Shovel

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11142883-B2
Application number	US-201916363163-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 25, 2019
Priority date	Sep 30, 2016
Publication date	Oct 12, 2021
Grant date	Oct 12, 2021

Abstract

A shovel having a machine guidance function or a machine control function includes a lower traveling body, an upper turning body turnably mounted on the lower traveling body, a cab mounted on the upper turning body, an attachment attached to the upper turning body, a display device provided in the cab, and a control device configured to guide or automatically assist an operation of the shovel according to a target value that is preset. The control device is configured to display geometric information on the display device using information on two end positions of the attachment at two points of time, and to set the target value based on the information on the two end positions.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A shovel having a machine guidance function or a machine control function, the shovel comprising:
a lower traveling body;
an upper turning body turnably mounted on the lower traveling body;
a cab mounted on the upper turning body;
an attachment attached to the upper turning body;
a display device provided in the cab; and
a hardware processor configured to guide or automatically assist an operation of the shovel according to a target value that is preset with respect to a target work surface,
wherein the hardware processor is configured to display geometric information on the display device using information on two end positions of the attachment at two points of time, and to set the target value with respect to the target work surface based on the information on the two end positions.

2. The shovel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the geometric information is information on an angle, and
the target value is a target angle.

3. The shovel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the geometric information is a horizontal distance and a vertical distance, and
the target value is a target angle.

4. The shovel as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
an operating lever provided in the cab; and
a switch provided on the operating lever,
wherein the hardware processor is configured to set the target value based on the information on the two end positions at the two points of time at which the switch is operated.

5. The shovel as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
a pedal switch provided in the cab,
wherein the hardware processor is configured to set the target value based on the information on the two end positions at the two points of time at which the pedal switch is operated.

6. The shovel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the shovel is operable in a plurality of operating modes including a guidance mode and a measurement mode, and
the hardware processor is configured to set the target value based on the information on the two end positions in the measurement mode, and to guide or automatically assist the operation of the shovel according to the target value in the guidance mode.

7. The shovel as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the display device is configured to display a screen in the measurement mode, the screen being different from a screen displayed in the guidance mode.

8. The shovel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the display device is configured to simultaneously display a display part displaying the geometric information and a display part displaying information on a setting of the shovel.

9. A shovel having a machine guidance function or a machine control function, the shovel comprising:
a lower traveling body;
an upper turning body turnably mounted on the lower traveling body;
a cab mounted on the upper turning body;
an attachment attached to the upper turning body;
a display device provided in the cab; and
a hardware processor configured to display geometric information on the display device using information on a first position of an end of the attachment at a first point of time and a second position of the end of the attachment at a second point of time different from the first point of time, set a target value based on the information on the first position and the second position of the end of the attachment, and guide or automatically assist an operation of the shovel according to the set target value.

10. The shovel as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the hardware processor is configured to set the target value with respect to a target work surface.

11. The shovel as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the hardware processor is configured to calculate and record coordinates of the first position and the second position as the information, and to calculate the target value from the recorded coordinates of the first position and the second position.

Assignees

• Sumitomo Shi Constr Mach Co

Inventors

• Izumikawa Takeya

Classifications

• E02F9/20 Primary

  Drives; Control devices (gearings in general F16H; controlling in general G05; electric multi-motor drives H02K, H02P) · CPC title

• E02F3/40 Primary

  Dippers; Buckets {; Grab devices, e.g. manufacturing processes for buckets, form, geometry or material of buckets (devices to connect tools to arms or booms E02F3/3604; teeth therefor E02F9/28)} · CPC title

• E02F3/435

  for dipper-arms, backhoes or the like · CPC title

• E02F9/2004

  Control mechanisms, e.g. control levers (control levers per se G05G) · CPC title

• E02F3/425

  Drive systems for dipper-arms, backhoes or the like · CPC title