A vehicle lift system uses locally and globally available datasets to provide various automated and semi-automated lift positioning modes that may be used to position lift arms(14, 16) and engage adapters (108) with lift points of a vehicle. A set of sensors (140) are used to determine a position and orientation of a vehicle within a lift area. Each lift arm includes a camera (112, 212) that is coupled to the lift arm with a static field of view relative to the adapter despite extension, retraction, or rotation of lift arm members. The cameras provide images of the adapter and its surroundings that may be analyzed with object recognition to identify the vehicle's lift points. Lift point positions may also be determined using back-calculation. Automatic positioning of the lift arms may be performed based on identified lift points and may also include projection of an optical locator from a locator within the adapter.
AUTOMATIC ADAPTER SPOTTING FOR AUTOMOTIVE LIFT
AUTOMATISCHE ADAPTERERKENNUNG FÜR FAHRZEUGLIFT
REPÉRAGE AUTOMATIQUE D'ADAPTATEUR POUR PONT ÉLÉVATEUR
2022-07-20
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B66F HOISTING, LIFTING, HAULING, OR PUSHING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. DEVICES WHICH APPLY A LIFTING OR PUSHING FORCE DIRECTLY TO THE SURFACE OF A LOAD , Hub-, Verhol- oder Schubvorrichtungen, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen, z.B. Vorrichtungen mit unmittelbarer Krafteinwirkung auf die Last |