Remote control terminal and work vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11905145-B2
Application number	US-201916977637-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 8, 2019
Priority date	Mar 9, 2018
Publication date	Feb 20, 2024
Grant date	Feb 20, 2024

Abstract

The present invention provides a remote control terminal which achieves both easy visibility and easy control by indicating the movement direction and the movement speed of a work device as a directed segment according to the operation direction and the operation amount of an operation tool. The present invention provides a remote control terminal which remotely controls a crane device of a crane, the remote control terminal being provided with: a terminal-side communication unit; a suspended load movement operation tool; a terminal-side display device; and a terminal-side control device. The terminal-side control device calculates a vector which represents the movement direction and the movement speed of the crane device according to the operation direction and the operation amount of the suspended load movement operation tool, and the terminal-side control device displays an image in which the directed segment representing the vector is superimposed on the image captured by the camera.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A remote operation terminal that is portable by an operator and is used for remotely operating a work apparatus of a work vehicle, the remote operation terminal comprising:
a terminal-side communication device configured to communicate with a communication device of the work vehicle;
a terminal-side manipulation tool configured to input a movement direction and a movement speed of the work apparatus via a manipulation direction and a manipulation amount;
a terminal-side azimuth sensor configured to detect geomagnetism and calculate an azimuth around a housing in a state in which an operation panel of the housing of the remote operation terminal faces upward;
a terminal-side control apparatus configured to calculate a vector that represents the movement direction and the movement speed of the work apparatus in accordance with the manipulation direction and the manipulation amount of the terminal-side manipulation tool; and
a terminal-side display apparatus that is provided on the operation panel of the housing of the remote operation terminal and is configured to display an image in which a directed line segment that represents the vector is superimposed on an image taken by a camera of the work vehicle,
wherein the terminal-side display apparatus is configured to
make a first azimuth and a second azimuth corresponding to each other, the first azimuth being an azimuth of the operation panel of the housing and indicated by the terminal-side azimuth sensor and the second azimuth being an azimuth in an image taken by the camera and indicated by a vehicle-side azimuth sensor provided to the work vehicle, and
rotate the image taken by the camera in a displayed image such that a direction in the image coincides with a direction of the operation panel of the housing.

2. The remote operation terminal according to claim 1 , wherein:
the terminal-side control apparatus is further configured to determine a display mode of the directed line segment in accordance with a load factor with respect to a performance limit of the work apparatus.

3. The remote operation terminal according to claim 1 , wherein:
the terminal-side control apparatus is further configured to determine a display mode of the directed line segment in accordance with whether an obstacle is present in the movement direction of the work apparatus.

4. The remote operation terminal according to claim 2 , wherein:
the display mode is made to differ by combining one or more of a line type, a line color, a blink, and a length of the directed line segment.

5. The remote operation terminal according to claim 1 , wherein:
the terminal-side control apparatus is further configured to calculate a reference line that serves as a reference of the manipulation direction of the terminal-side manipulation tool; and
the terminal-side display apparatus is further configured to display an image in which the reference line is superimposed on the image taken by the camera.

6. The remote operation terminal according to claim 5 , wherein:
the terminal-side control apparatus is further configured to calculate a scale of distance for the reference line in accordance with a height of the work apparatus; and
the terminal-side display apparatus is further configured to display an image in which the reference line and the scale are superimposed on the image taken by the camera.

7. The remote operation terminal according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a terminal-side swivel manipulation tool configured to manipulate swiveling of the work apparatus, wherein:
the terminal-side control apparatus is further configured to calculate a locus along which the work apparatus is capable of swiveling in accordance with a manipulation of the terminal-side swivel manipulation tool; and
the terminal-side display apparatus is further configured to display an image in which the locus is superimposed on the image taken by the camera.

8. A work vehicle, comprising:
the remote operation terminal according to claim 1 ;
the work apparatus that is remotely operated by the remote operation terminal;
the camera; and
the communication device configured to communicate with the remote operation terminal.

9. The work vehicle according to claim 8 , wherein:
the work apparatus includes a boom, a wire rope that is stretched from a base end side toward a distal end side of the boom, and a hook that is suspended from the distal end side of the boom and that is lifted and lowered by pulling in and letting out the wire rope; and
the camera is provided near a distal end the boom to take an image including the hook.

Assignees

• Tadano Ltd

Inventors

• Hayashi Hiroyuki
• Kanda Shinsuke

Classifications

• B66C13/40 Primary

  Applications of devices for transmitting control pulses; Applications of remote control devices (control in general G05) · CPC title

• B66C13/16

  Applications of indicating, registering, or weighing devices (in crane hooks B66C1/40; in safety gear B66C15/00; weighing-apparatus G01G; remote indicating in general G08) · CPC title

• G05D1/0016

  characterised by the operator's input device (input arrangements for computing systems in general G06F3/00) · CPC title

• G05D1/0038

  by providing the operator with simple or augmented images from one or more cameras located onboard the vehicle, e.g. tele-operation (images analyzed by a computer and used for automatic navigation G05D1/0246) · CPC title

• G05D2201/0202

  Physics · mapped topic