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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mark Edward Nichols, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Trimble Navigation, Ltd., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 5/02 ; H04B 7/185 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 5/02 ; H04B 7/185 ;
Abstract
A method of guiding a vehicle in adjacent swaths across terrain that may slope comprising the steps of: (1) determining the tilt of the vehicle with respect to Earth due to a slope of the terrain; (2) determining the position with respect to Earth of a predetermined location that is fixed relative to the vehicle; and (3) using the tilt and position determinations to provide information for guiding the vehicle to prevent gaps and overlaps between adjacent swaths as the slope changes.