Vehicle Motion Controller Via Off-axis Beam Measurement

A light-guided vehicle comprising: a platform; an optical sensor mounted to the platform, wherein the optical sensor is configured to image off-axis scatter of a photon beam; a processing unit mounted to the platform, wherein the processing unit is communicatively coupled to the platform and to the...

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Main Authors Hammel, Stephen, Laxton, Benjamin Joel, Drexler, Kyle Robert, deGrassie, John Stephen
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 27.06.2024
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
PHYSICS
SIGNALLING
TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS
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Summary:A light-guided vehicle comprising: a platform; an optical sensor mounted to the platform, wherein the optical sensor is configured to image off-axis scatter of a photon beam; a processing unit mounted to the platform, wherein the processing unit is communicatively coupled to the platform and to the optical sensor, and wherein the processing unit is configured to monitor intensities of off-axis photons that are scattered by aerosol particles in a beam propagation path as measured by the optical sensor, and wherein the processing unit is further configured to maintain the platform within a vehicle path based on the monitored off-axis-photon intensities, wherein the vehicle path is offset from, and parallel to, the propagation path.
Bibliography:Application Number: US202218087503