Patent ID: 9114961
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: B65G,B66C,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for automatic relative positioning of land vehicles in relation to a crane for loading a load onto and unloading a load from the vehicles, the method comprising the following steps: automatically positioning a first vehicle under the crane in relation to a global reference system centered on the crane by automatically transmitting data from the crane to the first vehicle; detecting a position of the first vehicle in a specified and delimited area surrounding the crane by using a second vehicle having a detection and guidance system carrying out the detecting step while both the first vehicle and the second vehicle are simultaneously located in the specified and delimited area surrounding the crane; automatically positioning the second vehicle in the specified and delimited area surrounding the crane in relation to the position of the first vehicle while the first vehicle is in the specified and delimited area surrounding the crane, using the detection and guidance system, by: