# US 12,180,685 B2 · Shovel, shovel management device, shovel management system, shovel supporting device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,180,685 B2 - Document ID: US12180685B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/655,052 - Filed: 2022-03-16 - Published: 2022-06-30 - Granted: 2024-12-31 - Earliest claimed: 2019-09-19 - Assignees: Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. - Applicants: Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. - Inventors: Masato Koga - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12180685B2 ## CPC - E02F 3/435: {for dipper-arms, backhoes or the like} - E02F 9/26: Indicating devices {(E02F5/145 takes precedence)} - E02F 9/24: Safety devices {, e.g. for preventing overload (E02F9/226 takes precedence)} - E02F 9/261: {Surveying the work-site to be treated} - E02F 9/267: {Diagnosing or detecting failure of vehicles} - H04L 67/12: specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks - E02F 3/32: working downwardly and towards the machine, e.g. with backhoes - E02F 9/2221: {Control of flow rate; Load sensing arrangements (E02F9/2203 take precedence over E02F9/2221)} - E02F 9/2285: {Pilot-operated systems} - E02F 9/2292: {Systems with two or more pumps} - E02F 9/2296: {Systems with a variable displacement pump} - E02F: DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING (winning peat E21C49/00) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract A shovel includes a data acquisition device and a storage. The data acquisition device acquires operation information indicating a status of each part of the shovel during operation of the shovel and sound data during operation of the shovel, from a state detecting sensor, and wherein the storage stores the operation information in association with the sound data. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A shovel comprising: a data acquisition device including at least one of: an angle sensor configured to detect angle values related to at least one of a boom, an arm that is mounted to the boom, or a bucket that is mounted to the arm, a body tilt sensor configured to detect tilt angles in two axial directions including a forward-rearward direction, and a left-right direction with respect to a horizontal plane of the shovel, a turning angle sensor configured to detect a rotation angle of an upper traveling body, or a traveling rotation sensor configured to detect a rotation speed of a traveling hydraulic motor; and a storage, wherein the data acquisition device acquires operation information indicating a detected value detected by the at least one of the angle sensor, the body tilt sensor, the turning angle sensor, or the traveling rotation sensor of the shovel during operation of the shovel; and sound data during operation of the shovel, from a state detecting sensor, and wherein the storage stores the operation information in association with the sound data, wherein the shovel further comprises: an output device, wherein the output device outputs the operation information along with the sound data, and wherein the output device displays the operation information in association with a waveform indicated by the sound data on a display, and outputs the sound data from an audio output device, and wherein the shovel further comprises: a plurality of microphones that are provided at a plurality of positions on the shovel and collect the sound data during the operation of the shovel, wherein the data acquisition device acquires the sound data from each microphone of the plurality of microphones, wherein the output device displays a plurality of icon images on the display, the plurality of the icon images indicating the plurality of the positions on the shovel, each position being associated with a position of a corresponding microphone of the plurality of microphones on the display, wherein the output device displays a selected icon image that is selected by a user among the plurality of the icon images in a display mode that is different from unselected icon images, wherein a waveform of the sound data collected by the microphone corresponding to the selected icon image is displayed on the display, and the sound data collected by the corresponding microphone is output from the audio output device, and wherein the waveform of the sound data is displayed based on time and a volume of the sound data collected by the corresponding microphone. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The shovel according to claim 1, wherein the data acquisition device acquires the operation information during a predetermined operation and the sound data. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The shovel according to claim 1, further comprising: an imaging device; and a human detector, wherein the human detector determines whether or not a person is present nearby the shovel based on surrounding image data captured by the imaging device, and wherein the operation is stopped when a presence of the person is detected. