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Granted Patent B2
US 10,697,152 · App. 16/057,005 · Granted Jun 30, 2020

Excavator

Inventor: Takeya Izumikawa (Chiba, JP)
Assignee: SUMITOMO(S.H.I.) CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 10,697,152
App. No.
16/057,005
Granted
Jun 30, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

An excavator according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a lower traveling body, an upper turning body pivotably mounted on the lower traveling body, an operator's compartment provided to the upper turning body, an attachment attached to the upper turning body, a first display device installed in the operator's compartment, a second display device installed in the operator's compartment, and a controller configured to calculate a distance between a height of a working part of the attachment and a predetermined target height. The first display device is configured to display operation information of the excavator and working part guidance information based on the distance. The second display device is configured to display at least one of a target terrain image and an image representing the excavator.

Claims (26)

1. An excavator comprising:

a lower traveling body;

an upper turning body pivotably mounted on the lower traveling body;

an operator's compartment provided to the upper turning body;

an attachment attached to the upper turning body;

a controller configured to calculate a distance between a height of a working part of the attachment and a predetermined target height;

a first display device installed in the operator's compartment, the first display device being configured to display operation information of the excavator and working part guidance information based on the distance; and

a second display device installed in the operator's compartment, the second display device being configured to display a target terrain image, an image representing the excavator, or both the target terrain image and the image representing the excavator.

2. The excavator according to claim 1 , wherein the first display device is installed in front of a right side relative to an operator's seat in the operator's compartment.

3. The excavator according to claim 1 , wherein the first display device is installed at a position capable of being seen from an operator facing forward while sitting on an operator's seat in the operator's compartment.

4. The excavator according to claim 1 , wherein an area of a front glass of the operator's compartment covered by the second display device is smaller than an area of the front glass covered by the first display device.

5. The excavator according to claim 1 , wherein the second display device is installed at a position closer to an operator's seat than the first display device.

6. The excavator according to claim 1 , wherein the distance is a distance between a height of a tip of a bucket configuring the attachment and the predetermined target height.

7. The excavator according to claim 1 , wherein the controller changes a color of a part or an entirety of a display screen of the first display device, as the working part guidance information, in accordance with a degree of the distance.

8. The excavator according to claim 1 , wherein the working part guidance information includes at least one of a bar gauge representing a degree of the distance and a numerical value.

9. The excavator according to claim 1 , wherein the working part guidance information includes a diagram representing a target surface and a diagram representing the attachment.

10. The excavator according to claim 1 , wherein the second display device displays a positional relationship of the excavator to the target terrain image.

11. An excavator comprising:

a lower traveling body;

an upper turning body pivotably attached to the lower traveling body;

an operator's compartment provided to the upper turning body;

a camera attached to the upper turning body;

an attachment attached to the upper turning body;

a controller configured to calculate a distance between a height of a working part of the attachment and a predetermined target height;

a first display device installed in the operator's compartment, the first display device being configured to display an image captured by the camera, operation information of the excavator, or both the image captured by the camera and the operation information of the excavator, and to display working part guidance information based on the distance; and

a second display device installed in the operator's compartment, the second display device being configured to display a target terrain image, an image representing the excavator, or both the target terrain image and the image representing the excavator.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 7, 2018
From: IZUMIKAWA, TAKEYA
To: SUMITOMO(S.H.I.) CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 046573/0048 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-023097 · Feb 9, 2016 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2017004521 · Feb 8, 2017
Related Publication 20180340316A1 · Nov 29, 2018
Cited By (1)
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