ADAPTIVE ACCELERATION FOR A MATERIAL HANDLING VEHICLE
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- DE · DE
- Patent Type
- Patents
- Current Assignee / Owner
- CROWN EQUIP CORP
- Filing Date
- 2021-03-15
- Publication Date
- 2026-05-06
AI Technical Summary
Existing materials handling vehicles lack adaptive control mechanisms to adjust acceleration limits based on the operator's driving behavior during manual operations, leading to suboptimal performance in semi-automated driving modes.
A controller calculates a weighted average of vehicle drive parameters from recent manual operations to determine adaptive acceleration limits for semi-automated driving, considering orthogonal directions and adjusting maximum acceleration based on monitored driving behaviors.
This approach ensures that acceleration limits better match the operator's driving style, enhancing safety and efficiency in semi-automated operations by adapting to recent driving behaviors.