Load handling controller, method and computer program product

A load handling controller for a vehicle with load handling equipment, the load handling controller being arranged to:

• receive sensor input from a system of sensors at the vehicle, comprising at least an image sensor unit and a distance mapping sensor unit, for monitoring and mapping the surrounding of the vehicle;
• generate, based on the sensor input, a representation of the surrounding of the vehicle, the representation comprising one or more images and/or point cloud maps of the surrounding of the vehicle together with a set of virtual markers for the one or more images and/or point cloud maps of the surrounding of the vehicle to facilitate load handling;
• provide the representation of the surrounding of the vehicle for visual illustration to an operator of the load handling controller on one or more human-machine interface devices;
• and
• collect user commands for the load handling from the one or more human-machine interface devices, wherein the user commands belong to a set of commands available to the operator of the load handling controller;
• wherein the set of virtual markers comprises a first virtual marker corresponding to a load of the vehicle and that the set of commands comprises one or more commands for positioning the first virtual marker within the representation;
• and
• the load handling controller is arranged to determine from the position of the first virtual marker in the representation a wanted position for unloading the load relative to the representation of the surrounding of the vehicle and provide, based on the wanted position for unloading the load relative to the representation of the surrounding of the vehicle, control instructions for the vehicle for the load handling.