Vehicle alignment systems for loading docks

US9776511B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Rite-Hite Holding Corporation · US

Inventors

• Andrew Brooks · Thiensville, US
• Bradley J. Stone · Port Washington, US
• Jason Senfleben · Hartford, US
• Jeff Logic · Racine, US
• Matthew Sveum · Wauwatosa, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 26, 2015
• Grant date: Oct 3, 2017
• Expiry date: Jun 26, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01S2013/9324
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Example vehicle alignment systems for use at loading docks are disclosed herein. An example vehicle alignment system includes a sensor system to detect a surface of a vehicle, where the sensor system obtains a feedback signal representative of a spatial orientation of the detected surface relative to a reference as the vehicle approaches a doorway of the loading dock. A controller detects a threshold deviation in the spatial orientation of the detected surface of the vehicle relative to the reference based on the feedback signal. A display varies an output signal in response to the detected deviation in the spatial orientation of the detected surface relative to the reference.