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US 12,595,639 B2Granted
Shovel and construction assisting system of shovel
AssigneeSumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.
InventorsMasaru Onodera, Yusuke Sano, Keiji Honda
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Abstract
A shovel includes a lower traveling body, an upper turning body turnably mounted on the lower traveling body, traveling hydraulic motors as traveling actuators for driving the lower traveling body, and a controller as a control device provided in the upper turning body. The controller is configured to determine a front and rear of a traveling direction in accordance with a direction of the upper turning body and to perform travel control such that the rear of the upper turning body is positioned forward in the traveling direction.
Claims13
A shovel comprising:
- a lower traveling body;
- an upper turning body mounted on the lower traveling body and configured to rotate relative to the lower traveling body;
- a traveling actuator configured to drive the lower traveling body;
- an image sensor configured to capture an image of a rear of the upper turning body;
- and
- a hardware processor provided in the upper turning body,
- wherein the hardware processor is configured to determine a front and a rear in a traveling direction of the shovel in accordance with a direction of the upper turning body,
- wherein the hardware processor is configured to switch between a first traveling mode and a second traveling mode,
- wherein the hardware processor is configured to, in the first traveling mode, cause the lower traveling body to travel with a front of the upper turning body and the rear of the upper turning body being positioned forward and rearward, respectively, in the traveling direction,
- wherein the hardware processor is configured to, in the second traveling mode, cause the lower traveling body to travel with the rear of the upper turning body and the front of the upper turning body being positioned forward and rearward, respectively, in the traveling direction with the captured image of the rear of the upper turning body being displayed on a display,
- wherein the hardware processor is configured to determine whether to select the first traveling mode or the second traveling mode based on information on a set traveling route, and
- wherein the hardware processor is configured to
- determine whether a scheduled traveling distance of the set traveling route is longer than or equal to a predetermined distance;
- and
- select the first traveling mode in response to determining that the scheduled traveling distance is shorter than the predetermined distance and select the second traveling mode in response to determining that the scheduled traveling distance is longer than or equal to the predetermined distance.
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A construction assisting system for a shovel including a lower traveling body, an upper turning body mounted on the lower traveling body and configured to rotate relative to the lower traveling body, a traveling actuator configured to drive the lower traveling body, and an image sensor configured to capture an image of a rear of the upper turning body, the construction assisting system comprising:
- a hardware processor configured to determine a front and a rear in a traveling direction of the shovel in accordance with a direction of the upper turning body,
- wherein the hardware processor is configured to switch between a first traveling mode and a second traveling mode,
- wherein the hardware processor is configured to, in the first traveling mode, cause the lower traveling body to travel with a front of the upper turning body and the rear of the upper turning body being positioned forward and rearward, respectively, in the traveling direction,
- wherein the hardware processor is configured to, in the second traveling mode, cause the lower traveling body to travel with the rear of the upper turning body and the front of the upper turning body being positioned forward and rearward, respectively, in the traveling direction with the captured image of the rear of the upper turning body being displayed on a display,
- wherein the hardware processor is configured to determine whether to select the first traveling mode or the second traveling mode based on information on a set traveling route, and
- wherein the hardware processor is configured to
- determine whether a scheduled traveling distance of the set traveling route is longer than or equal to a predetermined distance;
- and
- select the first traveling mode in response to determining that the scheduled traveling distance is shorter than the predetermined distance and select the second traveling mode in response to determining that the scheduled traveling distance is longer than or equal to the predetermined distance.
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A shovel comprising:
- a lower traveling body;
- an upper turning body mounted on the lower traveling body and configured to rotate relative to the lower traveling body;
- a traveling actuator configured to drive the lower traveling body;
- and
- a hardware processor provided in the upper turning body,
- wherein the hardware processor is configured to determine a front and a rear in a traveling direction of the shovel in accordance with a direction of the upper turning body,
- wherein the hardware processor is configured to determine whether to select a first traveling mode or a second traveling mode based on information on a set traveling route,
- wherein the hardware processor is configured to, in response to selecting the first traveling mode, cause the lower traveling body to travel with a front of the upper turning body and a rear of the upper turning body being positioned forward and rearward, respectively, in the traveling direction,
- wherein the hardware processor is configured to, in response to selecting the second traveling mode, cause the lower traveling body to travel with the rear of the upper turning body and the front of the upper turning body being positioned forward and rearward, respectively, in the traveling direction, and
- wherein the hardware processor is further configured to
- determine whether a scheduled traveling distance of the set traveling route is longer than or equal to a predetermined distance;
- and
- select the first traveling mode in response to determining that the scheduled traveling distance is shorter than the predetermined distance and select the second traveling mode in response to determining that the scheduled traveling distance is longer than or equal to the predetermined distance.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.