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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:
Sep. 22, 2015

Filed:

Sep. 16, 2011
Applicants:

Stephen P. Waite, Blue Springs, MO (US);

James E. Brockman, Liberty, MO (US);

Marcus A. Moilanen, Overland Park, KS (US);

James P. Ross, Centennial, CO (US);

Brian G. Schoenfish, Kansas City, KS (US);

David S. Wilson, Kansas City, MO (US);

Inventors:

Stephen P. Waite, Blue Springs, MO (US);

James E. Brockman, Liberty, MO (US);

Marcus A. Moilanen, Overland Park, KS (US);

James P. Ross, Centennial, CO (US);

Brian G. Schoenfish, Kansas City, KS (US);

David S. Wilson, Kansas City, MO (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 35/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/343 (2013.01); B60K 35/00 (2013.01); G01C 21/3484 (2013.01); G01C 21/3679 (2013.01); G01C 21/3697 (2013.01); B60W 2550/402 (2013.01);
Abstract

A navigation system integrated into a materials transport vehicle for use by an operator, the system including a plurality of display devices each having a screen; a location determining component operable to determine the current location of the materials transport vehicle; a memory operable to store one or more modules, the memory including vehicle operator transport preferences comprising time periods available for operating the materials transport vehicle and materials transport requirements comprising a materials transport destination; and a processor operable to execute the one or more modules to determine a transport schedule for use by the materials transport vehicle operator, the transport schedule based on the materials transport requirements and the vehicle operator transport preferences, determine a transport route from the current location to the materials transport destination using the transport schedule, and present the transport route on one of the display devices.


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