# US 2026/0097941 A1 · Cargo handling system and industrial vehicle for performing cargo handling operation > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2026/0097941 A1 - Document ID: US20260097941A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/909,321 - Filed: 2024-10-08 - Published: 2026-04-09 - Earliest claimed: 2023-10-12 - Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki - Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki - Inventors: Hirokazu KISHIDA - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20260097941A1 ## CPC - B66F 9/0755: {Position control; Position detectors} - G06Q 10/08: Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management - G06Q 10/063: Operations research, analysis or management - G06V 20/58: Recognition of moving objects or obstacles, e.g. vehicles or pedestrians; Recognition of traffic objects, e.g. traffic signs, traffic lights or roads - H04N 7/183: {for receiving images from a single remote source} - B66F: HOISTING, LIFTING, HAULING OR PUSHING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. DEVICES WHICH APPLY A LIFTING OR PUSHING FORCE DIRECTLY TO THE SURFACE OF A LOAD ({invalid lifting devices A61G7/10; } mounting artificial islands on piles or like supports E02B17/00; scaffolding combined with lifting devices E04G1/22; lifting devices for sliding forms E04G11/24; lifting of buildings E04G23/06; shores or struts E04G25/00; lifts or other hoisting devices on ladders E06C7/12; props for mining E21D15/00) - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract A cargo handling system in which an industrial vehicle performs cargo handling operation includes the industrial vehicle, a work site where the industrial vehicle performs cargo handling operation, a monitoring unit configured to monitor a state at a transition position where one process transitions to another process in the cargo handling operation, and a determination unit configured to determine whether a subsequent process is performable based on information acquired by the monitoring unit. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A cargo handling system in which an industrial vehicle performs cargo handling operation, the cargo handling system comprising: the industrial vehicle; a work site where the industrial vehicle performs a cargo handling operation; a camera provided at a position in the work site different from the industrial vehicle and configured to monitor a state of a transition position at which a target object transitions from one process to a subsequent process in the cargo handling operation; and a processor configured to: determine whether the subsequent process is performable based on information acquired by the camera, and based on the subsequent process being performable, transmit an instruction to the industrial vehicle to perform the subsequent process. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The cargo handling system according to claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to determine that the subsequent process is performable based on removal of the target object having been present from the transition position. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The cargo handling system according to claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to determine that the subsequent process is performable based on arrival of the target object at the transition position. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The cargo handling system according to claim 2, wherein the target object is a pallet. ### Claim 5 (canceled) ### Claim 6 (canceled) ### Claim 7 (canceled) ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The cargo handling system according to claim 1, wherein the work site comprises a plurality of areas that are separately arranged from each other, the plurality of areas comprising the transition position and a stopping position, wherein the subsequent process includes moving the target object between the transition position and the stopping position, and wherein the processor is configured to: determine whether the subsequent process is performable based on information acquired by the camera about the transition position, based on the subsequent process being performable, transmit an instruction to the industrial vehicle to perform the subsequent process including moving the target object between the transition position and the stopping position. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The cargo handling system according to claim 8, wherein the plurality of areas further comprise a third area, and the one operation includes moving the target object between the third area and the transition position, wherein the cargo handling system further comprises a second industrial vehicle configured to perform the one operation, and wherein the processor is configured to determine that the subsequent process is performable based on removal of the target object from the transition position by the industrial vehicle or the second industrial vehicle. ### Claim 10 A cargo handling system in which an industrial vehicle performs cargo handling operation, the cargo handling system comprising: the industrial vehicle; a work site where the industrial vehicle performs a cargo handling operation, the work site comprising a stopping position and a transition position separate from the stopping position, the transition position being an area at which a target object transitions from one process to a subsequent process in the cargo handling operation; a camera configured to monitor a state of the transition position; and a processor configured to: determine whether the subsequent process is performable based on information acquired by the camera about the state of the transition position, and based on the subsequent process being performable, transmit an instruction to the industrial vehicle to perform the subsequent process. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The cargo handling system according to claim 10, wherein the processor is configured to determine that the subsequent process is performable based on removal of the target object from the transition position.