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The shovel according to claim 3, wherein the output device displays video data captured by the imaging device on the display along with the operating information. ### Claim 5 A shovel management system comprising: a shovel; and a management device of the shovel, wherein the shovel includes a data acquisition device including at least one of: an angle sensor configured to detect angle values related to at least one of a boom, an arm that is mounted to the boom, or a bucket that is mounted to the arm, a body tilt sensor configured to detect tilt angles in two axial directions including a forward-rearward direction, and a left-right direction with respect to a horizontal plane of the shovel, a turning angle sensor configured to detect a rotation angle of an upper traveling body, or a traveling rotation sensor configured to detect a rotation speed of a traveling hydraulic motor, and the data acquisition device acquires operation information indicating a detected value detected by the at least one of the angle sensor, the body tilt sensor, the turning angle sensor, or the traveling rotation sensor of the shovel during operation of the shovel, and sound data during operation of the shovel, from a state detecting sensor, and wherein the management device includes a storage that stores the operation information received from the shovel in association with the sound data during the operation of the shovel, wherein the shovel further comprises: an output device, wherein the output device outputs the operation information along with the sound data, and wherein the output device displays the operation information in association with a waveform indicated by the sound data on a display, and outputs the sound data from an audio output device, and wherein the shovel further comprises: a plurality of microphones that are provided at a plurality of positions on the shovel and collect the sound data during the operation of the shovel, wherein the data acquisition device acquires the sound data from each microphone of the plurality of microphones, wherein the output device displays a plurality of icon images on the display, the plurality of the icon images indicating the plurality of the positions on the shovel, each position being associated with a position of a corresponding microphone of the plurality of microphones on the display, wherein the output device displays a selected icon image that is selected by a user among the plurality of the icon images in a display mode that is different from unselected icon images, wherein a waveform of the sound data collected by the microphone corresponding to the selected icon image is displayed on the display, and the sound data collected by the corresponding microphone is output from the audio output device, and wherein the waveform of the sound data is displayed based on time and a volume of the sound data collected by the corresponding microphone. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The shovel management system according to claim 5 further comprising, a supporting device, wherein the supporting device acquires the operation information and the sound data, and displays the operation information in association with a waveform indicated by the sound data on the display. ### Claim 7 A shovel supporting device for a shovel including a data acquisition device including at least one of: an angle sensor configured to detect angle values related to at least one of a boom, an arm that is mounted to the boom, or a bucket that is mounted to the arm, a body tilt sensor configured to detect tilt angles in two axial directions including a forward-rearward direction, and a left-right direction with respect to a horizontal plane of the shovel, a turning angle sensor configured to detect a rotation angle of an upper traveling body, or a traveling rotation sensor configured to detect a rotation speed of a traveling hydraulic motor, wherein the shovel supporting device receives operation information representing a detected value detected by the at least one of the angle sensor, the body tilt sensor, the turning angle sensor, or the traveling rotation sensor of the shovel during an operation of the shovel and sound data during the operation of the shovel, from a state detecting sensor of the shovel, and wherein the shovel supporting device displays the operation information in association with a waveform indicated by the sound data on a display, wherein the shovel further comprises: an output device, wherein the output device outputs the operation information along with the sound data, and wherein the output device displays the operation information in association with a waveform indicated by the sound data on a display, and outputs the sound data from an audio output device, and wherein the shovel further comprises: a plurality of microphones that are provided at a plurality of positions on the shovel and collect the sound data during the operation of the shovel, wherein the data acquisition device acquires the sound data from each microphone of the plurality of microphones, wherein the output device displays a plurality of icon images on the display, the plurality of the icon images indicating the plurality of the positions on the shovel, each position being associated with a position of a corresponding microphone of the plurality of microphones on the display, wherein the output device displays a selected icon image that is selected by a user among the plurality of the icon images in a display mode that is different from unselected icon images, wherein a waveform of the sound data collected by the microphone corresponding to the selected icon image is displayed on the display, and the sound data collected by the corresponding microphone is output from the audio output device, and wherein the waveform of the sound data is displayed based on time and a volume of the sound data collected by the corresponding microphone. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The shovel supporting device according to claim 7, wherein the shovel supporting device acquires additional information, and wherein the shovel supporting device displays both the additional information and the operation information in association with the waveform indicated by the sound data on the display.