BE1025039B1 - Device for monitoring the safety of industrial rolling stock and its operators - Google Patents

Abstract

Device (1) for monitoring the safety of industrial rolling stock (2), the device comprising a measuring module (3) on each vehicle, which is wirelessly connected to a central monitoring unit (4), characterized in that the measuring module (3) measure its position and its acceleration or deceleration at any time in the three spatial coordinates at any vehicle, and continuously transmit this data wirelessly to the central monitoring unit (4).

Description

(30) Priority data:

(73) Holder (s):

SAFETY MOVE private limited liability company 3600, GENK

Belgium (72) Inventor (s):

WEYTJENS Jan Lowie

3600 GENK

Belgium

COOSEMANS Pablo Alain Marlies Gilberte 3550 HEUSDEN-ZOLDER

Belgium (54) Device for monitoring the safety of industrial rolling stock and its operators (57) Device (1) for monitoring the safety of industrial rolling stock (2), the device comprising a measuring module (3) on each vehicle , which is wirelessly connected to a central monitoring unit (4), characterized in that the measuring module (3) on each vehicle measures its position and its acceleration or deceleration in the three spatial coordinates at any time, and continuously transmits this data wirelessly to the central monitoring unit (4).

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BELGIAN INVENTION PATENT

FPS Economy, K.M.O., Self-employed & Energy Publication number: 1025039 Filing number: BE2017 / 5137 Intellectual Property Office International Classification: B66C 13/18 B66F 9/075 G06Q 10/06 Date of issue: 11/10/2018

The Minister of Economy,

Having regard to the Paris Convention of 20 March 1883 for the Protection of Industrial Property;

Having regard to the Law of March 28, 1984 on inventive patents, Article 22, for patent applications filed before September 22, 2014;

Having regard to Title 1 Invention Patents of Book XI of the Economic Law Code, Article XI.24, for patent applications filed from September 22, 2014;

Having regard to the Royal Decree of 2 December 1986 on the filing, granting and maintenance of inventive patents, Article 28;

Having regard to the application for an invention patent received by the Intellectual Property Office on 06/03/2017.

Whereas for patent applications that fall within the scope of Title 1, Book XI, of the Code of Economic Law (hereinafter WER), in accordance with Article XI.19, § 4, second paragraph, of the WER, the granted patent will be limited. to the patent claims for which the novelty search report was prepared, when the patent application is the subject of a novelty search report indicating a lack of unity of invention as referred to in paragraph 1, and when the applicant does not limit his filing and does not file a divisional application in accordance with the search report.

Decision:

Article 1

SAFETY MOVE private limited liability company, Woudstraat 31A, 3600 GENK Belgium;

represented by

VAN VARENBERG Patrick, Arenbergstraat 13, 2000, ANTWERP;

a Belgian invention patent with a term of 20 years, subject to payment of the annual fees as referred to in Article XI.48, § 1 of the Code of Economic Law, for: Device for monitoring the safety of industrial rolling stock and its operators.

INVENTOR (S):

WEYTJENS Jan Lowie, Woudstraat 31A, 3600, GENK;

COOSEMANS Pablo Alain Marlies Gilberte, Sporkstraat 9, 3550, HEUSDEN-ZOLDER;

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Article 2. - This patent is granted without prior investigation into the patentability of the invention, without warranty of the merit of the invention, nor of the accuracy of its description and at the risk of the applicant (s).

Brussels, 11/10/2018,

With special authorization:

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Device for monitoring the safety of industrial rolling stock and its operators.

The present invention relates to a device for monitoring the safety of industrial rolling stock and its operators.

More specifically, the invention is intended to monitor the safety of operators operating industrial rolling stock such as forklift trucks, stackers, straddle carriers and the like.

It is known that industrial rolling stock such as forklift trucks and stackers are used in the operation of logistics centers or storage warehouses, for example, but other vehicles such as straddle carriers are also used on unloading docks and yards, where these vehicles are operated by an operator.

In large logistics centers these vehicles are often worked around the clock, three shifts alternate and the operators are divided over several vehicles, so that the same vehicle is usually served by several operators over time.

It is therefore important that operators of these vehicles are certified to drive these vehicles, not only to prevent damage to the vehicle, infrastructure or goods being transported, but also to ensure the safety of operators.

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There are training schools for this purpose, which issue such certificates to trained operators.

A disadvantage of this system is that the operators are no longer monitored during the performance of their duties, and their skills in the safe driving of these vehicles are no longer measured or adjusted.

