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

Claim 0:
1. A method for task characterization on a material handling vehicle, comprising:
receiving data, via a vehicle controller, 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 on the material handling vehicle;
identifying, via the vehicle controller, a repetition or pattern in the monitored data, the repetition or pattern including:
picking up an object;
moving forks-first less than or equal to a first predefined distance;
detecting that the material handling vehicle drives over a feature in a floor;
placing the object;
moving tractor-first less than or equal to a second predefined distance; and
detecting that the material handling vehicle drives over the feature in the floor;

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
modifying, via the vehicle controller, an operational parameter of the material handling vehicle based on the determined vehicle task.