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Position control apparatus and position control method for cargo carrying apparatus in industrial vehicle

US7010404B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 18, 2002
Grant dateMar 7, 2006
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Expiry dateFeb 18, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG05D1/0246
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A camera 19 picks up an image of a cargo handling target and acquires image data of a mark affixed to the cargo handling target. An image processing section 66 performs image recognition of the mark and acquires the position and size of the mark in a screen coordinate system. A real coordinate position calculating section 77 acquires the position of the camera 19 in a real coordinate system based on the obtained position and size of the mark. Based on the position of the camera 19, a deviation amount calculating section 78 acquires a deviation amount between the current position of forks and a target position. A cargo handling control section 50 executes automatic positioning control of the forks in such a way that the deviation amount becomes zero.

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