System for guiding a vehicle

The control system for agricultural and construction vehicles comprises a data storage unit (18) which contains height and position data for the area being worked on. A detector (12) measures the position of the vehicle and a data processing unit (20) calculates roll and pitch angles for the vehicle...

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Main Authors PICKETT, TERENCE DANIEL, HAN, SHUFENG, REID, JOHN FRANKLIN
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 24.04.2013
Subjects
AGRICULTURE
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
CONTROLLING
FISHING
FORESTRY
GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HUNTING
MEASURING
MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS
NAVIGATION
PARTS, DETAILS, OR ACCESSORIES OF AGRICULTURAL MACHINES ORIMPLEMENTS, IN GENERAL
PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY
PHYSICS
REGULATING
SOIL WORKING IN AGRICULTURE OR FORESTRY
SURVEYING
SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES
TESTING
TRAPPING
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Summary:The control system for agricultural and construction vehicles comprises a data storage unit (18) which contains height and position data for the area being worked on. A detector (12) measures the position of the vehicle and a data processing unit (20) calculates roll and pitch angles for the vehicle and steers it in the correct direction based on these values.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20040105338