Crane device
AssigneeTadano Ltd.
InventorYoshimasa Minami
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Abstract
The crane device includes: a camera provided on a hook; a camera control unit which controls an image-capturing operation of the camera on the basis of control information for operating a carrying element; and an image processing unit which processes a captured image that has been captured with the camera. The camera captures an image of the carrying destination of a baggage. The image processing unit takes, as a reference area, an arbitrary area in the image captured with the camera, generates a correction image obtained by projecting the captured image onto a plane that is parallel to the reference area and is perpendicular to an arbitrary direction with the baggage used as a viewpoint, calculates a current position of the baggage in the correction image, and displays the current position in a visually recognizable mode.
Claims4
A crane device, which actuates a carrying element including a boom and a hook suspended from the boom and carries baggage to a carrying destination, comprising:
- a camera provided on the hook;
- a camera processor which controls an image-capturing operation of the camera based on control information for operating the carrying element;
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- an image processor which processes a captured image that has been captured with the camera, wherein
- the camera processor controls the image-capturing operation of the camera so that the camera rotates in at least a vertical direction of the camera to face the carrying destination of the baggage,
- the camera captures an image of the carrying destination of the baggage,
- the image processor takes, as a reference area, an arbitrary area in the captured image that has been captured with the camera, generates a first correction image viewed from the baggage obtained by projecting the captured image onto a plane that is perpendicular to a movement direction of the baggage, calculates a current position of the baggage in the first correction image, and displays the current position in a visually recognizable mode, and
- the image processor generates a second correction image in which the captured image is projected onto a front surface vertically below the baggage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.