Automating control of an industrial vehicle

A process for automating control of an industrial vehicle based on location, the process comprising:

• scanning an environment using an optical scanner affixed to the industrial vehicle;
• identifying a marker defined by a series of optical tags by recursively:
• receiving, by an optical detector on the industrial vehicle, a reflection indicative of a signal emitted by the optical scanner;
• measuring a received signal value of the reflection indicative of the signal emitted by the optical scanner;
• verifying whether the measured received signal value is indicative of an optical tag based upon the measured received signal value to create a present indication of the optical tag;
• and
• concatenating the present indication of the optical tag to the marker including:
• determining that a first optical tag is indicative of a start bit;
• and
• determining a second optical tag in the series of optical tags by:
• assigning a first value to the second optical tag if the signal value indicative of an optical tag is received before a timer expires;
• and
• assigning a second value different than the first value to the second optical tag if no signal value indicative of an optical tag is received before the timer expires.

A process for automating control of an industrial vehicle based on location, the process comprising:

• scanning an environment using an optical scanner affixed to the industrial vehicle;
• identifying a marker defined by a series of optical tags by recursively:
• receiving, by an optical detector on the industrial vehicle, a reflection indicative of a signal emitted by the optical scanner;
• measuring a received signal value of the reflection indicative of the signal emitted by the optical scanner by generating:
• a first result if the received signal value of the reflection is lower than a first threshold;
• a second result if the received signal value of the reflection is between the first threshold and a second threshold;
• and
• a third result if the received signal value of the reflection is greater than the second threshold;
• verifying whether the measured received signal value is indicative of an optical tag based upon the measured received signal value to create a present indication of the optical tag;
• and
• concatenating the present indication of the optical tag to the marker.