US 12,405,722 B2
User interface device for industrial vehicle
Jonathan Ochenas, Mooresville, NC (US); and Katharine Neubert, Vancouver, WA (US)
Assigned to Crown Equipment Corporation, New Bremen, OH (US)
Filed by Crown Equipment Corporation, New Bremen, OH (US)
Filed on Aug. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/820,909.
Application 17/820,909 is a continuation of application No. 15/815,788, filed on Nov. 17, 2017, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/425,099, filed on Nov. 22, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0391064 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/048 (2013.01); B66F 9/075 (2006.01); B66F 9/24 (2006.01); B66F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/04817 (2022.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); G06F 3/04883 (2022.01); H04L 12/40 (2006.01); B60K 35/10 (2024.01)
CPC G06F 3/0488 (2013.01) [B66F 9/0755 (2013.01); B66F 9/0759 (2013.01); B66F 9/24 (2013.01); B66F 17/003 (2013.01); G06F 3/02 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); H04L 12/40 (2013.01); B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60K 2360/1438 (2024.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An industrial vehicle comprising:
a carriage assembly comprising one or more forks;
a lift control for causing the carriage assembly to be lifted or lowered when actuated; and
a processing device comprising a graphical user interface, the processing device comprising a touch screen display, a memory storing executable instructions, and a processor in communication with the memory, wherein the processor when executing the executable instructions:
defines a plurality of widgets, each widget comprising a visual representation of a current state of an associated function of the industrial vehicle, wherein the plurality of widgets comprises a rack height select (RHS) widget and a capacity data monitoring (CDM) widget, wherein the CDM widget comprises a scale, a current sensed load weight, a visual representation of the one or more forks, and a numerical indication of a current position of the carriage assembly, and the rack height select (RHS) widget comprises a load presence indicator providing a visual indication of a presence or an absence of a detected load;
controls display of at least one of the plurality of widgets on a portion of the screen display defining one or more widget spaces;
controls display of an icon tray on the screen display comprising one or more icons, wherein one icon of the one or more icons corresponds to an RHS feature;
when the one icon is activated, activates the RHS feature and allows a selection of a programmed rack height, such that when a vehicle operator actuates the lift control, the carriage assembly will automatically stop at the selected programmed rack height, wherein the RHS widget changes in real time to indicate a position of the carriage assembly with respect to the selected programmed rack height;
when the one icon is not activated, the RHS feature is inactive, such that when the vehicle operator actuates the lift control, the carriage assembly will move to any height upon continuous activation of the lift control by the vehicle operator;
controls display of the current sensed load weight adjacent to the visual representation of the one or more forks and causes the current sensed load weight, the visual representation of the one or more forks, and the numerical indication of a current position of the carriage assembly to move vertically along the scale to indicate, in real-time, a current position of the carriage assembly and the current sensed load weight; and
upon activation of a touch-sensitive region of the load presence indicator on the touch screen display by the vehicle operator, overrides the indication of the absence of a detected load.