Another drawback is that when the operator causes an unsafe situation, the operator is not always aware of it and no warning is given to him.

An additional drawback is that a person responsible for safety, who must guarantee safety in the workplace, does not have the means to continuously detect these unsafe situations and even less to warn the operator in real time.

The person responsible for safety also does not have objective measurement data that allow him to demonstrate the skill of an individual operator in safe

operating the vehicle, to evaluate. on a objective way to The present invention has until target to the aforementioned and other disadvantages a solution to offer, because she provides an establishment That allows the safety to

monitoring operators of industrial rolling stock.

To this end, the invention relates to a device for monitoring the safety of industrial rolling stock,

BE2017 / 5137, wherein the device comprises a measuring module on each vehicle, which is wirelessly connected to a central monitoring unit, characterized in that the measuring module on each vehicle measures its position and its acceleration or deceleration in the three spatial coordinates at any time, and this continuously transmits data to the central monitoring unit.

The measuring module on any vehicle is equipped with 10 accelerometers That the gear or delay in the three spatial measure dimensions and this one convert to a

electronic signal, and may be equipped with geographic positioning means that can convert the geographic position of the vehicle into an electronic signal at any time.

This equipment allows the central monitoring unit to record a history of all movements made by each vehicle.

Preferably, the measurement module on each vehicle is equipped with an operator identification means which identifies the controlling operator at all times and forwards this identification to the central monitoring unit, which for each operator records the history of its movements with each vehicle it controls, records and stores.

An advantage associated with the storage of this history for each operator is that it makes it possible for each operator to derive his safety profile from the

BE2017 / 5137 known history of movements in which he was a director.

The monitoring unit will preferably compare the measured speed, accelerations and decelerations of the vehicle with a pre-programmed envelope within which movements of the vehicle are safe, and where a warning is sent in real time when this envelope is exceeded.

In addition, this warning can take the form of an acoustic signal and / or a visual signal on a display at the operator. In this way, it is indicated in real time that it is in an unsafe situation, for example by driving too fast, exceeding a safety perimeter or braking too hard and so on.

This warning can also take the form of a visual warning on a display at a safety officer, where this warning is stored in the history of movements for a specific operator forming his safety profile, and to the safety officer the possibility to intervene immediately.

Preferably, the safety officer will assign a qualification status to each operator based on his or her history of movements and warnings stored in the central monitoring unit, after which the safety officer may change an operator's privileges based on his last

BE2017 / 5137 safety profile, to encourage safe behavior and discourage unsafe behavior.

Preferably, each operator of an industrial vehicle has a means of identifying himself as the driver of a particular vehicle, such as a personal badge or electronic key which allows him to identify himself with the means of identifying the operator on the particular vehicle .

The control of the industrial vehicle remains under the control of the operator at all times, so that he remains responsible for the movements of the vehicle. Therefore, he cannot be surprised by an unexpected movement such as an emergency stop that would be performed by the safety monitoring device.

The device is limited to warning the operator who must take the necessary actions to restore safety. The warning can be in the form of an audible signal, warning not only the operator for whom the signal is intended but also his colleagues, which can lead to better social control over the safety of industrial vehicles .

With the insight to better demonstrate the features of the invention, a preferred embodiment of a device for monitoring the safety of persons is described hereinafter as an example without any limiting character.

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Operators of industrial rolling stock according to the invention, with reference to the accompanying drawing, in which:

figure 1 schematically represents a device for monitoring the safety of industrial rolling stock and its operators according to the invention.

Fig. 1 schematically shows a device 1 for monitoring safety for a number of fork lifts 2, each of which is equipped with a measuring module 3, which is connected wirelessly to a central monitoring unit 4, the measuring module 3 on each fork lift 2 on each moment measures the position and acceleration or deceleration of the fork lift 2 in the three spatial coordinates and continuously transmits this data to the central monitoring unit 4, with which the person responsible for safety 5, the movement history for each individual operator 6, 7, 8, and a breach of a security perimeter 9 or a breach of a secure preprogrammed envelope.

The operation of the security monitoring device 1 is very simple and as follows.

Before a particular vehicle, for example a specific fork lift, is put into use, an operator will first identify himself by means of his personal identification means, for instance in a reader of identification card provided for that purpose, the fork lift 2.

BE2017 / 5137, after which the fork lift measuring module 3 starts up and from this moment until when the identification card is taken back, measures every movement of the fork lift and transmits it wirelessly to a central monitoring unit 4, measuring each acceleration and deceleration, and also the current geographic position of the fork lift is continuously transmitted to the central monitoring unit 4.

