Electrically driven dump truck

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9014898-B2
Application number	US-201214004605-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 5, 2012
Priority date	May 17, 2011
Publication date	Apr 21, 2015
Grant date	Apr 21, 2015

Abstract

A vehicle control device 50 , a controller 100 , an inverter control device 30 and a steering control device 32 constitute a control device 200 which controls elevation of sliders 4 Ra and 4 La of power collectors 4 R and 4 L based on information detected by a trolley wire detecting device (camera) 15 . The control device 200 calculates positional relationship between a slider and a trolley wire 3 R/ 3 L based on the information detected by the trolley wire detecting device. When the slider has deviated from a prescribed range for being in contact with the trolley wire, the control device executes control to prohibit an operation for elevating the sliders or to lower the sliders when the sliders have been elevated. With this configuration, an electrically driven dump truck capable of lightening the operating load on the driver during the trolley traveling is provided.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electrically driven dump truck which elevates a slider of a power collector provided on a vehicle to be movable up and down, places the slider in contact with a trolley wire installed along a lane, and travels by using electric power from the trolley wire, comprising:
a trolley wire detecting device which is provided on the vehicle and detects the trolley wire in an imaging area existing ahead of the vehicle in which the slider does not exist from below when the dump truck is traveling; and
a control device which sets a target point which is an intersection part of a detecting area of the trolley wire detecting device and the trolley wire in the imaging area, calculates an intersection point with the slider and the trolley wire from the target point, judges whether the intersection point is in a prescribed range or not, and controls the elevation of the slider of the power collector based on the judging result.

2. The electrically driven dump truck according to claim 1 , wherein:
when the intersection point has deviated from the prescribed range, the control device executes control to prohibit an operation for elevating the slider or to lower the slider when the slider has been elevated.

3. The electrically driven dump truck according to claim 2 , wherein the control device calculates at least one representative point of the vehicle based on information detected by the trolley wire detecting device, calculates a deviation between the representative point and the target point, and issues a warning that the vehicle is apt to deviate from the lane when the absolute value of the deviation is greater than a threshold value.

4. The electrically driven dump truck according to claim 3 , wherein the trolley wire detecting device includes:
a camera which is provided on the vehicle and continuously captures images of the trolley wire when the dump truck is traveling; and
an illuminating device which is provided on the vehicle and illuminates the trolley wire.

5. The electrically driven dump truck according to claim 2 , wherein the trolley wire detecting device includes:
a camera which is provided on the vehicle and continuously captures images of the trolley wire when the dump truck is traveling; and
an illuminating device which is provided on the vehicle and illuminates the trolley wire.

6. The electrically driven dump truck according to claim 1 , wherein:
when the intersection point is within the prescribed range, the control device executes control to permit an operation for elevating the slider or to elevate the slider when the slider has been lowered.

7. The electrically driven dump truck according to claim 6 , wherein the control device calculates at least one representative point of the vehicle based on information detected by the trolley wire detecting device, calculates a deviation between the representative point and the target point, and issues a warning that the vehicle is apt to deviate from the lane when the absolute value of the deviation is greater than a threshold value.

8. The electrically driven dump truck according to claim 7 , wherein the trolley wire detecting device includes:
a camera which is provided on the vehicle and continuously captures images of the trolley wire when the dump truck is traveling; and
an illuminating device which is provided on the vehicle and illuminates the trolley wire.

9. The electrically driven dump truck according to claim 6 , wherein the trolley wire detecting device includes:
a camera which is provided on the vehicle and continuously captures images of the trolley wire when the dump truck is traveling; and
an illuminating device which is provided on the vehicle and illuminates the trolley wire.

10. The electrically driven dump truck according to claim 1 , wherein the control device calculates at least one representative point of the vehicle based on information detected by the trolley wire detecting device, calculates a deviation between the representative point and the target point, and issues a warning that the vehicle is apt to deviate from the lane when the absolute value of the deviation is greater than a threshold value.

11. The electrically driven dump truck according to claim 10 , wherein the trolley wire detecting device includes:
a camera which is provided on the vehicle and continuously captures images of the trolley wire when the dump truck is traveling; and
an illuminating device which is provided on the vehicle and illuminates the trolley wire.

12. The electrically driven dump truck according to claim 1 , wherein the trolley wire detecting device includes:
a camera which is provided on the vehicle and continuously captures images of the trolley wire when the dump truck is traveling; and
an illuminating device which is provided on the vehicle and illuminates the trolley wire.

Assignees

• Saito Shinjiro
• Nakajima Kichio
• Hitachi Construction Machinery

Inventors

• Saito Shinjiro
• Nakajima Kichio

Classifications

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• B60L2240/423

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• B60L2210/30

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• B60L5/08

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