A path planner and method for planning a path plan having a spiral component
CA 2595427 C · Owner: Gray, Sarah Ann · Inventors: Hansen, Shane Lynn; Flann, Nicholas Simon; Gray, Sarah Ann
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A method and path planner (10) for planning a path of a vehicle comprising a perimeter training module (14) for identifying a border of a region associated with a work area. A definer (26) for defining a reference row having a reference path that tracks at least a majority of the border. A generator (30) generates tracking rows that track the reference row. The tracking rows comprise at least one inner tracking row and an outer tracking row. Each inner tracking row having at least one inner curve with a lesser radius than an outer tracking row having a corresponding outer curve with a greater radius.
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- Filed December 13, 2005 and granted October 15, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 13, 2025.
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