Excavator, display device for excavator, and terminal apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11926994-B2
Application number	US-202117232272-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 16, 2021
Priority date	Oct 19, 2018
Publication date	Mar 12, 2024
Grant date	Mar 12, 2024

Abstract

An excavator includes a display device configured to display an image representing a work area around the excavator. The display device is configured to display the image in such a state that coordinates that are predefined with respect to the work area and an image component portion included in the image are associated with each other.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An excavator comprising:
a display device; and
a hardware processor configured to
associate coordinates predefined for a work area around the excavator with an image component portion included in an image representing the work area and display the image on the display device with the image component portion being associated with the coordinates, and
make a setting relating to a part of the work area in response to an input operation specifying the image component portion, the part of the work area corresponding to the coordinates associated with the specified image component portion.

2. The excavator according to claim 1 , wherein the hardware processor is configured to display the image on the display device with the image component portion corresponding to a predetermined object detected in the work area being associated with the coordinates corresponding to a position of the predetermined object.

3. The excavator according to claim 2 , wherein the predetermined object is detected based on a predetermined model.

4. The excavator according to claim 2 , wherein the hardware processor is configured to make the setting relating to the predetermined object, the predetermined object corresponding to the coordinates associated with the specified image component portion.

5. The excavator according to claim 1 , wherein the hardware processor is configured to set, as a target relating to work, the part of the work area identified by the coordinates associated with the specified image component portion.

6. The excavator according to claim 4 , wherein the hardware processor is configured to set, as a target relating to work, the predetermined object positioned at the coordinates associated with the specified image component portion or to set a target relating to work based on the predetermined object.

7. The excavator according to claim 4 , wherein the hardware processor is configured to set, as an avoidance object relating to work, the predetermined object positioned at the coordinates associated with the specified image component portion or to set an avoidance object relating to work based on the predetermined object.

8. The excavator according to claim 1 , wherein an association relationship between the coordinates and the image component portion is changed in accordance with a change in an area of the image to be displayed on the display device, upon detecting that an operation to change the area of the image to be displayed on the display device is performed.

9. The excavator according to claim 1 , wherein
the hardware processor is configured to set an avoidance object section corresponding to the coordinates associated with the specified image component portion; and
display a distance from the excavator to the avoidance object section on the display device.

10. A display device for an excavator, wherein
the display device is configured to display an image representing a work area around the excavator
with an image component portion included in the displayed image being associated with coordinates predefined for the work area, and
a setting is made in relation to a part of the work area in response to an input operation specifying the image component portion on the display device, the part of the work area corresponding to the coordinates associated with the specified image component portion.

11. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein the display device is configured to display the image with the image component portion corresponding to a predetermined object detected in the work area being associated with the coordinates corresponding to a position of the predetermined object.

12. A terminal apparatus comprising:
a display device configured to display an image representing a work area around the excavator
with an image component portion included in the image being associated with coordinates predefined for the work area,
wherein a setting is made in relation to a part of the work area in response to an input operation specifying the image component portion on the display device, the part of the work area corresponding to the coordinates associated with the specified image component portion.

Assignees

• Sumitomo Construction Machinery Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kurosawa Ryota

Classifications

• E02F9/261 Primary

  Surveying the work-site to be treated · CPC title

• E02F9/2033

  Limiting the movement of frames or implements, e.g. to avoid collision between implements and the cabin (sub-groups of E02F3/431 of E02F3/435 take precedence; for turntables E02F9/123) · CPC title

• E02F9/24 Primary

  Safety devices {, e.g. for preventing overload (E02F9/226 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• H04N7/183

  for receiving images from a single remote source · CPC title

• E02F9/26

  Indicating devices {(E02F5/145 takes precedence)} · CPC title