- Patent Title: Track sensors for detecting position of vehicle relative to tracks
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Application No.: US16347138Application Date: 2017-10-24
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Publication No.: US11262765B2Publication Date: 2022-03-01
- Inventor: Ingvar Hognaland , Ivar Fjeldheim , Jørgen Djuve Heggebø
- Applicant: Autostore Technology AS
- Applicant Address: NO Nedre Vats
- Assignee: Autostore Technology AS
- Current Assignee: Autostore Technology AS
- Current Assignee Address: NO Nedre Vats
- Agency: Osha Bergman Watanabe & Burton LLP
- Priority: NO20161734 20161102
- International Application: PCT/EP2017/077175 WO 20171024
- International Announcement: WO2018/082972 WO 20180511
- Main IPC: G05D1/02
- IPC: G05D1/02

Abstract:
Method and vehicle for tracking the position of a remotely operated vehicle following a set route relative to tracks laid out on a frame structure forming a grid, the vehicle having first and second sets of wheels connected to drives for moving the vehicle in corresponding x- and y-directions on the grid, the method comprising: receiving information of the number of track crossings to pass between start and stop positions in x- and y-directions according to the set route; directing sensors attached to the vehicle at the tracks along the route of the vehicle; detecting and monitoring track crossings passed when moving the vehicle in the x- and y-directions according to the set route, and transmitting a signal to a controller, controlling the drives of the wheels of the vehicle, when the number of track crossings passed is close to the total number of track crossings to pass between the start and stop positions in respective x- and y-directions along the set route.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200064854A1 TRACK SENSORS FOR DETECTING POSITION OF VEHICLE RELATIVE TO TRACKS Public/Granted day:2020-02-27
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