Patents Assigned to GENERAL DYNAMICS ROBOTIC SYSTEMS
  • Patent number: 9302678
    Abstract: A system that enables a vehicle to follow a traffic rule when traveling in a road network includes a database that stores data relating to at least one feature of the road network, a location detector that detects a location of the vehicle relative to the road network, a sensor that senses at least one object in a vicinity of the vehicle, and a processing system that controls the vehicle to autonomously obey at least one traffic rule, or provides a notification to a driver of the vehicle to enable the driver to obey at least one traffic rule, based on the detected location of the vehicle, data retrieved from the database relating to at least one feature of the road network, and data relating to at least one object sensed by the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignees: ROBOTIC RESEARCH, LLC, GENERAL DYNAMICS ROBOTIC SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Karl Murphy, Alberto Lacaze, Mark Del Giorno
  • Publication number: 20080162027
    Abstract: A system that enables a vehicle to follow a traffic rule when traveling in a road network includes a database that stores data relating to at least one feature of the road network, a location detector that detects a location of the vehicle relative to the road network, a sensor that senses at least one object in a vicinity of the vehicle, and a processing system that controls the vehicle to autonomously obey at least one traffic rule, or provides a notification to a driver of the vehicle to enable the driver to obey at least one traffic rule, based on the detected location of the vehicle, data retrieved from the database relating to at least one feature of the road network, and data relating to at least one object sensed by the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicants: ROBOTIC RESEARCH, LLC, GENERAL DYNAMICS ROBOTIC SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Karl MURPHY, Alberto LACAZE, Mark DEL GIORNO