Construction machine with lighting arrangement
AssigneeJoseph Voegele AG
InventorBernhard Erdtmann
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Abstract
A construction machine in the form of a road paver or feeder vehicle includes a chassis and a hopper, wherein at least one lighting arrangement is mounted on the chassis. The lighting arrangement comprises at least one light source, and the lighting arrangement is configured to illuminate an area in front of the construction machine in the direction of travel. The construction machine further has an object detection system for detecting an object located in front of the construction machine in the direction of travel, and the illumination emitted by the lighting arrangement can be changed as a function of the detection of an object by means of the object detection system.
Claims18
A construction machine in the form of a road paver or feeder vehicle, the construction machine comprising:
- a chassis;
- a hopper arranged on the chassis;
- a lighting arrangement mounted on the chassis, wherein the lighting arrangement comprises a light source, and wherein the lighting arrangement is configured to illuminate an area in front of the construction machine in a direction of travel;
- and
- an object detection system for detecting an object located in front of the construction machine in the direction of travel, wherein illumination emitted by the lighting arrangement can be changed by the object detection system as a function of a detection of an object,
- wherein the light source comprises a first light source for a near range in the direction of travel in front of the construction machine, and the lighting arrangement further comprises a second light source for a far range in the direction of travel in front of the construction machine, and wherein lighting emitted from the first and second light sources is selectively variable in dependence on a detection of an object by the object detection system.
A method for operating a lighting arrangement of a construction machine in the form of a road paver or feeder vehicle, wherein the construction machine has a chassis, a hopper, and a lighting arrangement mounted on the chassis, wherein the lighting arrangement comprises a light source, and wherein the lighting arrangement is configured to illuminate an area in front of the construction machine in a direction of travel, the method comprising:
- detecting, by an object detection system of the construction machine, an object located in front of the construction machine in the direction of travel;
- and
- changing illumination emitted by the lighting arrangement as a function of the detection of the object,
- wherein the light source comprises a first light source for a near range in the direction of travel in front of the construction machine, and the lighting arrangement further comprises a second light source for a far range in the direction of travel in front of the construction machine, and wherein changing the illumination emitted by the lighting arrangement comprises selectively changing illumination emitted by the first and second light sources in dependence on the detection of the object by the object detection system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.