IP Library Granted Patent US 11,532,162
Granted Patent B2
US 11,532,162 · App. 16/956,691 · Granted Dec 20, 2022

Information presenting device and information presenting method

Inventors: Masanobu Seki (Tokyo, JP); Shunsuke Miyamoto (Tokyo, JP); Kaoru Yasuda (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
G06V20/52G06V20/54G08G1/205G08G1/207G06V2201/08
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Patent No.
US 11,532,162
App. No.
16/956,691
Granted
Dec 20, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle recognition unit of an information presenting device specifies a position of each of a plurality of vehicles, based on images captured by a plurality of imaging devices installed at a construction site. A vehicle designating unit receives designation of a designated vehicle, among the plurality of specified vehicles. A display control unit outputs a signal for displaying in an overlapping manner a proximity plot representing a position of another vehicle whose distance from the designated vehicle is less than a threshold on an overhead image of the construction site.

Claims (34)

1. An information presenting device comprising:

a processor and a storage storing a program,

wherein the processor is configured to execute the program programmed to

specify a position of each of a plurality of vehicles based on images captured by a plurality of imaging devices installed at a construction site;

receive designation of a designated vehicle, among the plurality of specified vehicles; and

output a signal for displaying in an overlapping manner a proximity plot and a normal plot, the proximity plot representing a position of another vehicle whose distance from the designated vehicle is less than a threshold on an overhead image of the construction site, the normal plot representing a position of another vehicle whose distance from the designated vehicle is equal to or greater than a threshold and having a different form from the proximity plot on the overhead image.

2. The information presenting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is configured to execute the program further programmed to

specify a position of the designated vehicle, in a time series of images captured by the plurality of imaging devices, and

output the signal based on the specified position of the designated vehicle.

3. The information presenting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is configured to execute the program further programmed to receive the designation of the designated vehicle by inputting coordinates of the overhead image.

4. The information presenting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is configured to execute the program further programmed to

store caution points at the construction site, and

output a signal for displaying in an overlapping manner a figure representing a caution point whose distance from the designated vehicle is less than a threshold on the overhead image of the construction site.

5. An information presenting method comprising the steps of:

specifying, by a processor, a position of each of a plurality of vehicles based on images captured by a plurality of imaging devices installed at a construction site;

receiving, by the processor, designation of a designated vehicle, among the plurality of specified vehicles; and

displaying, by the processor, in an overlapping manner, on a display device, a proximity plot and a normal plot, the proximity plot representing a position of another vehicle whose distance from the designated vehicle is less than a threshold on an overhead image of the construction site, the normal plot representing a position of another vehicle whose distance from the designated vehicle is equal to or greater than a threshold and having a different form from the proximity plot on the overhead image.

6. The information presenting device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the processor is configured to execute the program further programmed to receive the designation of the designated vehicle by inputting coordinates of the overhead image.

7. The information presenting device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the processor is configured to execute the program further programmed to

store caution points at the construction site, and

output a signal for displaying in an overlapping manner a figure representing a caution point whose distance from the designated vehicle is less than a threshold on the overhead image of the construction site.

8. The information presenting device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the processor is configured to execute the program further programmed to

store caution points at the construction site, and

output a signal for displaying in an overlapping manner a figure representing a caution point whose distance from the designated vehicle is less than a threshold on the overhead image of the construction site.

9. The information presenting device according to claim 6 ,

wherein the processor is configured to execute the program further programmed to

store caution points at the construction site, and

output a signal for displaying in an overlapping manner a figure representing a caution point whose distance from the designated vehicle is less than a threshold on the overhead image of the construction site.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 22, 2020
From: SEKI, MASANOBU; MIYAMOTO, SHUNSUKE; YASUDA, KAORU
To: KOMATSU LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-035382 · Feb 28, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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