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

Claim 16:
17. 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, wherein the material handling vehicle includes a mast and forks;
identifying, via the vehicle controller, a repetition or pattern in the received data, the repetition or pattern including:
picking up an object at floor level;
moving a first predefined distance;
placing the object;
moving a second predefined distance;

determining, via the vehicle controller, whether the repetition or pattern in the received data is a vehicle task once the repetition or pattern has been repeated one or more times, the vehicle task being loading or unloading a trailer; and
modifying, via the vehicle controller, an operational parameter of the material handling vehicle based on the determined vehicle task, wherein the operational parameter is a maximum height of the mast or the forks.