Patent ID: 8210791
Filing Date: 2012-07-03
Classification: B66F,G01C,G05D

Abstract:
1. A method for loading a transport having sidewalls and a threshold with an automatic guided vehicle (AGV) comprising: engaging a load with the AGV; guiding the AGV with a primary guidance system to a position outside of the threshold of the transport; profiling the threshold of the transport and the interior of the transport before the AGV passes the threshold of the transport to determine a travel path for the AGV to pass through the threshold of the transport from said position outside the transport and to a load position; guiding the AGV along the determined travel path across the threshold and further within the transport to the load position on the transport and profiling the interior of the transport at least once as the AGV is guided to the load position within the transport; and guiding the AGV within the transport from the load position to a position outside the threshold of the transport.