Patent ID: 6571172
Filing Date: 2003-05-27
Classification: B66C,G01S

Abstract:
A method for determination of a portal stacking truck (2) in relation to a container crane (1), in which a laser scanner (3), mounted on the portal stacking truck (2), serves for the position of the portal stacking truck (2), and an evaluating device are coupled to the laser scanner (3), comprising the steps of:detecting posts of a container crane in terms of an angle and distance measurement value of at least one laser scanner (3), mounted on the portal stacking truck (2), as a crane reference position; sending measurement values of the laser scanner (3) to an evaluating device, which compares the measurement values of the laser scanner (3) with already in program existing values for position and dimension of the posts of the container crane (1); thus determining an exact position of the stacking truck (2) in relation to the posts of the container crane (1); and whereby based on said determining, the stacking truck (2) can be driven into an exactly predetermined actual position vis-Ã¡-vis the posts of the container crane (1).