Center-of-gravity detecting system

#The present invention relates to a center-of-gravity detecting system capable of detecting a center-of-gravity location (hereinafter simply referred to as “three-dimensional center-of-gravity location” as desired) of a traveling object during travel in a three-dimensional space.

#Highly accurate estimation of a three-dimensional center-of-gravity location of a traveling object during travel is advantageous in operation of the traveling object. For example, regarding a container transportation vehicle which transports container cargos imported and exported in international commercial trading, a three-dimensional center-of-gravity location of a container cargo vehicle provides valuable data that directly reflects biased loading of cargos in a container. Therefore, the accurate estimation of the three-dimensional center-of-gravity location can effectively prevent collapse/falling of cargo piles that may take place when a door of the container is opened and unstable traveling of the container transportation vehicle (e.g., unstable traveling on a curved road).

#As used herein, the term “biased loading” of the cargos in the container means a deviation of a load point determined by the center-of-gravity of the container cargo in a space depending on a disposition state of the container cargo, and does not mean a deviation of a load point on a flat plane of a bottom surface of the container as generally understood in container transportation business.

#FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing an exemplary configuration of a center-of-gravity detecting system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

#FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of internal configurations of a motion detector and an arithmetic unit that are included in the center-of-gravity detecting system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

#FIG. 3 is a schematic view that describes a method of deriving a center-of-gravity location of a container cargo vehicle of FIG. 1 during travel, the center-of-gravity location being in a cross-section perpendicular to the travel direction.

#An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

#Throughout the drawings, the same reference numerals are assigned to the same or corresponding components, and the descriptions of the same or corresponding components are sometimes omitted.

#The present invention is not limited to the embodiment below. The detailed description described below merely exemplifies the features of the center-of-gravity detecting system of the present invention. When a specifically exemplary system is described using specific wordings assigned with reference numerals, each of which corresponds to the corresponding component specifying the center-of-gravity detecting system of the present invention, such a system is merely an example of the components of the center-of-gravity detecting system of the present invention.