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G05D 1/00

Control of position, course, altitude or attitude of land, water, air or space vehicles, e.g. using automatic pilots

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2024

Classification Context

Section:
PHYSICS
Class:
CONTROLLING; REGULATING
Subclass:
SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES

Scope Notes

Glossary: vehicle vehicles is any machine for transporting or moving for other purposes which comprises means for adjusting its position within an environment without being constrained with respect to a fixed location. This covers, e.g. moving robots, land vehicles, ships, submarines, airplanes, drones or space vehicles. | Limiting references: Drive control systems specially adapted for autonomous road vehicles | Application references: Steering or guiding agricultural machines or implements Steering for toy vehicles Electrical remote-control arrangements for toy vehicles Stability or attitude control of air-cushion vehicles Purposes of road vehicle drive control systems not related to the control of a particular subunit Control of rail vehicles Steering controls of motor vehicles or trailers, i.e. means for initiating a change of direction Arrangements for automatically controlling the steering depending on driving conditions Attitude or position control of chassis of endless-tracked vehicles Control of attitude or depth of underwater vessels Marine steering; Marine dynamic anchoring Control systems for actuating flying-control surfaces, lift-increasing flaps, air brakes or spoilers of aircraft Attitude, flight direction or altitude control of aircraft by jet reaction Controlling attitude or direction of aircraft ejector seats , Guiding or controlling cosmonautic vehicles Control devices for conveyors Control systems for cranes Control devices for soil-shifting machines Onboard guidance or control of self-propelled or guided missiles Steering control of marine torpedoes

Related Keywords

control of position, course or attitude of AIRCRAFTcontrolling COURSES of vehiclesautomatic control of DIRECTIONHOMING of moving objectscontrol of horizontal attitudeautomatic PILOTScontrol of POSITION of vehiclescontrol of position of SHIP(S)automatic STEERINGcontrol of position or course of VEHICLES automatically

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