A shovel includes a lower traveling body, an upper turning body turnably mounted on the lower traveling body, a covering attached on the upper turning body, and a camera for surroundings monitoring placed on the upper turning body. A cut is formed in the covering. The camera is placed on the upper turning body such that at least part of the camera is within the covering through the cut.
1. A shovel comprising:
a lower traveling body;
an upper turning body turnably mounted on the lower traveling body;
a covering attached on the upper turning body; and
a camera for surroundings monitoring, the camera being placed on the upper turning body and not being placed on the covering,
wherein a cut is formed in the covering, and
the camera is placed on the upper turning body such that at least part of the camera is within the covering through the cut and part of the camera is exposed outside the covering through the cut.
2. The shovel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the camera is covered with a cover formed of resin, and
the cover is placed within the covering through the cut.
3. The shovel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the camera is attached to the upper turning body via a bracket part.
4. The shovel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the camera is so placed on the upper turning body as to be attachable and detachable with the covering being closed.
5. The shovel as claimed in claim 4 , wherein
the camera is fixed to a house frame with a fixing part, and
the fixing part is so placed as to be accessible from below or a side of the house frame.
6. The shovel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the covering is an engine hood, a cover, or a door that is attachable and detachable or openable and closable relative to the upper turning body, the covering making an inside of the upper turning body visible when detached or opened, the covering separating the inside and an outside of the upper turning body when attached or closed.
7. The shovel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the covering includes a top side and a lateral side, and
the camera is so placed as to be within the covering through the lateral side of the covering.
8. The shovel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the camera is so configured as not to protrude further than a most protruding lateral portion of the upper turning body.
9. The shovel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the covering is an engine hood, and
the cut is formed in a lateral side of the engine hood.
10. The shovel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the covering is a cover of an aqueous urea solution tank or a tool box, and
the cut is formed in a lateral side of the cover.
11. The shovel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the camera is so placed as to be able to image part of the upper turning body.
12. The shovel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the covering includes a covering attached to a lateral side of the upper turning body.
13. The shovel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the camera is so configured as to be attached and detached with a covering different from the covering that covers the at least part of the camera being removed or open.
14. The shovel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the camera is so configured as to be attached and detached with the covering that covers the at least part of the camera being attached or closed.