Device For Monitoring Area Around Working Machine
AssigneeHitachi Contruction Machinery Co., Ltd.
InventorHidefumi Ishimoto
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Abstract
An around view monitor system for monitoring surroundings of the working machine includes a plurality of cameras arranged on the upper swiveling unit, each two of which are arranged such that view field ranges thereof partially overlap with each other; an image transformation device to convert camera images of respective cameras to viewpoint transformation such that upper viewpoint images; an image composing device for addressing to respective display areas; and a display image pattern converting device for changing boundary positions between the display areas for the respective virtual viewpoint images.
Claims8
An around view monitor system for a working machine having a lower traveling unit and an upper swiveling unit being adapted to make swiveling movement thereon wherein a working mechanism is attached to at a proximal position of an operator's seat provided on the upper swiveling unit which comprises:
- a plurality of cameras provided on the upper swiveling unit to be placed adjacent cameras partially overlapped area of view fields with each other;
- an image transformation device to transform view points of respective camera images to virtual view points of upper viewpoint images;
- an image composing device to display the respective virtual viewpoint images captured by the respective cameras on a monitor to be addressed on respective display areas of a monitor;
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- a display image pattern converting device to change the position of boundary between the adjacent display areas of the respective virtual viewpoint images.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.