Guidance, navigation, and control system for a vehicle
CA 2616613 C · Owner: Macdonald, Dettwiler And Associates Inc. · Inventors: Marshall, Joshua A.; Mukherji, Raja; Ward, Robert S.
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The present invention provides a guidance navigation, and control method and , system for an underground mining vehicle that allow said vehicle to be taught a route by a human operator and then have it automatically drive the route with no human intervention. The method works in three steps: teaching route , profiling, and playback. In the teaching step the vehicle is manually driven by a operator (or using tele-operation whereby the operator views a screen displaying live views from vehicle-mounted cameras and using remote controls) along a route which can consist of an arbitrary sequence of maneuvers including tramming forwards, switching directions tramming backwards, turning, or …
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- Filed July 26, 2006 and granted October 22, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 26, 2026.
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