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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2022
Crown Equipment Corporation, New Bremen, OH (US);
Lewis H. Manci, New Bremen, OH (US);
Juergen Buchmann, Pliening, DE;
Andreas Simon, Munich, DE;
Sebastian Theos (aka Sick), Vaterstetten, DE;
Crown Equipment Corporation, New Bremen, OH (US);
Abstract
A control system for an industrial vehicle includes a badge communicator and an information linking device. The badge communicator has a transceiver for short range communication with electronic badges that are within a fixed short range of the badge communicator, defining a first zone. The information linking device is programmed to execute program code. The program code extracts a current state of an operating parameter read from an industrial vehicle network bus, generates a second zone within the first zone that is defined based upon the extracted industrial vehicle operating parameter, detects a presence of an electronic badge within the first zone, determines whether the electronic badge is within the second zone, performs a first action if the detected electronic badge is not within the second zone, and performs a second action if the electronic badge is within the second zone.