing course data, device for estimating error of travel position when the unmanned vehicle is operated according to course data, and a device for predicting interference between the unmanned vehicle and areas outside the course area on the basis of estimated error so that interference can be prevented when unmanned vehicles pass by each other.