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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2019
Crown Equipment Corporation, New Bremen, OH (US);
Andreas Simon, Munich, DE;
Juergen Buchmann, Pliening, DE;
Lewis H. Manci, New Bremen, OH (US);
Sebastian Sick, Vaterstetten, DE;
Crown Equipment Corporation, New Bremen, OH (US);
Abstract
A system for controlling an industrial vehicle comprises an information linking device, a badge communicator, an operator badge, and a controller. The controller controls the industrial vehicle operating state by identifying that an operator possessing the operator badge has approached the industrial vehicle, communicating with the server via the information linking device to authenticate the operator as authorized to operate the industrial vehicle, and pairing the operator badge with the industrial vehicle upon determining that the operator is authorized to operate the industrial vehicle. Moreover, the controller controls the industrial vehicle operating state by controlling the industrial vehicle based upon a location of the operator badge relative to the industrial vehicle.