Communication between lanyard and industrial vehicle
AssigneeCrown Equipment Corporation
InventorsDean E. Winner, Thomas Langenkamp, Claire Spicer
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Abstract
A process for enabling an industrial vehicle comprises an industrial vehicle determining whether the industrial vehicle includes a lanyard that is associated to the industrial vehicle. The industrial vehicle receives login credentials from an operator. If the lanyard transitions from an unsecured state to a secured state, then the industrial vehicle is enabled.
Claims20
A process for enabling an industrial vehicle, the process comprising:
- determining, by an industrial vehicle, whether the industrial vehicle includes a lanyard that is associated to the industrial vehicle;
- receiving, on the industrial vehicle, login credentials from an operator;
- determining, if the industrial vehicle includes the lanyard, that the lanyard is secured after the lanyard was not secured;
- and
- enabling the industrial vehicle after receiving the login credentials and determining that the lanyard is secured after the lanyard was not secured.
A process for associating a lanyard with an industrial vehicle, wherein the lanyard communicates with the industrial vehicle wirelessly, the process comprising:
- receiving, on an industrial vehicle, a request from a lanyard to wirelessly pair with the industrial vehicle, wherein the request includes identification information of the lanyard;
- sending an instruction to an operator to perform a task, for a predetermined number of times, of unsecuring the lanyard and securing the lanyard;
- receiving an indication that the lanyard is secured after the lanyard was not secured for the predetermined number of times, wherein the indication includes the identification information of the lanyard;
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- associating the lanyard with the industrial vehicle for communication with the industrial vehicle after determining that the lanyard has been secured after the lanyard was not secured for the predetermined number of times.
A process for enabling an industrial vehicle, the process comprising:
- receiving, on an industrial vehicle, a request from a lanyard to wirelessly pair with the industrial vehicle, wherein the request includes identification data of the lanyard;
- sending an instruction to an operator to perform a task, for a predetermined number of times, of unsecuring the lanyard and securing the lanyard;
- receiving an indication that the lanyard is secured after the lanyard was not secured for the predetermined number of times, wherein the indication includes the identification information of the lanyard;
- associating the lanyard with the industrial vehicle for communication with the industrial vehicle after determining that the lanyard has been secured after the lanyard was not secured for the predetermined number of times;
- receiving, on the industrial vehicle, login credentials from an operator;
- determining that the lanyard is secured after the lanyard was not secured;
- and
- enabling the industrial vehicle after receiving the login credentials and determining that the lanyard is secured after the lanyard was not secured.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.