Adjusting control of an industrial vehicle based on an electronic badge

A process for controlling an industrial vehicle comprising:

• providing a badge communicator on an industrial vehicle that communicates with electronic badges that are in range of the badge communicator;
• providing an information linking device on the industrial vehicle having a transceiver that wirelessly communicates with a remote server;
• establishing a detection zone by a physical limit to the communication range of the badge communicator;
• establishing an awareness zone as a virtual range different from but contained within the detection zone;
• and
• providing a controller on the industrial vehicle that is coupled to memory, wherein the controller executes program code stored in the memory to control an operating state of the industrial vehicle, wherein the controller executes the program code for:
• receiving from the remote server, a rule defining an event that requires modification of the industrial vehicle responsive to electronic badge detection;
• receiving an electronic message from the badge communicator, the electronic message indicating that the badge communicator has detected an electronic badge;
• modifying a setpoint affecting an operational capability of the industrial vehicle responsive to the rule being satisfied, based upon the detected electronic badge, and the detected electronic badge being within the awareness zone, but not when the detected electronic badge is outside the awareness zone, wherein modification of the setpoint sets an operational limit of the industrial vehicle.

A system for controlling an industrial vehicle comprising:

• a badge communicator on an industrial vehicle that communicates with electronic badges that are in range of the badge communicator;
• an information linking device on the industrial vehicle having a transceiver that wirelessly communicates with a remote server;
• and
• a controller on the industrial vehicle that is coupled to memory, wherein the controller executes program code stored in the memory to:
• receive from the remote server, a rule defining an event that requires modification of the industrial vehicle responsive to the badge communicator detecting the presence of an electronic badge;
• receive an electronic message from the badge communicator, the electronic message indicating that the badge communicator has detected the presence of the electronic badge;
• and
• modify a setpoint affecting an operational capability of the industrial vehicle responsive to the rule being satisfied and based upon the detected electronic badge, wherein modification of the setpoint sets an operational limit of the industrial vehicle so as to set a maximum lift height setpoint regardless of an actual lift height of a load handling system of the industrial vehicle.