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Position Estimation for Ground Vehicle Navigation Based on Landmark Identification/Yaw Rate and Perception of Landmarks: 8,301,374

Abstract: 

A landmark-based method of estimating the position of an AGV (autonomous ground vehicle) or conventional vehicle, which has an onboard database of landmarks and their locations coordinates. During travel, the AGV looks for and identifies landmarks. It navigates according to position estimations that are based on measured yaw rate and speed. When a landmark is encountered and recognized, its true location coordinates are looked up from the database. These true coordinates are then used to enhance position estimation accuracy between landmarks.

Patent Number: 
8,301,374
Date Of Issue: 
10/29/2012
Inventors: 

Bapiraju Surampudi; Joe Steiber