Patent ID: 9146559
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: B60L,B66F,G05D,G07C,Y02P,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A method for operating an autonomously guided industrial vehicle that travels through a facility, said method comprising: using a camera to acquire images of the facility as the autonomously guided industrial vehicle travels; storing each acquired image onboard the autonomously guided industrial vehicle; the autonomously guided industrial vehicle encountering a predefined incident; in response to the autonomously guided industrial vehicle encountering the predefined incident, wirelessly transmitting an incident message from the autonomously guided industrial vehicle to a remote management computer, wherein the incident message contains location data indicating a location of the autonomously guided industrial vehicle; determining the predefined incident is resolved; in response to determining the predefined incident is resolved, transferring from the autonomously guided industrial vehicle a plurality of the images acquired prior to the predefined incident; and the remote management computer responding to the incident message by providing a human perceivable notification about the incident.