Tag layout for industrial vehicle operation

Abstract A system comprising a tag layout and an industrial vehicle, wherein: the industrial vehicle comprises storage and retrieval hardware, a tag reader, a reader module, and a vehicle controller; the storage and retrieval hardware is configured to store and retrieve items from selected storage elements positioned along an aisle path; the tag layout comprises a plurality of individual tags that are sequenced along the aisle path in accordance with a sequence list that is accessible to the reader module; the tag reader and the reader module cooperate to identify the individual tags of the tag layout; the tag reader and the reader module further cooperate to generate a travel direction signal by identifying a succession of tags that are sequenced along the aisle path; the reader module (i) compares a succession of identified sequenced tags with at least a portion of the accessible sequence list, (ii) derives a travel direction of the industrial vehicle along respective aisle paths from the succession of identified sequenced tags, and (iii) generates a travel direction signal indicative of the industrial vehicle along respective aisle paths; and the vehicle controller controls operational functions of the storage and retrieval hardware partially as a function of the travel direction signal.