Patents Assigned to ZENO TRACK GMBH
  • Method and system for sensing the position of a vehicle
    Patent number: 9417071
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method and a system for purposes of registering the position of a vehicle (1) in a defined region (3), wherein a digital map of the defined region (3) is created, having a defined coordinates system, wherein the digital map includes stationary reference features (T1) with a unique identifying feature, before digital images are recorded of at least a sub-region of the defined region (3), preferably of the whole defined region (3), for purposes of registering and detecting further reference features (T1, T2, T3), wherein stationary and/or temporary reference features (T2, T3) without unique identifying features are also registered and detected, and are added to the digital map and/or an associated buffer store, so that the absolute position of the vehicle (1) in the defined region (3) can subsequently be determined, in that a digital image of a portion of the defined region (3) is recorded by the vehicle (1), and in the digital image reference features (T1, T2, T3) are detected and opti
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: ZENO TRACK GMBH
    Inventors: Alec Essati, Horst Wildenauer
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SENSING THE POSITION OF A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20120287280
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method and a system for purposes of registering the position of a vehicle (1) in a defined region (3), wherein a digital map of the defined region (3) is created, having a defined coordinates system, wherein the digital map includes stationary reference features (T1) with a unique identifying feature, before digital images are recorded of at least a sub-region of the defined region (3), preferably of the whole defined region (3), for purposes of registering and detecting further reference features (T1, T2, T3), wherein stationary and/or temporary reference features (T2, T3) without unique identifying features are also registered and detected, and are added to the digital map and/or an associated buffer store, so that the absolute position of the vehicle (1) in the defined region (3) can subsequently be determined, in that a digital image of a portion of the defined region (3) is recorded by the vehicle (1), and in the digital image reference features (T1, T2, T3) are detected and opti
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: ZENO TRACK GMBH
    Inventors: Alec Essati, Horst Wildenauer