Patent ID: 11922789
Assignee: OSHKOSH CORPORATION
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 5:
6. A method for notifying a user if one or more points of interest are within reach of a reach apparatus, the method comprising:
obtaining a distance value and an orientation from a distance sensor and an orientation sensor when a handheld unit comprising both the distance sensor and the orientation sensor is directed towards a point of interest at a particular location;
determining a coordinate of the point of interest using the distance value and the orientation;
determining, based on a comparison between the coordinate of the point of interest and a plurality of different reach envelopes, which of a plurality of different reach apparatuses can reach the point of interest, the plurality of different reach apparatuses corresponding to one of the plurality of different reach envelopes; and
operating a display screen of the handheld unit to notify the user that the point of interest is within range of a particular reach apparatus or that the point of interest is not within range of the particular reach apparatus;
wherein the handheld unit is configured to determine which of the plurality of different reach apparatuses can reach the point of interest without requiring a reach apparatus to be at a jobsite of the point of interest.