US 11,922,789 B2
Systems and methods for machine placement
Gregory S. Brulo, Oshkosh, WI (US); Korry D. Kobel, Oshkosh, WI (US); and Brian K. Mohlman, Oshkosh, WI (US)
Assigned to Oshkosh Corporation, Oshkosh, WI (US)
Filed by Oshkosh Corporation, Oshkosh, WI (US)
Filed on Dec. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/556,541.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/225,236, filed on Jul. 23, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/128,499, filed on Dec. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0198905 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. G08B 21/18 (2006.01); G06F 3/04842 (2022.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); G08B 5/22 (2006.01); B66F 17/00 (2006.01); G01S 1/04 (2006.01); G01S 17/08 (2006.01)
CPC G08B 21/18 (2013.01) [G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G08B 5/22 (2013.01); B66F 17/006 (2013.01); G01S 1/0423 (2019.08); G01S 17/08 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A reach and placement tool comprising:
an eyepiece;
an orientation sensor;
a distance sensor;
a display screen separate from the eyepiece; and
a controller configured to:
obtain a distance value and an orientation from the distance sensor and the orientation sensor when the reach and placement tool is directed towards a point of interest at a particular location;
determine a coordinate of the point of interest using the distance value and the orientation;
determine, based on a comparison between the coordinate of the point of interest and a plurality of different reach envelopes, which of a plurality of different reach apparatuses can reach the point of interest, the plurality of different reach apparatuses corresponding to one of the plurality of different reach envelopes; and
operate the display screen to notify a user regarding which of the plurality of different reach apparatuses can reach the point of interest;
wherein the reach and placement tool is a handheld device configured to be held by the user and directed towards the point of interest while the eyepiece is held to an eye of the user to obtain the distance value and the orientation; and
wherein the reach and placement tool is configured to determine which of the plurality of different reach apparatuses can reach the point of interest without requiring a reach apparatus to be at a jobsite of the point of interest.