Multi-field scanning tools in materials handling vehicles

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10800640
APP PUB NO 20180057329A1
SERIAL NO

15686597

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A materials handling vehicle comprises an operator compartment, a compartment tower, a multi-field scanning tool, and mechanisms that facilitate movement along a travel plane in a warehouse. The tool establishes a scan field, and, within scan field bounds, an occupancy detection field and an obstacle detection field. Tool scanning hardware is configured to generate the scan field from a point of origin that is elevated relative to the operator compartment and to expand the scan field such that it intersects the operator compartment and extends laterally beyond lateral edges of the operator compartment such that the occupancy detection field falls within the operator compartment, the obstacle detection field falls outside of the operator compartment, and the multi-field scanning tool is configured to indicate the presence of an occupant in the occupancy detection field and obstacles in the obstacle detection field.

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  • CROWN EQUIPMENT CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Donnely, Jess Matamata, NZ 3 7
Hanneman, Stefan Munich, DE 3 7
Okroy, Martin Munich, DE 6 13
Pöschl, Franz Erding, DE 5 18
Sauer, Stefan Munich, DE 27 419
Wellman, Timothy A Coldwater, US 45 1823

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