Refuse vehicle control system
AssigneeOshkosh Corporation
InventorsGrant Wildgrube, Zhenyi Wei, Cody D. Clifton
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a chassis, a body coupled to the chassis, a lift assembly coupled to the body, a collection arm assembly coupled to the lift assembly and including a pair of interface members configured to engage an object, an object detection system configured to provide object detection data, and a controller. The controller is configured to receive an indication, based on the object detection data, that the object is within an aligned zone relative to the body, provide instructions on a display that, when performed, result in the lift assembly moving so that the pair of interface members are aligned to engage the object, and the collection arm assembly actuating and engaging the pair of interface members with the object.
Claims9
A vehicle, comprising:
- a chassis;
- a body coupled to the chassis;
- a lift assembly coupled to the body;
- a collection arm assembly coupled to the lift assembly and including a lift arm actuator and a pair of interface members configured to engage an object, wherein the lift assembly is configured to raise and lower the pair of interface members relative to the body;
- a position sensor coupled to the lift arm actuator and configured to measure a length of the lift arm actuator;
- an object detection system configured to provide object detection data;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- receive an indication, based on the object detection data, that the object is within an aligned zone relative to the body;
- determine an orientation of the pair of interface members relative to the body based on the length of the lift arm actuator measured by the position sensor;
- provide instructions on a display that, when performed, result in:
- the lift assembly moving so that the pair of interface members are aligned to engage the object, and
- the collection arm assembly actuating and engaging the pair of interface members with the object;
- and
- instruct a display to provide real-time monitoring of a progression through the instructions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.