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US 2009/0157305 A1Published application
Industrial vehicle fleet management system
AssigneeUnited States Postal Service
InventorsSteven A. Ding, Damon M. Manz, Donald L. Mallonee, JR.
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Abstract
Embodiments consistent with the invention are an apparatus for and method of generating data on current utilization of powered industrial vehicles, generating preferred routing assignments for powered industrial drivers, and presenting preferred routing assignments for powered industrial vehicle drivers.
Claims9
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An apparatus for optimizing usage of a powered industrial vehicle, said apparatus comprising:
- a transmitter on said vehicle transmitting data therefrom;
- at least one load sensor operatively coupled to said transmitter, said load sensor being on said vehicle and generating data from which the presence of a pallet or container being transported by said vehicle can be determined;
- a receiver disposed to receive transmissions of data from said transmitter from which the location of said vehicle and the presence of a pallet or container being transported can be determined;
- a computer programmed to determine the optimal path of said vehicle and generate data commands;
- a transmitter operatively coupled to said computer to transmit said data commands to said vehicle;
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- a display disposed to display said commands in a form readable by a human operator of said vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.