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US 11,926,994 · App. 17/232,272 · Granted Mar 12, 2024

Excavator, display device for excavator, and terminal apparatus

Inventor: Ryota Kurosawa (Chiba, JP)
Assignee: SUMITOMO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
E02F9/261E02F9/2033
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Patent No.
US 11,926,994
App. No.
17/232,272
Granted
Mar 12, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An excavator includes a display device configured to display an image representing a work area around the excavator. The display device is configured to display the image in such a state that coordinates that are predefined with respect to the work area and an image component portion included in the image are associated with each other.

Claims (24)

1. An excavator comprising:

a display device; and

a hardware processor configured to

associate coordinates predefined for a work area around the excavator with an image component portion included in an image representing the work area and display the image on the display device with the image component portion being associated with the coordinates, and

make a setting relating to a part of the work area in response to an input operation specifying the image component portion, the part of the work area corresponding to the coordinates associated with the specified image component portion.

2. The excavator according to claim 1 , wherein the hardware processor is configured to display the image on the display device with the image component portion corresponding to a predetermined object detected in the work area being associated with the coordinates corresponding to a position of the predetermined object.

3. The excavator according to claim 2 , wherein the predetermined object is detected based on a predetermined model.

4. The excavator according to claim 2 , wherein the hardware processor is configured to make the setting relating to the predetermined object, the predetermined object corresponding to the coordinates associated with the specified image component portion.

5. The excavator according to claim 1 , wherein the hardware processor is configured to set, as a target relating to work, the part of the work area identified by the coordinates associated with the specified image component portion.

6. The excavator according to claim 4 , wherein the hardware processor is configured to set, as a target relating to work, the predetermined object positioned at the coordinates associated with the specified image component portion or to set a target relating to work based on the predetermined object.

7. The excavator according to claim 4 , wherein the hardware processor is configured to set, as an avoidance object relating to work, the predetermined object positioned at the coordinates associated with the specified image component portion or to set an avoidance object relating to work based on the predetermined object.

8. The excavator according to claim 1 , wherein an association relationship between the coordinates and the image component portion is changed in accordance with a change in an area of the image to be displayed on the display device, upon detecting that an operation to change the area of the image to be displayed on the display device is performed.

9. The excavator according to claim 1 , wherein

the hardware processor is configured to set an avoidance object section corresponding to the coordinates associated with the specified image component portion; and

display a distance from the excavator to the avoidance object section on the display device.

10. A display device for an excavator, wherein

the display device is configured to display an image representing a work area around the excavator

with an image component portion included in the displayed image being associated with coordinates predefined for the work area, and

a setting is made in relation to a part of the work area in response to an input operation specifying the image component portion on the display device, the part of the work area corresponding to the coordinates associated with the specified image component portion.

11. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein the display device is configured to display the image with the image component portion corresponding to a predetermined object detected in the work area being associated with the coordinates corresponding to a position of the predetermined object.

12. A terminal apparatus comprising:

a display device configured to display an image representing a work area around the excavator

with an image component portion included in the image being associated with coordinates predefined for the work area,

wherein a setting is made in relation to a part of the work area in response to an input operation specifying the image component portion on the display device, the part of the work area corresponding to the coordinates associated with the specified image component portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 3, 2021
From: KUROSAWA, RYOTA
To: SUMITOMO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057062/0940 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-197615 · Oct 19, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2019041180 · Oct 18, 2019
Related Publication 20210230841A1 · Jul 29, 2021