OPERATOR PRESENCE SYSTEM

The present invention relates to an industrial vehicle 5 comprising an operator compartment 10, comprising a floor 90 configured for an operator 15 to stand on, the floor 90 having a front side 42, a left side 40 extending from the front side 42, a right side 45 extending from the front side 42 and...

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Hauptverfasser: ADCOX, Robert Stephen, MCGOLDRICK, Kevin, WAVREK, Matthew, JAMES, William Eugene, GOODWIN, Christopher J, SCHREIBER, Ken
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:The present invention relates to an industrial vehicle 5 comprising an operator compartment 10, comprising a floor 90 configured for an operator 15 to stand on, the floor 90 having a front side 42, a left side 40 extending from the front side 42, a right side 45 extending from the front side 42 and opposite the left side 40, and a rear side opposite the front side 42 and extending between the left side 40 and the right side 45; and an operator presence detector 20, the operator presence detector 20 comprising: a first detector 30 located (a) proximate one side of the floor 90 and (b) a distance above the floor 90, wherein a first detection field 80 associated with the first detector 30 extends between the one side of the floor 90 and the side opposite the one side of the floor 90; and a second detector 35 located (a) proximate either (i) the one side of the floor 90 or (ii) proximate the side opposite the one side of the floor 90 and (b) a distance above the floor 90, wherein a second detection field 85 associated with the second detector 35 extends between the one side of the floor 90 and the side opposite the one side of the floor 90; wherein the first detector 30 and the second detector 35 are configured and positioned such that an operator 15 who has both a left lower extremity 60, 62 and a right lower extremity 65, 70 located in the operator compartment 10 cannot cause both the first detector 30 and the second detector 35 to detect an object with a single lower extremity.