Patent ID: 11933105
Assignee: IVECO MAGIRUS AG
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E  G | IPC E  G

Claim 0:
1. Positioning system for determining where to position a vehicle in an environmental space, wherein the vehicle carries an extendible aerial device, comprising:
a computer-implemented portable mobile distance metering device remote from the vehicle, positioned proximate a selected first position, and configured to determine using a first processor a distance between the distance metering device and a selected remote surface point in the environmental space and to record the determined distance as distance data, wherein the distance metering device comprises a transmission interface configured to transmit recorded distance data; and
a computer-implemented mobile terminal remote from the vehicle and the distance measuring device and comprising:
a receiver interface operating on a second processor configured to receive distance data transmitted from the distance metering device,
a memory configured to store dimension data related to physical dimensions of a plurality of aerial devices,
processing means implemented by the second processor configured for receiving a selection of an aerial device from the plurality of aerial devices, loading from the memory dimension data associated with the selected aerial device, and calculating a second position and/or a position range of a representation of the selected aerial device within a virtual space from the distance data and the dimension data, and
a display configured to display the virtual space comprising the representation of the selected aerial device at the second position and/or position range within the virtual space and extended to a representation of the remote surface point thereby indicating if the selected aerial device can be fully accommodated in the environmental space between the selected first position and the remote surface point taking into consideration the available space between the selected first position and the remote surface point and the physical dimensions of the selected aerial device, wherein the second position and/or the position range is calculated before the vehicle is positioned at the first position in the environmental space;
wherein the dimension data comprise load limit data indicating different maximum loads of the aerial device related to positions of the selected aerial device, and the display is further configured to display a maximum load that may be carried by the selected aerial device when extended to the remote surface point.