Nicholas J Ford

US Patent:

20180060625, Mar 1, 2018

Filed:

Aug 26, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/248518

Inventors:

- Lincolnshire IL, US
Christopher S. Wuest - Milton GA, US
Guy Solimine - Morris Plains NJ, US
Nicholas J. Ford - Parsippany NJ, US
Edward W. Geiger - San Martin CA, US
Yu Wan - Sunnyvale CA, US
Mahender R. Vangati - San Jose CA, US
David Tan Nguyen - Morgan Hill CA, US
Sudhakar Reddy - Bridgewater NJ, US

International Classification:

G06K 7/10
H04W 40/24
G06F 17/30
H04W 4/02
G06Q 10/08
G06K 17/00

Abstract:

Methods, systems and apparatus for detecting object location and generating alerts are disclosed herein. An example disclosed method includes determining an assigned area for an object being handled by a loader; detecting a first location of the loader; determining whether the first location corresponds to the assigned area for the object; and in response to the first location not corresponding to the assigned area for the object, generating a first output indicative of a difference between the first location and the assigned area for the object.