Forklift

Abstract

A forklift capable of carrying a load placed on a pallet having two openings into which a fork of the forklift is inserted is provided. The forklift includes a sensor configured to irradiate laser light toward a predetermined space forward of the fork, and measure a distance from the sensor to an object located in the predetermined space based on reflected light of the laser light reflected by the object; and a processor configured to identify positions of sidewalls of the two openings of the pallet that is to be lifted based on distance data measured by the sensor, the processor being further configured to identify a center of a front surface of the pallet based on the positions of the sidewalls of the two openings.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.