Title:
METHOD, SYSTEM AND RELATED DEVICES FOR OPERATING MULTIPLE CRANES IN UNISON
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2015/173773
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A crane control system for controlling a plurality of cranes is provided. The crane control system in some embodiments includes a master controller unit, at least one computer readable memory for storing a plurality of tokens, each token from the plurality of tokens associated with a respective crane from the plurality of cranes, and a processing unit responsive to commands inputable by an operator of the master controller unit to send the commands to individual cranes from the plurality of cranes, wherein the processing unit associates the commands with respective tokens to control the cranes associated with those tokens. The crane control system in some embodiments also includes a processing unit that is responsive to a signal indicative of a synchronization loss to issue a command to bring the plurality of cranes into a safe condition, such as an emergency stop, or a corrective action.
Inventors:
CORBEIL PAUL-ANDRÉ (CA)
STAGG DAVID (US)
MONTREUIL PIERRE (CA)
ETHIER LUC (CA)
STAGG DAVID (US)
MONTREUIL PIERRE (CA)
ETHIER LUC (CA)
Application Number:
PCT/IB2015/053572
Publication Date:
February 18, 2016
Filing Date:
May 14, 2015
Export Citation:
Assignee:
LAIRD TECHNOLOGIES INC (US)
International Classes:
B66C23/88; G06Q50/08; G08G1/0968
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2013170026A1 | 2013-11-14 | |||
| WO2013030092A1 | 2013-03-07 | |||
| WO2002014202A1 | 2002-02-21 |
Foreign References:
| US8195368B1 | 2012-06-05 | |||
| US20070204077A1 | 2007-08-30 | |||
| CN202322054U | 2012-07-11 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 3142956A4
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