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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2002
Masaki Mori, Kawasaki, JP;
Komatsu Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A travel controlling apparatus of an unmanned vehicle provided with a GPS receiver ( ) receiving a GPS signal so as to position a position of a vehicle, an autonomous navigation computing device ( ) positioning a position and an azimuth of the vehicle on the basis of a traveling direction and distance of the vehicle, a position measuring portion ( ) calculating a present position and azimuth, and a travel controlling portion ( ) controlling the vehicle travel. The travel controlling apparatus is provided with a roadside zone distance measuring device ( ) for measuring a distance from the vehicle to a roadside zone ( ) provided in a side of the traveling path ( ), and the present position and azimuth is determined on the basis of the roadside zone distance measured by the roadside zone distance measuring device ( ).