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US 10,100,497 · App. 15/460,615 · Granted Oct 16, 2018

Shovel

Inventor: Takeya Izumikawa (Chiba, JP)
Assignee: SUMITOMO (S.H.I.) CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 10,100,497
App. No.
15/460,615
Granted
Oct 16, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A shovel includes a lower-part traveling body 1 , an upper-part swiveling body 3 installed in the lower-part traveling body so as to be rotatable relative to the lower-part traveling body, an attachment attached to the upper-part swiveling body, and a machine guidance device 50 of reporting a visual report or an audible report of a value of a difference between a present position of an end attachment and a target position of the end attachment, wherein the shovel includes a controller 30 that reports possible discontinuity of an accurate guidance in a case where it is determined that a predetermined event occurs. The controller determines that the predetermined event occurs in a case where it is determined that a change occurs in a position of the lower-part traveling body or a posture of the lower-part traveling body, and reports the possible discontinuity of the accurate guidance to the operator.

Claims (24)

1. A shovel comprising:

a lower-part traveling body;

an upper-part swiveling body installed in the lower-part traveling body so as to be rotatable relative to the lower-part traveling body; and

an attachment attached to the upper-part swiveling body,

wherein the shovel performs a machine guidance function of reporting a visual report or an audible report of a value of a difference between a present position of an end attachment and a target position of the end attachment, and

wherein the shovel includes a control apparatus reporting that the machine guidance function may not be continuously accurate in a case where it is determined that a predetermined event occurs.

2. The shovel according to claim 1 ,

wherein the control apparatus determines that the predetermined event occurs in a case where it is determined that a change occurs in a position of the lower-part traveling body or a posture of the lower-part traveling body, and reports that the machine guidance function may not be continuously accurate.

3. A shovel comprising:

a lower-part traveling body;

an upper-part swiveling body installed in the lower-part traveling body so as to be rotatable relative to the lower-part traveling body; and

an attachment attached to the upper-part swiveling body,

wherein the shovel performs a machine guidance function of reporting a visual report or an audible report of a value of a difference between a present position of an end attachment and a target position of the end attachment, and

wherein the shovel includes a control apparatus reporting that the machine guidance function may not be continuously accurate in a case where it is determined that a predetermined event occurs,

wherein the control apparatus determines that the predetermined event occurs in a case where at least one of (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) is satisfied:

(i) it is determined that a traveling operation is conducted,

(ii) it is determined that an inclination sensor detection value of an inclination sensor attached to the shovel reaches a first predetermined value,

(iii) it is determined that an acceleration sensor detection value of an acceleration sensor attached to the shovel reaches a second predetermined value, and

(iv) it is determined that a moving distance detected by of a positioning apparatus attached to the shovel reaches a third predetermined value, and

reports that the machine guidance function may not be continuously accurate.

4. The shovel according to claim 3 ,

wherein the first predetermined value at a time of conducting a swivel operation is different from the first predetermined value at a time of not conducting the swivel operation.

5. The shovel according to claim 3 ,

wherein the acceleration sensor detection value is acceleration in a horizontal direction or a vertical direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 16, 2017
From: IZUMIKAWA, TAKEYA
To: SUMITOMO(S.H.I.) CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 041596/0168 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-190344 · Sep 18, 2014 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2015076485 · Sep 17, 2015
Related Publication 20170183845A1 · Jun 29, 2017
Cited By (1)
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