Adaptive acceleration for materials handling vehicle

US12066844B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Crown Equipment Corporation · US

Inventors

• Andreas Simon · Munich, DE
• Sebastian Theos · Vaterstetten, DE
• Johannes Nachtigal · Munich, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 20, 2021
• Grant date: Aug 20, 2024
• Expiry date: Jul 19, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B66F9/07581
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method is provided for operating a materials handling vehicle comprising: monitoring, by a processor, vehicle acceleration in a direction of travel of the vehicle during a manual operation by an operator of the vehicle when the vehicle is traveling in a first vehicle orientation; collecting and storing, by the processor, data related to the monitored vehicle acceleration; receiving, by the processor, a request to implement a semi-automated driving operation; calculating, by the processor, a maximum vehicle acceleration based on acceleration data comprising the stored data, wherein the data related to the monitored vehicle acceleration used in calculating the maximum vehicle acceleration comprises only the vehicle acceleration data in the direction of travel of the vehicle collected when the vehicle is traveling in the first vehicle orientation. Based at least in part on the maximum vehicle acceleration, controlling, by the processor, implementation of the semi-automated driving operation.