NAVIGATION AND CONTROL SYSTEM FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
摘要
A navigation and control system including a sensor configured to locate objects in a predetermined field of view from a vehicle. The sensor has an emitter configured to repeatedly scan a beam into a two-dimensional sector of a plane defined with respect to a first predetermined axis of the vehicle, and a detector configured to detect a reflection of the emitted beam from one of the objects. The sensor includes a panning mechanism configured to pan the plane in which the beam is scanned about a second predetermined axis to produce a three dimensional field of view. The navigation and control system includes a processor configured to determine the existence and location of the objects in the three dimensional field of view based on a position of the vehicle and a time between an emittance of the beam and a reception of the reflection of the emitted beam from one of the objects.
申请公布号
US2013131908(A1)
申请公布日期
2013.05.23
申请号
US201213715586
申请日期
2012.12.14
申请人
GRAY & COMPANY, INC;GRAY & COMPANY, INC.
发明人
TREPAGNIER PAUL GERARD;NAGEL JORGE EMILIO;KINNEY POWELL MCVAY;DOONER MATTHEW TAYLOR;WILSON BRUCE MACKIE;SCHNEIDER, JR. CARL REIMERS;GOELLER KEITH BRIAN