INERTIAL GUIDANCE FOR CARS, BUSES

INERTIAL GUIDANCE, THE SYSTEM THAT MADE PINPOINT TARGETING OF INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILES POSSIBLE, MIGHT SOON BE USED IN ALL KINDS OF VEHICLES, FROM SMALL PLANES TO THE FAMILY CAR. LOW-COST INERTIAL DEVICES POTENTIALLY PROVIDE AN AUTOPILOT SYSTEM FOR ALL GROUND VEHICLES AND WHEN INSTALLED IN CARS AND BUSES, COULD GREATLY INCREASES SAFETY. THE SEGMENT OF INERTIAL GUIDANCE TECHNOLOGY THAT CAN MAKE THIS POSSIBLE IS THE STRAPPED-DOWN INERTIAL SYSTEM. IN THIS SYSTEM, THE INERTIAL SENSORS ARE STRAPPED-DOWN TO THE BODY OF THE VEHICLE RATHER THAN SECURED TO AN INERTIAL PLATFORM STABILIZED IN SPACE. EVENTUALLY, INERTIAL SYSTEMS IN GROUND VEHICLES CAN MAKE THE LONG-SOUGHT AUTOMATIC HIGHWAYS A REALITY. THE INTERTIAL STRAPDOWN DEVICE COUPLED WITH A SMALL COMPUTER, CAN PROVIDE AN AUTOPILOT WHERE THE CAR IS DRIVEN ON A VERY ACCURATELY SURVEYED, HIGH-SPEED ROAD. A SERIES OF ROADSIDE MONITORS SPACED AT INTERVALS ALONG THE HIGHWAY WOULD UPDATE THE INFORMATION IN THE COMPUTER AS A CAR GOES BY. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 13, No 3, P 31
• Publication Date: 1971-3

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Industrial Research
  • Publisher: Dun Donnelley Publishing Corporation

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic control; Automobiles; Buses; Inertia (Mechanics); Monitoring
• Uncontrolled Terms: Guidance; Monitors
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00225952
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 16 1971 12:00AM