Sensor controlled system, vehicle and method
AssigneeKNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
InventorsJan Grebe, Valer Merza, Tamas Komlos
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Abstract
A sensor controlled system includes a ramp docking sensor mountable to a vehicle's rear end and configured to fulfill the functions required for assisting docking of a vehicle to a loading ramp. The ramp docking sensor is further configured to determine a vertical distance of the ramp docking sensor relative to a ground level and to determine a vertical distance between the ground level and a loading ramp sill of the loading ramp. In this system, the ramp docking sensor can also be utilized for height-detection of a cargo hold floor with respect to a ground level without requiring specified sensors for height adjustments.
Claims17
A sensor controlled system, comprising:
- a ramp docking sensor mountable to a vehicle's rear end and configured to fulfill the functions required for assisting docking of a vehicle to a loading ramp,
- wherein the ramp docking sensor is further configured to:
- determine a vertical distance of the ramp docking sensor relative to a ground level, and
- determine a vertical distance between the ground level and a loading ramp sill of the loading ramp.
A vehicle, comprising:
- a ramp docking sensor mountable to a vehicle's rear end and configured to fulfill the functions required for assisting docking of a vehicle to a loading ramp,
- wherein the ramp docking sensor is further configured to:
- determine a vertical distance of the ramp docking sensor relative to a ground level, and
- determine a vertical distance between the ground level and a loading ramp sill of the loading ramp;
- an electronic control unit connected to the ramp docking sensor, the electronic control unit being configured to:
- receive sensor signal information from the ramp docking sensor,
- process the sensor signal information received from the ramp docking sensor,
- determine a vertical distance of the loading ramp sill relative to the ground level, and
- determine a vertical distance of a cargo hold floor of the vehicle;
- and
- means for altering the vertical distance of a cargo hold floor relative to the ground level.
A method for adjusting a level of a cargo hold floor, the method comprising the steps of:
- activating a ramp docking sensor;
- determining, by the ramp docking sensor, a vertical distance of the ramp docking sensor relative to a ground level;
- and
- determining, by the same ramp docking sensor, a vertical distance between the ground level and a loading ramp sill of a loading ramp.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.