Motorized vehicles that include a mast, a carriage supported by the mast, a hydraulic cylinder configured to raise and lower the carriage along the mast, forks or a platform coupled to the carriage and configured to support a load wherein raising and lowering the carriage raises and lowers the forks or the platform and thereby raises and lowers the load supported thereon, a system of sensors configured to gather data relating to objects in proximity to the motorized vehicle including at least two cameras configured to obtain video of at least two areas around the motorized vehicle, and one or more display screens configured to visually display the data gathered by the system of sensors or information based thereon to an operator including real-time video obtained by the cameras. Methods are provided for operating the vehicles with improved operator visibility and situational awareness relative to pre-existing vehicles.
MOTORIZED VEHICLES HAVING SENSORS AND METHODS OF OPERATING THE SAME
2022-03-17
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | G05D SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES , Systeme zum Steuern oder Regeln nichtelektrischer veränderlicher Größen / 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 |
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