Patent ID: 11953897
Assignee: ZF CV SYSTEMS EUROPE BV
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A control method for the semi-automatic transfer of a driven utility vehicle into a sensor-identifiable target position, the method comprising:
sensing a relative position of the utility vehicle in relation to the target position;
deriving, from the relative position, an automatic, rules-based lateral control of the utility vehicle configured to, together with a longitudinal control, transfer the utility vehicle into the target position,
detecting, with the aid of a remote control transmitter of the utility vehicle, the presence of an activation signal generated by an operator located outside of the utility vehicle,
initiating, in response to the detection of the presence of the activation signal for the first time, the transfer of the utility vehicle according to the lateral control and the longitudinal control,
detecting an absence of the activation signal and interrupting the transfer to bring the utility vehicle to a standstill, and
carrying out a check when the relative position is sensed as a start position for a first time, the check including determining whether a transfer to the target position from the start position is possible and, if transfer to the target position from the start position is not possible, not initiating the transfer and informing the operator thereof.