Systems and methods of remotely controlling a materials handling vehicle

A materials handling vehicle includes an operator platform from which an operator can drive the vehicle; a traction control system for advancing the vehicle across a floor surface; at least one sensor configured to detect the presence of an object located at a position proximate to the vehicle; and...

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Hauptverfasser:	Pollack, Jay G, Green, Matthew M, Wellman, Timothy A, Manci, Lewis H, Castaneda, Anthony T, Schumacher, Mark E, Siefring, Vernon W, Kraimer, James V
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ALARM SYSTEMS ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDEDFOR ELSEWHERE CALCULATING CHECKING-DEVICES COMPUTING CONTROL DEVICES OR SYSTEMS INSOFAR AS CHARACTERISED BYMECHANICAL FEATURES ONLY CONTROLLING COUNTING ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS HAULING HOISTING HOISTING, LIFTING, HAULING OR PUSHING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR, e.g. DEVICES WHICH APPLY A LIFTING OR PUSHING FORCEDIRECTLY TO THE SURFACE OF A LOAD LIFTING ORDER TELEGRAPHS PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICS REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES REGULATING SIGNALLING SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS FOR MEASURED VALUES, CONTROL OR SIMILARSIGNALS TRANSPORTING VEHICLES IN GENERAL VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISEPROVIDED FOR VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS
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Zusammenfassung:	A materials handling vehicle includes an operator platform from which an operator can drive the vehicle; a traction control system for advancing the vehicle across a floor surface; at least one sensor configured to detect the presence of an object located at a position proximate to the vehicle; and a controller communicably coupled to the at least one sensor and the traction control system. The controller is responsive to the output of the at least one sensor to stop or slow down the vehicle if an object is detected proximate to the vehicle and the vehicle is traveling in response to a remote travel request. However, the controller does not slow down or stop the vehicle if an object is proximate to the vehicle while the operator is driving the vehicle on the operator platform.