Patents Assigned to Kollmorgen Saro AB
  • Patent number: 8838292
    Abstract: A collisions avoiding method for avoiding collisions between vehicles (10; 12) moving in a predetermined area (14), wherein said vehicles may include unmanned vehicles (10) and manned vehicles (12). The method includes storing a map covering at least said predetermined area, said map including possible routes used by said vehicles (10;12). Vehicles moving in said predetermined area continuously transfer data relating to their present positions to a collision avoidance calculation module (20). Also included is continuously predicting specific paths of vehicles based on present positions and possible routes of said vehicles (10;12), preventing collisions between vehicles (10;12) by continuously comparing said predicted paths and possible routes to detect overlapping positions of different vehicles (10; 12) and forwarding interrupting commands to vehicles (10;12) heading to an overlapping position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Kollmorgen Särö AB
    Inventor: Kenneth Palm
  • Publication number: 20130325210
    Abstract: A collisions avoiding method for avoiding collisions between vehicles (10; 12) moving in a predetermined area (14), wherein said vehicles may include unmanned vehicles (10) and maimed vehicles (12). The method includes storing a map covering at least said predetermined area, said map including possible routes used by said vehicles (10;12). Vehicles moving in said predetermined area continuously transfer data relating to their present positions to a collision avoidance calculation module (20). Also included is continuously predicting specific paths of vehicles based on present positions and possible routes of said vehicles (10;12), preventing collisions between vehicles (10;12) by continuously comparing said predicted paths and possible routes to detect overlapping positions of different vehicles (10; 12) and forwarding interrupting commands to vehicles (10;12) heading to an overlapping position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: Kollmorgen Saro AB
    Inventor: Kenneth Palm