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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2013
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Yamamura, Wako, JP;
Toshiaki Kawakami, Wako, JP;
Atsushi Moroi, Wako, JP;
Kenta Kawanishi, Wako, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an apparatus for guiding an unmanned autonomous operating vehicle having an electric motor supplied with power from a battery () for operating a lawn mower blades, other electric motors for driving wheels, and two magnetic sensors attached at the front for detecting intensity of a magnetic field of an area wire and controlled to run about in an operating area defined by the area wire to perform operation and to return to a charging device installed on the area wire so as to charge the battery, the area wire is laid with an offset to right or left when viewed in a plane such that the vehicle is turned from a straight-running position to a direction of the offset and then is returned to the straight-running position when the vehicle runs to be connected to the charging device, thereby guiding the vehicle to the charging device.