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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2014
Crown Equipment Corporation, New Bremen, OH (US);
Anthony T. Castaneda, Troy, OH (US);
William W. McCroskey, Sidney, OH (US);
James F. Schloemer, New Bremen, OH (US);
Mark E. Schumacher, New Knoxville, OH (US);
Vernon W. Siefring, Covington, OH (US);
Timothy A. Wellman, Coldwater, OH (US);
Crown Equipment Corporation, New Bremen, OH (US);
Abstract
A materials handling vehicle implements a steer maneuver to hug an object. A controller on the vehicle receives sensor data from at least one sensing device and detects that a selected object is in an environment proximate the vehicle using the received sensor data. The controller performs a steer maneuver by causing the vehicle to steer such that the vehicle is substantially maintained at a desired distance from the selected object as the vehicle travels on a desired heading.