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US 10,761,531 · App. 15/805,644 · Granted Sep 1, 2020

Guidance control system for autonomous-traveling vehicle

Inventors: Keiji Matsumoto (Osaka, JP); Hidekazu Niu (Osaka, JP); Prashantkumar Bipinchandra Vora (Pune, IN); Rituraj Shrivastava (Pune, IN); Manuj Sharma (Pune, IN); Soumyo Das (Pune, IN)
Assignee: KPIT TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
G05D1/0088G01S19/45G05D1/0055G05D1/0212G05D1/0278G05D1/0891A01B69/008G05D2201/0201
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Patent No.
US 10,761,531
App. No.
15/805,644
Granted
Sep 1, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention is an induction control system for an autonomous-traveling vehicle that performs traveling and work autonomously while measuring the position of the traveling vehicle by using a satellite positioning system, the induction control system being characterized by, when the autonomous-traveling vehicle is moved backward, setting a virtual antenna position more backward, by a predetermined distance, than the antenna position of the satellite positioning system, and performing a lateral control by using a lateral deviation from a target path at the virtual antenna position. This makes it possible to travel along a pre-designed target path during a forward movement, turning, and a backward movement of the autonomous-traveling vehicle.

Claims (13)

1. A guidance control system for an autonomous vehicle, the guidance control system comprising:

an antenna position compensation module for providing guidance control signal to the autonomous vehicle during selection of a virtual antenna position;

a vehicle navigation module for providing guidance control signal to track the navigation of the autonomous vehicle based on pre-defined path data; and

a lateral control module connected to the antenna position compensation module for controlling a lateral error,

wherein the autonomous vehicle performs an autonomous navigation and operation while a position of the autonomous vehicle is measured using a satellite navigation system, and

wherein when the autonomous vehicle moves backward, the virtual antenna position is set in a backward position by a predetermined distance from an antenna position for receiving a signal from the satellite navigation system, and a lateral control is performed using the lateral error from a pre-defined path at the virtual antenna position.

2. The guidance control system according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a heading control module connected to the autonomous vehicle navigation module for controlling heading error by correcting the difference between desired heading and actual heading of the autonomous vehicle; and

an yaw rate control module connected to the lateral control module and the heading control module for providing a steer control signal.

3. The guidance control system according to claim 2 further comprising a feed forward control module connected to the autonomous vehicle navigation module for correcting deviation from the pre-defined path due to discontinuity of curvature.

4. The guidance control system according to claim 1 , wherein when the autonomous vehicle moves forward, the virtual antenna position is set in a forward position by a predetermined distance from the antenna position for receiving the signal from the satellite navigation system, and the lateral control is performed using the lateral error from the pre-defined path at the virtual antenna position.

5. The guidance control system according to claim 1 , wherein when lateral deviation or heading deviation from the pre-defined path exceeds beyond a certain limit, the autonomous vehicle is stopped and the autonomous navigation is stopped.

6. The guidance control system according to claim 1 , wherein the autonomous navigation of the autonomous vehicle is stopped by an override control operation using a remote control, and the autonomous navigation is restarted from the stopped position.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 7, 2017
From: MATSUMOTO, KEIJI; NIU, HIDEKAZU; VORA, PRASHANTKUMAR BIPINCHANDRA; SHRIVASTAVA, RITURAJ; DAS, SOUMYO
To: KPIT TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
Reel/Frame 044054/0563 →
Priority Claims (1)
IN 1824/MUM/2015 · May 7, 2015 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2015084338 · Dec 7, 2015
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