
Guidance Control in Detail
English, Revision 07, Date: 07.03.2018
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Trax tag both odometries will be corrected and the difference
between both is 0 again.
If the encoder is defective, odometry 0 calculates a distance.
Odometry 2 measures a distance that is too short. Over a certain
distance a considerable differentiation between both odometries
exists (inaccuracy from 30% up to 50% of the distance travelled).
Monitoring will be triggered accordingly and the vehicle stops.
2.3
Sensors for navigation
2.3.1
The Transponder Antenna
The transponder antenna outputs the position and the code of the transponder cur-
rently located underneath the antenna. The position lateral to the direction of travel has
an accuracy of approximately 1 cm. The detection range is -250 mm up to +250 mm.
Reading distance is approximately. 50 to 100 mm.
The position in direction of travel of the transponder is only transmitted when the center
of the transponder antenna is crossing the transponder through the position impulse.
When there is no transponder underneath the antenna, there is no output. It is only al-
lowed to have 1 transponder at a time underneath the antenna. The parameters of the
transponder antenna a set via an RS 232 interface which is described in the supplied
antenna manual.
2.3.1.1
Transponder System for Positioning Calculation
NOTE!
In order to calculate the position it is usually not sufficient to read
only one single transponder.
Exception:
the transponder can only be approached in one
direction (e.g. transfer station).
The antenna is capable of outputting the position of the transponder with regards to
the antenna, however the direction of the antenna with regards to the transponder can-
not be determined. Thus two transponders have to be crossed to determine the posi-
tion and angle of the vehicle. The odometry determines the track between these two
transponders. The transponder list enables allocating absolute positions to the individ-
ually measured points (transponders). Thus it is necessary to read two transponders
in order to determine the direction of the vehicle.
Depending on the degree of correlation between the measured distance and the po-
sitions of the transponders in the transponder list, the quality of the measurement can
be estimated. The odometry is then corrected using the calculated position and the
heading angle in relation to the measurement quality. If the quality of the measurement
is not sufficient, the measurement will be ignored. The limits for the quality determina-
tion are partly definable or partly listed in the corresponding table of the reference
manual.