A BEACON NAVIGATION METHOD FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

A method for navigating autonomous vehicles is presented. Based on the three-point problem from land surveying, this navigational technique makes use of angular measurements between fixed beacon pairs. Extremely accurate position information may be obtained over a large area with simple trigonometric or analytic geometry calculations. An experimental position-measuring system has been built and tested, and it demonstrates the feasibility of this technique to function as a key element in a navigation system for autonomous vehicles.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Publication Date: August 1989
• Authors:
  • McGillem, Clare D
  • Rappaport, Theodore S
• Publication Date: 1989

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 132-139
• Serial:
  • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. vol. 33 no. 3
  • Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Advanced vehicle control systems; Autonomous land vehicles; Highway beacons
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00771764
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: PATH
• Created Date: Nov 17 1999 12:00AM