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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Lely Patent N.v., Maassluis, NL;
Jan Martinus Van Kuilenburg, Maassluis, NL;
Karel Van Den Berg, Maassluis, NL;
Lely Patent N.V., Maassluis, NL;
Abstract
A system and method for control of the system, with a plurality of autonomous vehicles having intersecting routes, a control, an operational area, and a predefined place with positions provided with a vehicle presence detection device. The method includes detecting the presence of the vehicles in a detection device, and beginning to travel with a first vehicle according to a travel action. The travel action is chosen from travelling of a route through the operational area from a predefined place, and an advancing action within a predefined place from a first detection device to a second detection device which is not yet occupied. Beginning to travel is carried out only if each of the vehicles has been detected as present at one of the predefined places, or, at most one vehicle has the status 'not present at one of the predefined places' if the travel action relates to an advancing action.