Patents by Inventor Joachim Mullerschon

Joachim Mullerschon has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Process for navigating an unmanned vehicle and a vehicle for the same
    Patent number: 5377106
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for navigating an unmanned vehicle over a predeterable course, respectively such a vehicle. A steering and control unit determines by a first sensor at least the stretch covered and detects by at least one second sensor objects in the vicinage the position of which is stored in the steering and control unit and which serve the purpose of checking the position of the vehicle computed on the basis of the covered stretch. In accordance with the present invention the distance of the vehicle from the objects in the vicinage stored with their exact position in relation to the planned path in the steering and control unit is ascertained by the second sensor at points on the path spaced at intervals. The ascertained distance is compared with the stored distance of the planned coordinates of the point on the path from the object in vicinage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1994
    Assignee: Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Gerhard Drunk, Achim Langen, Stefan Forster, Christoph Hug, Joachim Mullerschon