Method for automatically aligning an industrial truck in a warehouse, and system comprising an industrial truck and a warehouse
First Claim
1. A method for aligning an industrial truck, comprising the steps of:
- determining a relative position of an operator with respect to the industrial truck by a positioning unit;
configuring a control unit to automatically align the industrial truck in a first predetermined side orientation with respect to a first object located on a left side of the industrial truck, the left side being defined as a drive direction of the industrial truck when the relative position of the operator is on the left side of the industrial truck; and
configuring the control unit to automatically align the industrial truck in a second predetermined side orientation with respect to a second object located on a right side of the industrial truck, the right side being defined as the drive direction of the industrial truck when the relative position of the operator is on the right side of the industrial truck.
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Abstract
A method and system for automatically aligning an industrial truck in a warehouse, comprising the steps of determining a relative position of an operator with respect to an industrial truck by a positioning unit of the industrial truck, aligning the industrial truck in first predetermined side orientation with respect to a first object located on the left side of the industrial truck in the drive direction of the industrial truck when the relative position of the operator lies on the left side of the industrial truck, and aligning the industrial truck in a second predetermined side orientation with respect to a second object located on the right side of the industrial truck in the drive direction of the industrial truck when the relative position of the operator lies on the right side of the industrial truck.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for aligning an industrial truck, comprising the steps of:
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determining a relative position of an operator with respect to the industrial truck by a positioning unit; configuring a control unit to automatically align the industrial truck in a first predetermined side orientation with respect to a first object located on a left side of the industrial truck, the left side being defined as a drive direction of the industrial truck when the relative position of the operator is on the left side of the industrial truck; and configuring the control unit to automatically align the industrial truck in a second predetermined side orientation with respect to a second object located on a right side of the industrial truck, the right side being defined as the drive direction of the industrial truck when the relative position of the operator is on the right side of the industrial truck. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for aligning an industrial truck in a warehouse, comprising:
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a positioning unit of the industrial truck configured to determine a relative position of an operator with respect to the industrial truck, a control unit configured to align the industrial truck in first predetermined side orientation with respect to a first object on a left side of the industrial truck in a drive direction when the relative position of the operator lies on the left side of the industrial truck, and configured align the industrial truck in a second predetermined side orientation with respect to a second object located on a right side of the industrial truck in the drive direction when the relative position of the operator lies on the right side of the industrial. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for aligning an industrial truck in a warehouse, comprising:
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a positioning unit of the industrial truck configured to determine a relative position of an operator with respect to the industrial truck, a control unit configured to;
(i) align the industrial truck in first predetermined side orientation with respect to a first object on a left side of the industrial truck in a drive direction when the relative position of the operator lies on the left side of the industrial truck, (ii) align the industrial truck in a second predetermined side orientation with respect to a second object located on a right side of the industrial truck in the drive direction when the relative position of the operator lies on the right side of the industrial truck; and
(iii) align the industrial truck, in response to the relative position of the operator, such that the operator is interposed between the lifting forks and one of the first and second objects.
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