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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. 29, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 12, 2013
Applicant:

The Raymond Corporation, Greene, NY (US);

Inventors:

Jeffrey J. Kuss, Binghamton, NY (US);

Stephen L. Page, Greene, NY (US);

Paul P. McCabe, Binghamton, NY (US);

Timothy E. Donahue, Binghamton, NY (US);

Assignee:

The Raymond Corporation, Greene, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 22/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2006.01); B66F 9/06 (2006.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01); G07C 5/08 (2006.01); B60L 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/021 (2013.01); B60L 3/0015 (2013.01); B66F 9/063 (2013.01); G05D 1/0246 (2013.01); G07C 5/008 (2013.01); G07C 5/0866 (2013.01); B60L 2200/42 (2013.01); B60L 2240/622 (2013.01); B60L 2260/32 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0216 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7291 (2013.01); Y02T 90/16 (2013.01); Y02T 90/162 (2013.01);
Abstract

As an autonomously guided industrial vehicle travels through a facility images of the adjacent environment are acquired, by either a still camera or a video camera. An image file containing a plurality of the images is stored onboard the vehicle. During that travel, the location of the vehicle is determined. Upon occurrence of a predefined incident, such as encountering an obstacle or impacting an object, an incident message is transmitted wirelessly from the vehicle to a remote management computer. The incident message contains an indication of the type of incident, an indication of a location of the vehicle, and the plurality of the images. The remote management computer responds to the incident message by providing a notification about the incident to one or more persons. The contents of the incident message enables the person notified to take corrective action.


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