Apparatus for guiding an autonomous vehicle towards a docking station

An apparatus for guiding an autonomous vehicle towards a docking station comprising an autonomous vehicle provided with a camera-based sensing system, a drive system for driving the autonomous vehicle, and a control system for controlling the drive system. The apparatus further includes a docking st...

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Hauptverfasser:	ALDRED MICHAEL, EDWARDS-PARTON SIMON
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CALCULATING COMPUTING CONTROLLING COUNTING IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL PHYSICS REGULATING SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES
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Zusammenfassung:	An apparatus for guiding an autonomous vehicle towards a docking station comprising an autonomous vehicle provided with a camera-based sensing system, a drive system for driving the autonomous vehicle, and a control system for controlling the drive system. The apparatus further includes a docking station including a first fiducial marker and a second fiducial marker, wherein the second fiducial marker is positioned on the docking station to define a predetermined relative spacing with the first fiducial marker, wherein the control system is operable to receive an image provided by the camera-based sensing system, the image including a representation of the first and second fiducial markers, and to control the drive system so as to guide the autonomous vehicle towards the base station based on a difference between the representation of the first and second fiducial markers in the received image and the predetermined relative spacing between the first and second fiducial markers.