CONTROL APPARATUS OF UNMANNED AUTONOMOUS OPERATING VEHICLE

• Main Authors: KAWAKAMI TOSHIAKI, YAMAMURA MAKOTO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 22.08.2013
• Subjects: ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT OR PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLEDVEHICLES; ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES, IN GENERAL; MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus for controlling an unmanned autonomous operating vehicle which is configured such that a fine view of an operating area is not impaired by trajectories during return to a charging device so as to charge a battery, the apparatus for controlling the unmanned autonomous operating vehicle being configured to drive an operating machine to operate by an electric motor mounted on the vehicle body and supplied with power from a battery.SOLUTION: In an unmanned autonomous operating vehicle traveling in an operating area by driving wheels using a prime mover and concurrently driving an operating machine (blade) to work by an electric motor, the intensity of a magnetic field of an area wire disposed on an peripheral edge of a work area is detected (S24), a spaced distance from the area wire is detected based on the detected intensity of the magnetic field (S26), and a different one of a plurality of returning travel trajectories (set trajectories 1 to 4) set in advance with respect to spaced distances from the area wire is selected, whenever the vehicle is to be returned to a charger installed in the operating area for charging a battery (S36 to S40).