Method and device for steering vehicle having no contact with track
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Jul 20, 2010
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Sep 7, 2006
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Oct 30, 2003
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Abstract
A rail non-contact vehicle includes wheels, a vehicle main body supported by the wheels, and a steering control system. The steering control system includes a control section configured to control a steering of the wheels in a non-mechanical manner, and a drive section configured to mechanically drive the steering of the wheels. The control section includes a first detector configured to detect 1-dimensional coordinate data of a target route, a steering angle holding section configured to hold a target steering angle corresponding to the 1-dimensional coordinate data, a second detector configured to detect a current deviation between the target route and a current position of the vehicle main body, and a control steering angle calculating section configured to generate a control steering angle corresponding to the current deviation and the target steering angle.
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- 15 United States
- 10 France
- 8 Japan
- 7 China
- 5 Korea
- 2 Other
Patent Owner(s)
Patent Owner | Address | |
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MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING LTD | 3-1 MINATOMIRAI 3-CHOME NISHI-KU YOKOHAMA-SHI KANAGAWA 220-8401 |
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- 2003 Application Filing Year
- B61J Class
- 10 Applications Filed
- 5 Patents Issued To-Date
- 50 % Issued To-Date
Inventor(s)
Inventor Name | Address | # of filed Patents | Total Citations |
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Fukuda, Koki | Hiroshima, JP | 12 | 319 |
# of filed Patents : 12 Total Citations : 319 | |||
Kono, Hiroyuki | Hiroshima, JP | 81 | 596 |
# of filed Patents : 81 Total Citations : 596 | |||
Masukawa, Masahisa | Hiroshima, JP | 7 | 40 |
# of filed Patents : 7 Total Citations : 40 | |||
Mochidome, Hiroyuki | Hiroshima, JP | 5 | 119 |
# of filed Patents : 5 Total Citations : 119 | |||
Morhichika, Shunji | Hiroshima, JP | 1 | 13 |
# of filed Patents : 1 Total Citations : 13 | |||
Yamaguchi, Masahiro | Hiroshima, JP | 178 | 2408 |
# of filed Patents : 178 Total Citations : 2408 | |||
Yamashita, Hiroshi | Hiroshima, JP | 467 | 5965 |
# of filed Patents : 467 Total Citations : 5965 |
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- 4 Citation Count
- B61J Class
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