Patent ID: 11969882
Assignee: THE RAYMOND CORPORATION
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 10:
11. A method for task characterization on a material handling vehicle, comprising:
receiving data, via a vehicle controller on the material handling vehicle, from one or more on-board sensors that are disposed on the material handling vehicle;
monitoring the data communicated between the one or more on-board sensors and the vehicle controller, wherein the material handling vehicle includes a mast and forks;
identifying, via the vehicle controller, a repetition or pattern in the monitored data, the repetition or pattern including:
picking up an object at floor level;
moving less than or equal to a predefined distance;
placing the object; and
moving less than or equal to the predefined distance;

determining, via the vehicle controller, whether the repetition or pattern in the monitored data is a vehicle task, wherein the vehicle task is classified as loading or unloading a trailer; and
reducing, via the vehicle controller, a maximum height of the mast or the forks to below a predetermined height based on the vehicle task.