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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015

Filed:

Jun. 10, 2013
Applicants:

Anthony T. Castaneda, Troy, OH (US);

William W. Mccroskey, Sidney, OH (US);

Mark E. Schumacher, New Knoxville, OH (US);

Vernon W. Siefring, Covington, OH (US);

Timothy A. Wellman, Coldwater, OH (US);

Inventors:

Anthony T. Castaneda, Troy, OH (US);

William W. McCroskey, Sidney, OH (US);

Mark E. Schumacher, New Knoxville, OH (US);

Vernon W. Siefring, Covington, OH (US);

Timothy A. Wellman, Coldwater, OH (US);

Assignee:

Crown Equipment Corporation, New Bremen, OH (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 6/00 (2006.01); B62D 15/02 (2006.01); B66F 9/075 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2006.01); G08C 17/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 6/002 (2013.01); B62D 15/0265 (2013.01); B66F 9/0755 (2013.01); B66F 9/07568 (2013.01); B66F 9/07581 (2013.01); G05D 1/024 (2013.01); G05D 1/0255 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0216 (2013.01); G08C 17/02 (2013.01); G08C 2201/20 (2013.01); B62D 6/001 (2013.01);
Abstract

A materials handling vehicle automatically implements steer maneuvers when objects enter one or more zones proximate the vehicle, wherein the zones are monitored by a controller associated with the vehicle. The controller tracks objects in the zones via sensor data obtained from at least one obstacle sensor located on the vehicle and via dead reckoning. The objects are tracked by the controller until they are no longer in an environment proximate the vehicle. Different zones result in different steer maneuvers being implemented by the controller.


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