Nicholas R Ford

US Patent:

20190332835, Oct 31, 2019

Filed:

Jul 8, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/505685

Inventors:

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

International Classification:

G06K 7/10
G06F 16/2455
H04W 4/029
H04W 40/24
G06Q 10/08
G06K 17/00
H04W 4/02

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.