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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:
Mar. 04, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ulrich Licht, Troisdorf, DE;
Assignee:
GMD Forschungszentrum Informationstechnik GmbH, Sankt Augustin, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 2/200 ; G05D 1/00 ; G06F 1/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 2/200 ; G05D 1/00 ; G06F 1/900 ;
Abstract
An autonomous navigating system with obstacle recognition or a method for handling obstacles for an autonomous navigating comprises a sensor having a contact element prestressed in the direction of movement and movable against the prestressed force and a detector measuring the change in position of the contact element, and an evaluating device connected with the sensor which causes the system to stop when the sensor signal is greater or equal to a limit value (U ), and which causes the system to stop, move around the obstacle or move on and thereby displace the obstacle, when the sensor signal is lower than the limit value (U ).