VEHICLE-TO-VEHICLE COMMUNICATION FOR TRAJECTORY AWARENESS OF A MATERIAL HANDLING VEHICLE

Attorney Docket No. 780139.01442.RC885 Systems and methods provide assistance to an operator of a material handling vehicle. Provided systems and methods include receiving vehicle condition data at a first material handling vehicle from a second material handling vehicle when the second material handling vehicle is within a predetermined communication range, determining a first predicted vehicle position for the first material handling vehicle based on current vehicle conditions, determining a second predicted vehicle position for the second material handling vehicle based on the received vehicle condition data, and determining if the first predicted vehicle position for the first material handling vehicle overlaps with the second predicted vehicle position for the second material handling vehicle. Upon the determination that the first predicted vehicle position overlaps with the second predicted vehicle position, the operator of the first material handling vehicle is provided an indication. -22 QB\74219854.1 MONITOR, AT A FIRST MHV, FOR MHVs WITHIN A PREDETERMINED COMMUNICATION RANGE RECEIVE VEHICLE CONDITION DATA AT THE FIRST MHV FROM A SECOND MHV WITHIN THE PREDETERMINED COMMUNICATION RANGE _if K- 206 DETERMINE A PREDICTED VEHICLE PATH TO BE TAKEN BY THE FIRST MHV BASED ON THE VEHICLE CONDITION DATA ______I- 208 DETERMINE IF THE PREDICTED VEHICLE PATH OF THE SECOND MHV OVERLAPS WITH A VEHICLE PATH OF THE FIRST MHV VEHICLE PATHS /,-212 PROVIDE AN INDICATION TO OPERATOR