Fire apparatus level indication system
AssigneeOshkosh Corporation
InventorsEric R. Linsmeier, David W. Archer
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Abstract
A system for a vehicle includes control system configured to acquire a first indication regarding a slope of the vehicle at a current location, acquire a second indication regarding a grade of the vehicle at the current location, and generate a graphical user interface providing (a) a slope indicator indicating whether the slope of the vehicle is within an operational slope range or a nonoperational slope range and (b) a grade indicator indicating whether the grade of the vehicle is within an operational grade range or a nonoperational grade range.
Claims14
A system for a vehicle, the system comprising:
- a control system configured to:
- acquire a first indication regarding a slope of the vehicle at a current location;
- acquire a second indication regarding a grade of the vehicle at the current location;
- and
- generate a graphical user interface providing (a) a slope indicator indicating whether the slope of the vehicle is within an operational slope range or a nonoperational slope range and (b) a grade indicator indicating whether the grade of the vehicle is within an operational grade range or a nonoperational grade range.
A system for a fire apparatus, the system comprising:
- a control system configured to:
- acquire an indication regarding a stability characteristic of the fire apparatus at a current location;
- and
- prevent at least one of (a) engaging a stabilization system of the fire apparatus or (b) operating an aerial ladder of the of the fire apparatus in response to the stability characteristic being within a nonoperational range.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.