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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015

Filed:

Apr. 30, 2010
Applicants:

Eric Nettleton, Research, AU;

Ross Hennessy, Budgewoi, AU;

Hugh Durrant-whyte, Rozelle, AU;

Ali Haydar Göktogan, Belrose, AU;

Surya P N Singh, Brisbane, AU;

Inventors:

Eric Nettleton, Research, AU;

Ross Hennessy, Budgewoi, AU;

Hugh Durrant-Whyte, Rozelle, AU;

Ali Haydar Göktogan, Belrose, AU;

Surya P N Singh, Brisbane, AU;

Assignee:

The University of Sydney, The University of Sydney, New South Wales, AU;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 23/02 (2006.01); G05B 19/414 (2006.01); E21C 41/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/4148 (2013.01); E21C 41/26 (2013.01); G05B 2219/33342 (2013.01);
Abstract

A hierarchical control system () for supervising operations of an autonomous operator located within a defined geographical region containing a localized zone having an operation-defined boundary. The control system () has a primary controller () associated with the defined geographical region and a secondary controller () associated with the localized zone. The secondary controller () is responsive to the supervisory control of the primary controller (). The autonomous operator, if located within the localized zone, is responsive to the supervisory control of the secondary controller ().


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