Extendible conveyor and parcel handling system

1. An extendable boom conveyor system comprising:

a first boom element;

a controller;

an input device; and

a second boom element, wherein the controller, using the input device, adjusts the position of the first boom element to maintain a distance relative to a user and continues to dynamically adjust the position of the first boom element to maintain the distance relative to the user as the user unloads parcels from a container.

2. The extendable boom conveyor system of claim 1 , wherein the input device includes an optical sensor that detects a position of the user.

3. The extendable boom conveyor system of claim 1 , wherein the sensor detects a hands-free user input using optical or audio sensors of the input device.

4. The extendable boom conveyor system of claim 1 , wherein the controller also adjusts the position of the second boom element to maintain a position relative to the first boom element.

5. The extendable boom conveyor system of claim 1 , wherein the extendable boom conveyor system also performs a skeletal tracking process.

6. The extendable boom conveyor system of claim 1 , wherein the controller adjusts the position of the first boom element according to an audio user input detected by the input device.

7. The extendable boom conveyor system of claim 1 , wherein the controller adjusts the position of the first boom element according to a gesture user input detected by the input device.

8. The extendable boom conveyor system of claim 1 , wherein the controller adjusts the position of the first boom element according to a procedural interpretation of inputs detected by the input device.

9. The extendable boom conveyor system of claim 1 , wherein the controller uses an accelerometer to detect oscillation in an end of the first boom element.

10. A method performed by an extendible conveyor system having a first boom element, a second boom element, an input device, and conveying surfaces on the first boom element and the second boom element, comprising:

detecting a position of a user using the input device;

moving the first boom element to a position relative to the position of the user;

detecting a user input using the input device;

moving the first boom element to a new position according to the user input; and

transporting parcels loaded by the user on the conveying surfaces.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the input device includes an optical sensor.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the user input is a hands-free user input detected using optical or audio sensors of the input device.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the extendible conveyor system also adjusts the position of the second boom element to maintain a position relative to the first boom element.

14. The method of claim 10 , wherein the extendible conveyor system continues to dynamically move the first boom element to maintain a distance relative to a user as the user unloads parcels from a container.

15. The method of claim 10 , wherein the extendable boom conveyor system also performs a skeletal tracking process.

16. The method of claim 10 , wherein the user input is an audio user input detected by the input device.

17. The method of claim 10 , wherein the user input is a gesture user input detected by the input device.

18. The method of claim 10 , wherein the extendible conveyor system adjusts the position of the first boom element according to a procedural interpretation of inputs detected by the input device.

19. The method of claim 10 , wherein the extendible conveyor system detects oscillation in an end of the first boom element using an accelerometer.