OPENTECHNICAL PUBLICATION
OT-2026-000000722

Assistance systems and methods for a material handling vehicle

Published: 2026-09-15T19:03:18.136365Z
Permanent URL: https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000000722
Categories: Lifting, Positioning & Manipulation > Lift Tables and Positioners

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ABSTRACT

Systems and methods provide assistance to an operator of a material handling
vehicle. A training reinforcement assistance device has a frame supporting an
optical system, the optical system being configured to display virtual content
on a display, and to enable viewing of at least a portion of a surrounding
environment; an imager operably coupled with the frame; an accelerometer
operably coupled with the frame and configured to detect an orientation of the
frame; an eye-tracking unit operably coupled with the frame and configured to
detect a viewing direction of an operator; and a controller operably coupled
with the imager and the display. The controller receives environmental
information from at least one of the imager, the accelerometer, or the
eye-tracking unit and to overlay the image of the environment to assist the
operator in maneuvering a material handling vehicle based on vehicle
kinematics of the material handling vehicle.

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OpenTechnical publication OT-2026-000000722
Published 2026-09-15T19:03:18.136365Z
https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000000722