Informing device, work vehicle, and informing method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12030749-B2
Application number	US-201917260427-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 23, 2019
Priority date	Jul 25, 2018
Publication date	Jul 9, 2024
Grant date	Jul 9, 2024

Abstract

An informing device is an informing device mounted on a work vehicle that includes a lower base body, and a swivel body swivelably provided at the lower base body. The informing device includes a first detection unit that detects the actual amount of rotation of a drive device which swivels the swivel body or a driven part driven by the drive device, and a notification unit that issues a notification regarding information corresponding to the amount of rotation detected by the first detection unit.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An informing device mounted on a work vehicle that includes a lower base body, and a swivel body swivelably provided at the lower base body, the informing device comprising:
a first detection unit configured to detect an actual amount of rotation and an actual direction of rotation of a drive device which swivels the swivel body or a driven part driven by the drive device;
a second detection unit configured to detect information regarding an operation input for instructing a rotation direction of the swivel body;
a determination unit configured to determine, based on a detection value of the first detection unit and a detection value of the second detection unit, whether or not the rotation direction instructed by the operation input corresponds to the direction of rotation detected by the first detection unit; and
a notification unit configured to
issue a notification regarding information corresponding to the amount of rotation detected by the first detection unit,
issue a notification regarding information corresponding to the direction of rotation detected by the first detection unit,
issue a first operation noise when the rotation direction instructed by the operation input does not correspond to the direction of rotation detected by the first detection unit, and
issue a second operation noise, which is different from the first operation noise, when the rotation direction instructed by the operation input corresponds to the direction of rotation detected by the first detection unit,

wherein the first detection unit, the second detection unit, the determination unit, and the notification unit are each implemented via at least one processor.

2. The informing device according to claim 1 , wherein the notification unit is further configured to issue the notification regarding the information corresponding to the amount of rotation detected by the first detection unit when the amount of rotation detected by the first detection unit satisfies a predetermined condition.

3. The informing device according to claim 2 , wherein the notification unit is further configured to issue the notification regarding the information corresponding to the amount of rotation detected by the first detection unit when the amount of rotation detected by the first detection unit corresponds to a predetermined amount of rotation.

4. The informing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the work vehicle further comprises a reducer that is provided between the drive device and the swivel body and reduces the rotation of the drive device to transmit the rotation to the swivel body, and
the amount of rotation detected by the first detection unit is the amount of rotation of the drive device before being reduced by the reducer.

5. The informing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first operation noise and the second operation noise have different sound properties.

6. The informing device according to claim 5 , wherein the first operation noise and the second operation noise have different properties of at least one of a number of times of sound and a sound pitch.

7. A work vehicle comprising:
a lower base body;
a swivel body swivelably provided at the lower base body; and
the informing device according to claim 1 .

8. An informing method executed by a processor mounted on a work vehicle that includes a lower base body, and a swivel body swivelably provided at the lower base body, the informing method comprising:
detecting an actual amount of rotation and an actual direction of rotation of a drive device which swivels the swivel body or a driven part driven by the drive device;
detecting information regarding an operation input for instructing a rotation direction of the swivel body;
determining whether or not the rotation direction instructed by the operation input corresponds to the detected actual direction of rotation;
issuing a notification of information corresponding to the detected amount of rotation;
issuing information corresponding to the detected direction of rotation;
issuing a first operation noise when the rotation direction instructed by the operation input does not correspond to the detected actual direction of rotation; and
issuing a second operation noise, which is different from the first operation noise, when the rotation direction instructed by the operation input corresponds to the detected actual direction of rotation.

Assignees

• Tadano Ltd

Inventors

• Fukumori Yasuhiro
• Kawabuchi Naoto
• Yoshida Naofumi
• Miyoshi Masato
• Ohara Kei
• Takahashi Hidenobu
• Nagata Reya
• Takahashi Masafumi

Classifications

• E02F9/267

  Diagnosing or detecting failure of vehicles · CPC title

• E02F9/121

  Turntables, i.e. structure rotatable about 360° · CPC title

• B66C23/18

  specially adapted for use in particular purposes · CPC title

• B66C13/56

  Arrangements of handles or pedals · CPC title

• B66C13/46

  Position indicators for suspended loads or for crane elements · CPC title