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2086 results about "Turning radius" patented technology

The turning radius or turning circle of a vehicle is the radius (or, depending on usage, diameter) of the smallest circular turn (i.e. U-turn) that the vehicle is capable of making.

Steerable guide catheters and methods for their use

ActiveUS20060135961A1Improve navigabilityOptimal torque transferGuide needlesEar treatmentAccess routeTurning radius
Methods for easy, atraumatic access to areas of the vasculature that are otherwise difficult to access, using steerable guide catheters constructed with components that are selected to provide optimal navigability, torque transfer, and push ability for a variety of typical percutaneous access routes. The catheter wall thickness in the deflecting segment of the guide catheter is about 1 French (⅓ mm) or less, and includes a slotted deflection tube, and this construction allows a very tight turning radius which in turn enables guide catheter access to regions of the vasculature that are otherwise inaccessible.
Owner:BIOCARDIA

Method and apparatus of controlling an automotive vehicle using brake-steer as a function of steering wheel torque

InactiveUS20050236896A1Parkability of the vehicle may be enhancedReducing the turning radius of the vehicleSteering initiationsDigital data processing detailsSteering wheelMotorized vehicle
A method of controlling an automotive vehicle having a turning radius includes determining a hand wheel torque and applying brake-steer as a function of hand wheel torque.
Owner:FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC

Hybrid electric tool carrier

A hybrid utility vehicle includes a tool-supporting frame and an electrical power source driven by an engine. Right and left rear wheels independently driven by permanent magnet electric motors and front wheels electrically steerable over a range of approximately 180 degrees operate under the control of a vehicle controller responsive to steering and speed input controls to provide zero turn radius operation with minimum slippage and tire scuffing. Space efficiency provided by the electric steering and an electrically driven tool deck facilitate a variety of tool mounting configurations including a rear discharge deck with a chute passing under the vehicle frame between the driven wheels. An inverter connected to the electrical power source provides 110 / 220 volt output. The power source also functions as a high powered, high rpm, low noise starter motor.
Owner:DEERE & CO

Travel route generating method for unmanned vehicle

A travel route generating method for an unmanned vehicle, which includes a condition input step of inputting a vehicle constraint condition including a vehicle width and a minimum turning radius of the unmanned vehicle, and a geometrical constraint condition including a travel route generation range in which the unmanned vehicle is to travel, an obstacle to avoid, and a position and a direction of an entrance point and an exit point; and a travel route generating step of generating a travel route such that the vehicle constraint condition and the geometrical constraint condition are satisfied, and such that a function value of a cost function having at least a magnitude of a curve and / or a rate of change in the curve as a cost element is minimized.
Owner:KOMATSU LTD +1

Method of controlling an automotive vehicle having a trailer

ActiveUS7690737B2Turning radius of the combination of the vehicle and trailer may be reducedLow costAutomatic initiationsFluid braking transmissionMobile vehicleMotorized vehicle
A system and method of controlling an automotive vehicle and trailer includes determining the presence of a trailer and applying brake-steer to the vehicle in response to the trailer to reduce the turning radius of the vehicle and the trailer.
Owner:FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC

Robot path planning method and apparatus thereof based on Bezier curve

The invention provides a robot path planning method and an apparatus thereof based on a Bezier curve. The method comprises the following steps that: a robot path planning parameter input unit receives and sets a robot state parameter, a constraint condition, a path discretization minimum time resolution; a robot path generation unit generates a group of Bezier curve control points consisting of four 4-dimension vectors according to the robot state parameter and plans out a continuous path between an origin position to a target position of the robot; the robot path generation unit forms a timepoint sequence according to the path discretization minimum time resolution and calculates a discretization path according to the continuous path; a path point parameter detection unit detects whether a speed, an acceleration and a turn radius of each path point which is corresponding to the time points satisfy the constraint condition; if the speed, the acceleration and the turn radius of each path point do not satisfy the constraint condition, the control points are regenerated; otherwise, a planning path output unit receives and outputs a robot path which is planed by the path point parameter detection unit and satisfies the constraint condition.
Owner:INST OF AUTOMATION CHINESE ACAD OF SCI

Method of controlling an automotive vehicle having a trailer

ActiveUS20050206224A1Low costTurning radius of the combination of the vehicle and trailer may be reducedAutomatic initiationsFluid braking transmissionMotorized vehicleTurning radius
A system and method of controlling an automotive vehicle and trailer includes determining the presence of a trailer and applying brake-steer to the vehicle in response to the trailer to reduce the turning radius of the vehicle and the trailer.
Owner:FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC

Vehicle control system

A vehicle control system controls the speed of a vehicle according to actual road conditions and state of the vehicle. The control system acquires a present value of lateral acceleration occurring in a direction lateral to a controlled vehicle when the controlled vehicle avoids a collision with an obstacle or passes the obstacle. A target relative speed between the obstacle and the controlled vehicle is calculated from the present value of lateral acceleration and a turning radius of the controlled vehicle required for the controlled vehicle to avoid a collision with the obstacle or to pass the obstacle. Then, deceleration control is executed based on target relative deceleration rate at which the controlled vehicle is to be decelerated to reach the target relative speed.
Owner:DENSO CORP

Adaptive guidance system and method

An adaptive guidance system for a vehicle includes an on-board GPS receiver, an on-board processor adapted to store a preplanned guide pattern and a guidance device. The processor includes a comparison function for comparing the vehicle GPS position with a line segment of the preplanned guide pattern. The processor controls the guidance device for guiding the vehicle along the line segment. Various guide pattern modification functions are programmed into the processor, including best-fit polynomial correction, spline correction, turn-flattening to accommodate minimum vehicle turning radii and automatic end-of-swath keyhole turning.
Owner:AGJUNCTION

