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Patent No.:

US 9063550 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015

Filed:

Jul. 23, 2013

Variable offset positioning antenna array for enhanced guidance of automated guided vehicles (agvs)

Applicant:

Boomerang Systems, Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Stott Barwick, Smithfield, UT (US);

Merin Swasey, North Logan, UT (US);

Lance Beeny, Cove, UT (US);

John A. M. Petersen, Providence, UT (US);

Assignee:

Boomerang Systems, Inc., Floeham Park, NJ (US);

Attorney:

Graham Curtin, P.A.

Primary Examiner:

Kim T Nguyen

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 22/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2006.01); B60K 17/30 (2006.01); B62D 5/04 (2006.01); B62D 7/02 (2006.01); E04H 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0297 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01); B60K 17/30 (2013.01); B62D 5/0418 (2013.01); B62D 7/026 (2013.01); G05D 1/0265 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0216 (2013.01); E04H 6/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

An automated guided vehicle (AGV) adapted to follow a guide wire or the like, the AGV comprising at least one antenna in communication with a master control system and having a programmable microprocessor that enables the AGV to dynamically assume a linear, angular or skewed offset position relative to the guide wire or the like in accordance with instructions provided by the control system.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Barwick, Stott. (2015). Variable offset positioning antenna array for enhanced guidance of automated guided vehicles (agvs) (U.S. Patent No. 9063550). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9063550

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