US 12,145,823 B2
Systems and methods for assisting a crane operator
James T. Benzing, Bethlehem, PA (US); William R. Haller, Bethlehem, PA (US); Seth T. Slavin, Bethlehem, PA (US); and Marta Kasica-Soltan, Stroudsburg, PA (US)
Assigned to Structural Services, Inc., Bethlehem, PA (US)
Filed by Structural Services, Inc., Bethlehem, PA (US)
Filed on Apr. 29, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/649,230.
Application 18/649,230 is a continuation of application No. 17/719,146, filed on Apr. 12, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/283,801, filed on Nov. 29, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/173,584, filed on Apr. 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0279035 A1, Aug. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. B66C 13/16 (2006.01); B66C 13/46 (2006.01)
CPC B66C 13/16 (2013.01) [B66C 13/46 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A guidance system for guiding a crane operator to a location of a building material object within a shakeout field, the guidance system comprising:
a mobile system for locating building material objects within a shakeout field, the mobile system comprising:
an internal navigation system, the internal navigation system including a Real Time Kinematic (RTK) enabled global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver configured to provide a first GNSS location of the hook-block and a second GNSS location of the building material object within the shakeout field; and
a computer coupled to the internal navigation system, wherein the computer is configured to provide a visual recognition to the crane operator for guiding the operation of the hook-block to the GNSS location of the building material object.