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

Claim 21:
22. 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:
means for providing one or more images of the shakeout field;
a GPS receiver for providing a location of the hook-block and a GPS location of the first building material object; and a computer coupled to the imaging means and the GPS receiver, the computer configured to:
generate a composite image of the shakeout field including the first building material object based on the one or more images;
recognize the first building material object within the composite image using the first identifying indicium;
obtain the GPS location of the first building material object and the GPS location of the hook-block; 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.