Patent ID: 11897734
Assignee: STRUCTURAL SERVICES, INC.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A guidance system for guiding a crane operator to a location of a first building material object having a first identifying indicium and located within a shakeout field, the guidance system comprising:
an imager providing at least one image of the shakeout field, including the first building material object;
a GPS receiver coupled to a hook-block of a crane operated by the crane operator, wherein the GPS receiver is configured to provide a GPS location of the hook-block and a GPS location of the first building material object within the shakeout field; and
a computer coupled to the imager and the GPS receiver, wherein the computer is configured to:
recognize the first building material object within the shakeout field image based upon the first identifying indicium; and
provide a visual recognition to the crane operator for guiding the operation of the hook-block to the location of the first building material object based on of the GPS location of the first building material object.