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US 2023/0418294 A1Published application
Intrusive industrial vehicle alignment
AssigneeCrown Equipment Corporation
InventorsEric Pepple, Lee Wente
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Abstract
A process for aligning an industrial vehicle for putaway operation comprises traveling to a position associated with a putaway location. A sensor mounted to the industrial vehicle determines whether the putaway location is empty, and if the putaway location is empty, the industrial vehicle completes a pivot maneuver such that a portion of the industrial vehicle is inside the putaway location while the pivot maneuver is in progress.
Claims20
A process for aligning an industrial vehicle for putaway operation, the process comprising:
- traveling to a position associated with a putaway location in an industrial environment;
- determining, via a sensor mounted to the industrial vehicle, whether the putaway location is empty;
- and
- completing, after determining that the putaway location is empty, a pivot maneuver such that a portion of the industrial vehicle is inside the putaway location while the pivot maneuver is in progress.
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An industrial vehicle comprising:
- a frame;
- a load-handling feature coupled to the frame;
- a sensor, wherein the sensor senses objects to a side of the industrial vehicle;
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- a processor that executes instructions to:
- travel to a position associated with a putaway location;
- determine, via the sensor mounted to the industrial vehicle, whether the putaway location is empty, wherein the sensor is not directed in a travel path of the industrial vehicle;
- and
- complete, after determining that the putaway location is empty, a pivot maneuver such that a portion of the industrial vehicle is inside the putaway location when the pivot maneuver is completed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.