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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2009
Applicants:
Lev B. Rapoport, Moscow, RU;
Alexander V. Pesterev, Moscow, RU;
Inventors:
Lev B. Rapoport, Moscow, RU;
Alexander V. Pesterev, Moscow, RU;
Assignee:
Javad GNSS, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01B 69/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for operating a vehicle under manual or automatic steering mode is disclosed herein. An estimation of an attraction domain of stability is calculated for the vehicle using the vehicle's current position and orientation information relative to a target trajectory. If an unstable estimation of the attraction domain is determined, then the vehicle is operated in manual mode under control of an operator.