The central monitoring unit 4 will continuously compare this data with a pre-programmed envelope within which movements of the vehicle are safe, such as, for example, a known safety perimeter within which the vehicle must remain to be safe, so that the operator can be warned in time if his vehicle threatens to leave the vehicle. safety perimeter, by means of a real-time warning to the operator.

The central monitoring unit 4 will also compare the speed, acceleration and deceleration of the vehicle with the maximum permissible values below which one must remain to be safe and will again warn the operator whenever he crosses the preprogrammed envelope.

The pre-programmed envelope can be formatted by means of test drives by authorized operators, recording the movement parameters and deriving safe limits for the operation of the vehicles. Safe perimeters within which the vehicles must remain can be identified on the

BE2017 / 5137 shop floor and then entered in the pre-programmed envelope.

The central monitoring unit 4 will record all movements of the vehicle and also all warnings that have been given, so that a history can be made of all warnings or unsafe situations that have occurred.

This history can be drawn up for each operator, which will show his safety profile and on the basis of which a qualification status with corresponding powers can be assigned to each operator. This status is subject to change by the person responsible for safety, based on his latest safety profile, to encourage safe behavior and discourage unsafe behavior.

It goes without saying that many variants of this device are possible. For example, it can be applied to a wide range of industrial rolling stock and is not limited to fork lifts.

It goes without saying that there are several technical options for establishing a wireless connection between the vehicle and a central surveillance unit, and there are several technical options for determining the geographical position.

The present invention is by no means limited to those exemplified and shown in the figures

BE2017 / 5137 embodiment, but a device for monitoring the safety of industrial rolling stock and its operators according to the invention can be realized in various shapes and sizes without departing from the scope of the invention, as described in the following claims.

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Claims (11)

Conclusions. 1. - Device (1) for monitoring the safety of industrial rolling stock (2), the device comprising a measuring module (3) on each vehicle, which is wirelessly connected to a central monitoring unit (4), characterized in that the measuring module (3) measures its position and its acceleration or deceleration at any time in any of the three spatial coordinates, and continuously transmits this data wirelessly to the central monitoring unit (4). Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the measuring module (3) on each vehicle is equipped with accelerometer measuring the acceleration or deceleration in the three spatial dimensions and converting them into an electronic signal, and optionally also equipped with means for geographic position determination that can convert the geographic position of the vehicle (2) into an electronic signal at any time. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the measuring module (3) on each vehicle is provided with an operator identification means (6, 7, 8) which identifies the controlling operator at any time and forwards this identification to the central monitoring unit (4). Device according to claim 1, characterized in that BE2017 / 5137 the central monitoring unit (4} for each operator (6, 7, 8) records and stores the history of its movements with each vehicle (2) it controls. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the central monitoring unit (4) compares the measured speed, accelerations and decelerations of the vehicle with a pre-programmed envelope within which movements of the vehicle are safe, and in which this envelope is exceeded in real time an alert is sent to the operator (6, 7, 8). Device according to claim 5, characterized in that this warning takes the form of an acoustic signal from the operator (6, 7, 8). Device according to claim 5, characterized in that this warning takes the form of a visual warning on a display at the operator (6, 7, 8). Device according to claim 5, characterized in that this warning takes the form of a visual warning on a display at a safety officer (5), the warning being stored in the history of movements for a specific operator (6). , 7, 8). Device according to claim 4, characterized in that the person responsible for safety assigns a qualification status to each operator on the basis of BE2017 / 5137 are his or her stored history of movements and warnings in the central monitoring unit. Device according to claim 4, characterized in that each operator (6, 7, 8) of an industrial vehicle (2) has a means by which he can identify himself as the driver of a specific vehicle (2). Device according to claim 10, characterized in that the means of identification consists of a personal badge or electronic key with which he can identify himself to the means of identification of the operator on the particular vehicle (2). characterized in that the person responsible (5) for safety can change the powers of an operator (6, 7, based on his latest safety profile) to encourage safe behavior and discourage unsafe behavior. BE2017 / 5137 BE2017 / 5137 Device for monitoring the safety of industrial rolling stock and its operators. 5 Device (1) for monitoring the safety of industrial rolling stock (2), the device comprising a measuring module (3) on each vehicle, which is wirelessly connected to a central monitoring unit (4), characterized in that the measuring module (3 ) on any vehicle 10 at any time measures its position and its acceleration or deceleration in the three spatial coordinates, and continuously transmits this data wirelessly to the central monitoring unit (4).