Tip attachment discrimination device
AssigneeKobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
InventorsRyota HAMA, Yukihiro HOSO
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Abstract
A work device includes, at a tip, one of different types of tip attachments that are replaceable with each other. A camera can capture an image within a movable range of the tip attachment. The work device posture sensor detects the posture of the work device. A controller sets a detection frame that is a frame of a range including the tip attachment in the image captured by the camera based on the posture of the work device detected by the work device posture sensor. The controller discriminates the type of the tip attachment based on the image of the tip attachment within the detection frame.
Claims7
A tip attachment discrimination device of a work machine including:
- a lower travelling body;
- an upper slewing body provided above the lower travelling body;
- and a work device including a tip to which one of different types of tip attachments is attached in a replaceable manner, the work device being attached to the upper slewing body, the tip attachment discrimination device comprising:
- a camera attached to the upper slewing body and configured to capture an image within a movable range of the tip attachment;
- a work device posture sensor configured to detect a posture of the work device;
- and
- a controller,
- wherein the controller:
- sets a detection frame in an area including the tip attachment with respect to the image captured by the camera based on the posture of the work device detected by the work device posture sensor;
- and
- discriminates the type of the tip attachment based on the image of the tip attachment within the detection frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.