IP Library Granted Patent US 12,208,749
Granted Patent B2
US 12,208,749 · App. 18/022,210 · Granted Jan 28, 2025

Camera installation structure for inside of operation room

Inventors: Yusuke Sawada (Hiroshima, JP); Fumino Hasegawa (Hiroshima, JP); Hitoshi Sasaki (Tokyo, JP); Yoichiro Yamazaki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
B60R11/04E02F9/0858
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Patent No.
US 12,208,749
App. No.
18/022,210
Granted
Jan 28, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a camera installation structure for inside of operation room that can obtain a camera image with reduced shake to enable remote operation and hardly obstructs rear visual field in a case where an operator boards a working machine. A camera installation structure 10 includes an operation seat 3 , a scaffold member 20 disposed in a rear space 4 , and mounting portions for mounting the scaffold member 20 . The scaffold member 20 includes a plurality of shelves 21, 23, 25 , and 27 , a camera 50 installed on the fourth shelf 27 , and mounting brackets. In a state where the mounting brackets are mounted on the mounting portions, a lens 51 of the camera 50 is disposed at a height position corresponding to a height of eyes of an operator in a case where the operator sits on the operation seat 3.

Claims (17)

1. A camera installation structure for inside of operation room, installed inside an operation room of a working machine, the camera installation structure comprising:

an operation seat disposed inside the operation room;

a scaffold member for camera installation, disposed in a rear space defined inside the operation room between a rear end of the operation seat and a rear wall of the operation room; and

mounting portions provided in the operation room for mounting the scaffold member to the operation room, wherein

the scaffold member includes a plurality of shelves disposed in a vertical direction of the rear space, a camera including a lens and installed on at least one of the plurality of shelves, and a mounting bracket fixed to a predetermined position other than a shelf on which the camera is installed and configured to be mounted on the mounting portions, and

in a state where the mounting bracket is mounted on the mounting portions, and the scaffold member is disposed in the rear space, the lens of the camera is disposed at a height position corresponding to a height of eyes of an operator in a case where the operator sits on the operation seat.

2. The camera installation structure for the inside of the operation room according to claim 1 , wherein

the operation room includes an openable/closable door, and

a switch enabling remote operation of the working machine is installed at a position of the scaffold member adjacent to the door.

3. The camera installation structure for the inside of the operation room according to claim 1 , wherein

the scaffold member includes coupling portions coupling the plurality of shelves with one another, and

the mounting bracket is fixed to at least one of the other shelves on which the camera is not installed and the coupling portions.

4. The camera installation structure for the inside of the operation room according to claim 1 , wherein a window is provided in a rear wall of the operation room, and the mounting portions are positioned below the window.

5. The camera installation structure for the inside of the operation room according to claim 1 , wherein the scaffold member is mounted on the mounting portions via the mounting bracket, to allow at least one of the shelves and the camera to match with an air outlet of an air conditioner provided inside the operation room.

6. The camera installation structure for the inside of the operation room according to claim 1 , wherein

the camera is installed on a shelf positioned at an uppermost position among the plurality of shelves of the scaffold member, and

a shelf positioned at a lowermost position includes a plate shape long in a width direction orthogonal to a front-rear direction of the working machine, and the mounting bracket is fixed to each of both width-direction side parts of the shelf positioned at the lowermost position.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 20, 2023
From: SAWADA, YUSUKE; HASEGAWA, FUMINO; SASAKI, HITOSHI; YAMAZAKI, YOICHIRO
To: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-155689 · Sep 16, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240034247A1 · Feb 1, 2024
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