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Guidance system

CA 1238103 A · Owner: Hitachi, Ltd. · Inventors: Kamejima, Kohji; Ogawa, Yuriko

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A guidance system is described in which a mobile object, such as a robot, is guided along a path within a predetermined environment. It comprises first memory means to store prediction patterns of objects within the environment, second memory means to store an extraction sequence of the prediction patterns of the objects stored in said first memory means, a control device which compares for matching the prediction pattern obtained from said first and second memory means and a feature pattern obtained from an observed image, on the basis of positional information of the mobile object, and which delivers a guidance signal to the mobile object so as to diminish a difference between both the …

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  • Granted June 14, 1988. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended June 14, 2005.
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FiledFebruary 6, 1986
GrantedJune 14, 1988
Term endedJune 14, 2005
Patent numberCA 1238103 A
Classification (IPC)G05D1/02 +2 more

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedFeb 6, 1986Patent grantedJune 14, 1988Term endedJune 14, 2005

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