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US 11,027,953 B2Granted
Method for monitoring the road path of a truck and a floor conveyor
AssigneeJungheinrich Aktiengesellschaft
InventorOliver Goepner
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Abstract
A method for monitoring the travel path of an industrial truck, comprising the steps of: determining a braking distance of the industrial truck on the basis of at least one operating parameter of the industrial truck, adjusting a travel path area monitored by a monitoring device on the basis of the determined braking distance by adjusting the alignment of the monitoring device, decelerating the industrial truck when an obstacle enters the travel path.
Claims18
A method for monitoring a travel path of an industrial truck, comprising the steps of:
- determining a braking distance of the industrial truck using at least one operating parameter of the industrial truck;
- adjusting a travel path area monitored by a monitoring device on the basis of the determined braking distance, by adjusting an alignment of the monitoring device;
- decelerating the industrial truck when an obstacle enters the travel path area monitored by the monitoring device;
- measuring an instantaneous swivel angle;
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- comparing an instantaneous swivel angle to a target swivel angle for enhanced accuracy.
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An industrial truck, comprising:
- at least one monitoring device for monitoring a travel path area for obstacles present therein,
- at least one actuator disposed in combination with the monitoring device, and
- a control unit configured to,
- determine a braking distance of the industrial truck as a function of at least one operating parameter of the industrial truck,
- calculate a target tilt angle based on the determined braking distance, and
- control the at least one actuator to align the monitoring device based on the calculated tile angle such that the industrial truck decelerates when an obstacle enters the monitored travel path area,
- wherein the at least one monitoring device includes a sensor for measuring an instantaneous tilt angle of the monitoring device and wherein the control unit compares the instantaneous tilt angle to the calculated tilt angle for enhanced accuracy.
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An industrial truck comprising:
- at least one monitoring device for monitoring a travel path area for obstacles present therein;
- at least one actuator disposed in combination with the monitoring device;
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- a control unit configured to determine a braking distance of the industrial truck as a function of at least one operating parameter of the industrial truck, and controlling the at least one actuator to align the monitoring device based on the determined braking distance such that the industrial truck decelerates when an obstacle enters the monitored travel path area,
- wherein the at least one monitoring device includes a sensor for measuring an instantaneous swivel angle and wherein the control unit compares instantaneous swivel angle to a target swivel angle for enhanced accuracy.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.