Work vehicle fork alignment system and method

A control system for a work vehicle, the control system comprising:

• an optical sensor coupled to the work vehicle, the optical sensor configured to capture image data that includes a pair of forks and a moveable object;
• a non-transitory computer-readable memory storing operation information;
• and
• an electronic processor configured to:
• perform an operation by controllably adjusting a position of the pair of forks,
• receive image data captured by the optical sensor,
• apply an artificial neural network to identify whether the pair of forks are aligned for moving the moveable object based on the image data from the optical sensor, wherein the artificial neural network is trained to receive the image data as input and to produce as the output an indication of whether the pair of forks are aligned for moving the moveable object,
• access, from the non-transitory computer-readable memory, the operation information corresponding to whether the pair of forks are aligned for moving the moveable object, and
• adjust an operation of the work vehicle based on the accessed operation information corresponding to whether the pair of forks are aligned for moving the moveable object,
• wherein the step of adjusting the operation of the work vehicle comprises a transition of the control of the work vehicle between a manual control and an automatic control.

A work vehicle comprising:

• a pair of forks;
• an optical sensor coupled to the work vehicle, the optical sensor configured to capture image data that includes the pair of forks and a moveable object;
• a non-transitory computer-readable memory storing operation information;
• and
• an electronic processor configured to:
• perform an operation by controllably adjusting a position of the pair of forks,
• receive image data captured by the optical sensor,
• apply an artificial neural network to identify whether the pair of forks are aligned for moving the moveable object, wherein the artificial neural network is trained to receive the image data as input and to produce as the output an indication of whether the pair of forks are aligned for moving the moveable object,
• access, from the non-transitory computer-readable memory, the operation information corresponding to whether the pair of forks are aligned for moving the moveable object, and
• adjust an operation of the work vehicle based on the accessed operation information corresponding to whether the pair of forks are aligned for moving the moveable object;
• wherein the step of adjusting the operation of the work vehicle comprises a transition of the control of the work vehicle between a manual control and an automatic control.