Adjusting control of an industrial vehicle based on an electronic badge

US11222251B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Crown Equipment Corporation · US

Inventors

• Andreas Simon · Munich, DE
• Juergen Buchmann · Pliening, DE
• Lewis H. Manci · New Bremen, US
• Sebastian Theos · Vaterstetten, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 10, 2020
• Grant date: Jan 11, 2022
• Expiry date: Feb 10, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07C2009/00301
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A system for adjusting control of an industrial vehicle comprises a badge communicator that communicates with electronic badges that are in short range proximity of the industrial vehicle; and a controller coupled to memory, wherein the controller executes program code stored in the memory to adjust control of operating parameters of the industrial vehicle. The controller executes the program code to receive a badge identifier wirelessly transmitted by a detected electronic badge and identify a role associated with the badge identifier. Based on the role associated with the badge identifier, the controller modifies a set point of the industrial vehicle from a first set point to a second set point by communicating information concerning the set point to a vehicle control module of the electronic vehicle.