发明名称 APPARATUS FOR GUIDING AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE TOWARDS A DOCKING STATION
摘要 An apparatus for guiding an autonomous vehicle towards a docking station comprising an autonomous vehicle provided with a camera-based sensing system, a drive system for driving the autonomous vehicle, and a control system for controlling the drive system. The apparatus further includes a docking station including a first fiducial marker and a second fiducial marker, wherein the second fiducial marker is positioned on the docking station to define a predetermined relative spacing with the first fiducial marker, wherein the control system is operable to receive an image provided by the camera-based sensing system, the image including a representation of the first and second fiducial markers, and to control the drive system so as to guide the autonomous vehicle towards the base station based on a difference between the representation of the first and second fiducial markers in the received image and the predetermined relative spacing between the first and second fiducial markers.
申请公布号 WO2014181083(A1) 申请公布日期 2014.11.13
申请号 WO2014GB51289 申请日期 2014.04.25
申请人 DYSON TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 发明人 ALDRED, MICHAEL;EDWARDS-PARTON, SIMON
分类号 G05D1/02;G06T7/00 主分类号 G05D1/02
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