Display system of excavating machine and excavating machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9493929-B2
Application number	US-201314442162-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 11, 2013
Priority date	Nov 19, 2012
Publication date	Nov 15, 2016
Grant date	Nov 15, 2016

Abstract

A display system of an excavating machine including a work machine with a bucket and a main body part to which the work machine is attached, includes: a storage storing positional information of a design surface indicating a design land shape and outer shape information of the bucket; and a processor determining, among measurement reference points predetermined along an outer shape of a buttock part of the bucket for measuring a position, including at least a tip of the bucket, a measurement reference point closest to the design surface, based on information on a current position of the excavating machine, information on a posture of the main body part, information on a position of the tip of the bucket, and the outer shape information of the bucket.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A display system of an excavating machine including a work machine with a bucket and a main body part to which the work machine is attached, comprising:
a work machine condition detector configured to detect information on a current position of the excavating machine, information on a posture of the main body part, and information on a position of a tip of the bucket;
a storage unit configured to store positional information of a design surface indicating a design land shape and outer shape information of the bucket; and
a processing unit configured to determine, among a plurality of measurement reference points predetermined along an outer shape of a buttock part of the bucket for measuring a position, including at least the tip of the bucket, a measurement reference point closest to the design surface, based on the information on the current position of the excavating machine, the information on the posture of the main body part, the information on the position of the tip of the bucket, and the outer shape information of the bucket.

2. The display system of an excavating machine according to claim 1 , wherein
the processing unit determines a distance between the measurement reference point and the design surface in a normal direction of the design surface as a design surface distance, and displays information corresponding to a minimum value of the design surface distance as a shortest distance on a screen of a display device.

3. The display system of an excavating machine according to claim 1 , wherein
the plurality of measurement reference points is predetermined along a cross section obtained by cutting the outer shape of the bucket with a plane parallel to a moving direction of the bucket and along a width direction of the bucket, and
the processing unit determines a distance between the measurement reference point and the design surface in a normal direction of the design surface as a design surface distance, and displays information corresponding to a minimum value of the design surface distance as a shortest distance on a screen of a display device.

4. The display system of an excavating machine according to claim 2 , wherein
when there is a same measurement reference point in a plurality of normal directions of the design surfaces, the processing unit determines a plurality of design surface distances for the same measurement reference point.

5. The display system of an excavating machine according to claim 2 , wherein
the processing unit emits an alarm based on the shortest distance.

6. The display system of an excavating machine according to claim 5 , wherein
the processing unit changes a mode of emitting a sound as the alarm in accordance with the shortest distance.

7. The display system of an excavating machine according to claim 1 , wherein
the processing unit displays an image specifying a measurement reference point closest to the design surface on the screen of the display device.

8. The display system of an excavating machine according to claim 7 , wherein
the image specifying the measurement reference point closest to the design surface is an image indicating the normal line of the design surface.

9. A display system of an excavating machine including a work machine with a bucket and a main body part to which the work machine is attached, comprising:
a work machine condition detector configured to detect information on a current position of the excavating machine, information on a posture of the main body part, and information on a position of a tip of the bucket;
a storage unit configured to store positional information of a design surface indicating a design land shape and outer shape information of the bucket;
a processing unit configured to determine, among a plurality of measurement reference points predetermined along an outer shape of a buttock part of the bucket for measuring a position, including at least the tip of the bucket, a measurement reference point closest to the design surface, based on the information on the current position of the excavating machine, the information on the posture of the main body part, the information on the position of the tip of the bucket, and the outer shape information of the bucket, and to determine a distance between the measurement reference point closest to the design surface and the design surface in a normal direction of the design surface as a design surface distance; and
a display device configured to display at least one of the design surface distance and an image indicating the normal line of the design surface passing through the measurement reference point closest to the design surface.

10. An excavating machine comprising the display system of an excavating machine according to claim 9 .

11. The display system of an excavating machine according to claim 3 , wherein
when there is a same measurement reference point in a plurality of normal directions of the design surfaces, the processing unit determines a plurality of design surface distances for the same measurement reference point.

12. The display system of an excavating machine according to claim 3 , wherein
the processing unit emits an alarm based on the shortest distance.

13. The display system of an excavating machine according to claim 12 , wherein
the processing unit changes a mode of emitting a sound as the alarm in accordance with the shortest distance.

14. An excavating machine comprising the display system of an excavating machine according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Komatsu Mfg Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kurihara Takashi
• Iwanaga Daishi

Classifications

• G06T11/23

  using straight lines or curves · CPC title

• E02F9/261

  Surveying the work-site to be treated · CPC title

• E02F3/435 Primary

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

• G01S19/54

  using carrier phase measurements; using long or short baseline interferometry · CPC title

• E02F9/265 Primary

  with follow-up actions (e.g. control signals sent to actuate the work tool) · CPC title