Auxiliary parking system and auxiliary parking control method

The invention discloses a parking path planning method and parking motion control method of an auxiliary parking system. A multi-stage smooth parking path which is designed through the parking path planning method based on the B-spline theory meets multiple non-linear constraints such as a vehicle obstacle avoidance constraint, a minimum turning radius constraint and a maximum steering speed constraint; through the path curvature continuity, a pivot steering phenomenon is avoided, and tire wear and steering motor loads are reduced; through the multi-stage smoothness of the path, vehicle tracking is easy to achieve. According to the parking motion control strategy, the requirements of the parking system for the parking speed of a driver are lowered, and the driver only needs to control a vehicle to be driven at low speed. For the phenomenon that in the parking process, the vehicle deviates from the target path and cannot park in the correct position due to the fact that the vehicle speed is too high, a vehicle position posture adjusting strategy based on fixed-point tracking control is presented, and therefore the parking success rate is increased; in addition, fixed-point tracking control is adopted, therefore, the vehicle can be parked to be parallel to a parking space, and vehicle parking standardization is achieved.
Owner:KH AUTOMOTIVE TECH CHANGCHUN

Utility vehicle with foot-controlled mobility

A utility vehicle with foot-controlled mobility is provided that includes a skeletal frame structure supporting a gasoline engine which utilizes a belt drive system to drive hydraulic motors with one hydraulic motor disposed at each rear wheel. The vehicle includes four wheel and tire assemblies, substantially at each corner with the rear wheels being driven and the front wheels being formed as casters for 360° rotation to provide a zero turning radius vehicle. The user sits upright in a manner wherein the user's legs are supported on pivotal leg support plates to allow the user to sit upright with legs directed down and away from the waist to allow the user to operate a hand-held implement. Both speed control and directional control are provided using pivotally mounted pedals with one pedal controlling each hydraulic motor. Movement of the pedals allows individual motor control to provide drive steering and speed control.
Owner:HAFENDORFER JAMES T

Method for creating end of row turns for agricultural vehicles

A GPS-based vehicle guidance system and a method for automatically guiding a vehicle through and end of a row turn. The present invention provides a method and system that automatically guides the vehicle through an end of row turn without manual control. An algorithm using the minimum turning radius of the vehicle and the rate of change of the vehicle creates a set of interpolated data points resulting in an end of row turn.
Owner:BLUE LEAF I P INC

Substrate delivering robot

A robot for carrying a substrate in which minimum turning radius is small when the arm is retracted although a plurality of forks are provided and installation area can be minimized. The robot comprises a fixed base, a first turnable arm linked with the fixed base, a second turnable arm linked with the first arm, and a turnable fork linked with the second arm, wherein the fork comprises a plurality of first and second independent forks. The first and second forks are fixed coaxially and vertically in two stages to the forward end part of the second arm such that they can turn independently and first and second fork drive motors are disposed in the second arm.
Owner:YASKAWA DENKI KK

Parking control device and system and parking control method

ActiveCN102398596AAvoid transient mutationsReduce mistakesSteering partsControl systemComputer science
The invention discloses a parking control device, a parking control system and a parking control method for solving the problem of high error between a vehicle running locus and a designed locus during parking control in the prior art. The parking control device comprises an acquisition module and a calculation module, wherein the acquisition module is used for acquiring the starting position and the final position of a vehicle; the calculation module is used for calculating a parking locus at a preset speed according to constrained conditions, the starting position and the final position, wherein the constrained conditions comprise a highest allowed speed of the vehicle, a maximum turning speed of a front wheel of the vehicle and a maximum turning angle of the front wheel of the vehicle during parking; and the curvature of the parking locus is continuously changed, the parking locus comprises an arc and a curve connected with two ends of the arc, and the radius of the arc is the turning radius when the front wheel of the vehicle reaches the maximum turning angle. By using the technical scheme, the actual running locus of the vehicle accords with the designed locus during parking.
Owner:BEIJING JINGWEI HIRAIN TECH CO INC

Adaptive machine control system and method

A machine control system and method includes an on-board GPS receiver, an on-board processor adapted to store a preplanned guide pattern and a guidance device. The processor includes a comparison function for comparing the vehicle GPS position with a line segment of the preplanned guide pattern. The processor controls the guidance device for guiding the vehicle along the line segment. Various guide pattern modification functions are programmed into the processor, including best-fit polynomial correction, spline correction, turn-flattening to accommodate minimum vehicle turning radii and automatic end-of-swath keyhole turning.
Owner:AGJUNCTION

Ground incursion avoidance system and display

An airborne processor is linked to a ground-based, vehicle based, or satellite-based supplier of approaching aircraft data and / or terrain data, including airfield structures. The processor also has access to the aircraft's state, e.g. position, speed, intended route, aircraft dimensional data, or the like. Algorithms within the processor calculate a zone of protection about the aircraft in light of aircraft type, turning radius, and other identifying data. The processor combines the present and estimated future positions of the aircraft with the approaching aircraft and / or airfield structure data, and creates an alert to the crew if a threat of a ground incursion is detected. The display provides a visual of the zone of protection about the aircraft, and approaching aircraft and / or airfield structure to draw the attention of the crew to the threat.
Owner:HONEYWELL INT INC
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