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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2010
Jamie Bell, Auckland, NZ;
Kashyap Chandrasekar, Auckland, NZ;
Andres Evan Graham, Waitakere, NZ;
David Charles Howse, North Shore, NZ;
Jamie Bell, Auckland, NZ;
Kashyap Chandrasekar, Auckland, NZ;
Andres Evan Graham, Waitakere, NZ;
David Charles Howse, North Shore, NZ;
Crown Equipment Limited, Auckland, NZ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for sensing object load engagement, transportation and disengagement by automated vehicles is described. In one embodiment, the method includes processing data that is transmitted from a sensor array comprising at least one device for analyzing a plurality of objects that are placed throughout a physical environment, executing an object recognition process on the sensor array data using model information to identify at least one object, determining orientation information associated with the at least one object, wherein the orientation information is relative to the lift carriage and positioning at least one lifting element based on the orientation information.