US 11,939,197 B2
Forklift-truck remote operation system
Junji Inoue, Aichi-ken (JP); Koji Hika, Aichi-ken (JP); and Hironobu Okamoto, Aichi-ken (JP)
Assigned to KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, Kariya (JP)
Appl. No. 17/055,305
Filed by KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, Kariya (JP)
PCT Filed May 14, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/019026
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 13, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/225390, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 28, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-099843 (JP), filed on May 24, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0171329 A1, Jun. 10, 2021
Int. Cl. B66F 9/06 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01)
CPC B66F 9/063 (2013.01) [G05D 1/0038 (2013.01); G05D 1/0212 (2013.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); H04N 7/183 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0216 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A forklift-truck remote operation system comprising:
a forklift truck including a vehicle communication part; and
a remote operation device including an operation device communication part that is configured to communicate wirelessly with the vehicle communication part and used for remote operation of the forklift truck, wherein
the forklift-truck remote operation system includes:
a camera mounted to the forklift truck and configured to capture an image of an area around the forklift truck;
a display disposed in the remote operation device and configured to display the image captured by the camera;
a pallet detector configured to perform image recognition processing of the image captured by the camera and detect a plurality of pallets;
a display controller configured to control the display to display the image captured by the camera with an indication for pallet selection from the pallets detected by the pallet detector; and
a travel controller configured to control the forklift truck to move to a position of the selected pallet, wherein the indication for pallet selection includes pop-up boxes corresponding to the respective detected pallets.