Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Auto docking method for application in heavy trucks
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Application No.: US15778020Application Date: 2016-11-23
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Publication No.: US11052944B2Publication Date: 2021-07-06
- Inventor: Thierry Kabos , Rudolf Geert Maria Huisman , Albertus Clemens Maria Van Der Knaap
- Applicant: DAF Trucks N.V.
- Applicant Address: NL Eindhoven
- Assignee: DAF Trucks N.V.
- Current Assignee: DAF Trucks N.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Eindhoven
- Agency: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- Priority: NL2015843 20151123
- International Application: PCT/NL2016/050820 WO 20161123
- International Announcement: WO2017/091066 WO 20170601
- Main IPC: B62D15/02
- IPC: B62D15/02 ; B60T7/18 ; G05D1/02 ; G01S17/42 ; G08G1/16

Abstract:
It is aimed to provide a method for guiding of a motor vehicle on the basis of image data, particularly when manoeuvring trucks toward docking stations by a docking controller coupled to a steering system, comprising: identifying, by the docking controller the vehicle's current position; receiving a collision free path; and manoeuvring the vehicle by said docking controller according to said free path, wherein the vehicle's current position is identified by means of an off board vehicle scanner that is mounted in a fixed position relative to the dock station; wherein said vehicle scanner produces scan data signifying a set that are analyzed to identify a reference point of the vehicle and a vehicle's orientation; wherein said reference point and vehicle orientation are transmitted to the docking controller to update the vehicle's current position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180346029A1 AUTO DOCKING METHOD FOR APPLICATION IN HEAVY TRUCKS Public/Granted day:2018-12-06
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