Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Leader-follower fully autonomous vehicle with operator on side
- Patent Title (中): 领导追随者完全自主的车辆,操作员在一边
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Application No.: US12208659Application Date: 2008-09-11
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Publication No.: US08229618B2Publication Date: 2012-07-24
- Inventor: Jonathan Louis Tolstedt , Noel Wayne Anderson
- Applicant: Jonathan Louis Tolstedt , Noel Wayne Anderson
- Applicant Address: US IL Moline
- Assignee: Deere & Company
- Current Assignee: Deere & Company
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Moline
- Agency: Yee & Associates, P.C.
- Agent Jeremy J. Westlake
- Main IPC: G01C22/00
- IPC: G01C22/00 ; G05D1/00

Abstract:
The illustrative embodiments provide a method and apparatus for controlling movement of a vehicle. Movement of an operator located at a side of the vehicle is identified with a plurality of sensors located in the vehicle and the vehicle is moved in a path that maintains the operator at the side of the vehicle while the operator is moving.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100063663A1 LEADER-FOLLOWER FULLY AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE WITH OPERATOR ON SIDE Public/Granted day:2010-03-11
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