发明名称 |
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DESCRIBING, GENERATING AND CHECKING NON-WIRE GUIDEPATHS FOR AUTOMATIC GUIDED VEHICLES |
摘要 |
A method and system for controlling the movement of one or more automatic guided vehicles includes a system controller, a number of non-wire automatic guided vehicles (AGV's) and location markers positioned on a floor. The system controller serves as a dispatcher and traffic controller for the syst em, providing, in one embodiment, two way wireless communication to each AGV in the system. Each AVG is equipped with a navigation and guidance system for controlling the AGV's movement along a predefined guidepath. Differential X, Y-coordinales from a path point database stored in the system controller are communicated to a given AGV which can then follows the predefined guidepath. communicating just the differential X, Y-coordinates allows for improved control over systems utilizing a large number of AGV's. |
申请公布号 |
CA2244668(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
1999.03.03 |
申请号 |
CA19982244668 |
申请日期 |
1998.08.11 |
申请人 |
JERVIS B. WEBB COMPANY |
发明人 |
ALOFS, CORNELL W.;DRENTH, RONALD R.;DRENTH, JUSTIN R. |
分类号 |
G08G1/09;G05D1/02;G06F17/00;G06F19/00 |
主分类号 |
G08G1/09 |
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