# US 11,028,553 B2 · Construction machine > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,028,553 B2 - Document ID: US11028553B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/320,339 - Filed: 2017-07-12 - Published: 2019-09-12 - Granted: 2021-06-08 - Earliest claimed: 2016-08-18 - Assignees: Kobe Steel, Ltd.; Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Kobe Steel, Ltd.; Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Hiroshi Hashimoto; Takashi Hiekata - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11028553B2 ## CPC - E02F 3/43: Control of dipper or bucket position; Control of sequence of drive operations - E02F 9/2033: {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)} - E02F 9/24: Safety devices {, e.g. for preventing overload (E02F9/226 takes precedence)} - E02F 9/267: {Diagnosing or detecting failure of vehicles} - G01B 11/00: Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques - E02F: DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING (winning peat E21C49/00) - G01B: MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS ## Abstract A construction machine includes a boom, an operator cab, a distance sensor, a displacement detection unit, a storage unit, and a position information acquisition unit. The distance sensor has a predetermined field of view and acquires distance image data indicating a distance distribution of an environment around the operator cab. The storage unit stores initial position information of the boom. The displacement detection unit compares comparative position information of the boom, the comparative position information being acquired from the distance image data by the position information acquisition unit, with initial position information of the boom stored in the storage unit to detect a displacement of the distance sensor with respect to the operator cab when the boom is brought into an initial posture again after initial setting. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A construction machine comprising: a first structure; a second structure relatively rotatable around a predetermined shaft relative to the first structure; a detection unit that is disposed on the first structure, has a predetermined detection range, and detects environment data indicating information of an environment around the first structure; a position information acquisition unit that acquires position information of a specific part of the second structure with respect to the detection unit from the environment data detected by the detection unit; a storage unit capable of storing initial position information of the specific part, the initial position information being acquired from the environment data by the position information acquisition unit at initial setting when the second structure is disposed at an initial posture around the shaft, the initial posture being previously set so that the second structure is included in the detection range of the detection unit and outputting the initial position information; and a displacement detection unit that compares comparative position information of the specific part, the comparative position information being acquired from the environment data by the position information acquisition unit, with the initial position information output from the storage unit to detect a displacement of the detection unit in the first structure when the second structure is brought into the initial posture again after the initial setting. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The construction machine according to claim 1, wherein the position information acquisition unit acquires, as the position information, data of a closest position closest to the detection unit in the specific part of the second structure in the environment data. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The construction machine according to claim 1, further comprising a posture information acquisition unit that acquires posture information of the second structure with respect to the first structure, wherein the storage unit is further capable of storing initial posture information of the second structure, the initial posture information being acquired by the posture information acquisition unit at the initial setting, and outputting the initial posture information, the construction machine further includes a posture determination unit that compares the posture information acquired by the posture information acquisition unit after the initial setting with the initial posture information output from the storage unit to determine that the second structure is brought into the initial posture again, and the displacement detection unit detects a displacement of the detection unit when the posture determination unit determines that the second structure is brought into the initial posture again. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The construction machine according to claim 3, wherein the posture information acquisition unit includes an angle sensor that detects, as the posture information of the second structure, a rotation angle of the second structure around the shaft with respect to the first structure. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The construction machine according to claim 1, wherein the first structure is a vehicle body including an operator cab, the second structure includes a boom that is disposed adjacent to the operator cab and rotated around the shaft extending in a horizontal direction raisably and lowerably with respect to the vehicle body, and a holding attachment that is connected to a distal end side of the boom and capable of holding a predetermined held object, and the detection unit is disposed on the operator cab such that at least one of the boom and the holding attachment is included in the detection range. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The construction machine according to claim 5, wherein the detection unit is disposed on the operator cab such that the holding attachment is included in the detection range, and the construction machine further includes an interference prevention unit that detects an interfering object that is the holding attachment or the held object using the environment data detected by the detection unit and determines a risk of interference of the detected interfering object with the operator cab. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The construction machine according to claim 1, wherein the first structure is an upper slewing body slewing around the shaft extending in a vertical direction, and the second structure is a lower traveling body. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The construction machine according to claim 7, wherein the lower traveling body is included in the detection range of the detection unit in the initial posture by setting, as the initial posture, a posture in which the upper slewing body is slewed such that a side edge of the upper slewing body intersects a side edge of the lower traveling body in top view. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The construction machine according to claim 1, wherein the detection unit is a distance sensor that has a predetermined field of view as the detection range and detects distance image data indicating a distance distribution of an environment around the first structure as the environment data. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The construction machine according to claim 9, wherein the distance sensor includes a light source that applies infrared rays and a camera that receives reflected light of the infrared rays. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The construction machine according to claim 9, wherein the distance sensor includes a stereo camera.