Title:
HANDLE AND METHOD FOR TRAINING AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE, AND METHODS OF STORING SAME
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2020/033522
Kind Code:
A8
Abstract:
A handle assembly for an autonomous vehicle such as a lawn mower is provided and may include a cradle adapted to receive a mobile computer. The mobile computer may communicate with a controller carried by the mower. The handle assembly may be configured in both an autonomous mode position and a manual mode position. The vehicle may operate autonomously when the handle assembly is in the autonomous mode position, and be adapted to move under manual operator control, e.g., for perimeter training, when the handle assembly is in the manual mode position. Methods for training the mower and apparatus for storing the mower are also provided.
Inventors:
FRICK ALEXANDER (US)
KRAFT JASON (US)
CURTIS AARON (US)
DOCKEN KEVIN (US)
CLARKE KHARI (US)
KRAFT JASON (US)
CURTIS AARON (US)
DOCKEN KEVIN (US)
CLARKE KHARI (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2019/045470
Publication Date:
May 22, 2020
Filing Date:
August 07, 2019
Export Citation:
Assignee:
THE TORO CO (US)
FRICK ALEXANDER STEVEN (US)
KRAFT JASON THOMAS (US)
CURTIS AARON YARROW (US)
DOCKEN KEVIN DALE (US)
CLARKE KHARI SEKOU (US)
FRICK ALEXANDER STEVEN (US)
KRAFT JASON THOMAS (US)
CURTIS AARON YARROW (US)
DOCKEN KEVIN DALE (US)
CLARKE KHARI SEKOU (US)
International Classes:
A01D34/00; A01D34/82
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
ADAMS, Matthew W. (US)
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