IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,952,750
Granted Patent B2
US 11,952,750 · App. 17/272,692 · Granted Apr 9, 2024

Work machine

Inventors: Shota Imamura (Tsuchiura, JP); Yuji Nagashima (Tsuchiura, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,952,750
App. No.
17/272,692
Granted
Apr 9, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a working machine that makes it possible to alert its operator to cautions properly without obstructing the view of the operator. The working machine includes a cab for its operator to ride in, a projection device that projects image light to form an image of cautions to an operator who operates the working machine, a display unit that displays image light projected by the projection device, state detection element to detect a state of the working machine, and a controller that controls the projection device so that a manner of displaying the cautions on the display unit will change depending on the state of the working machine detected by the state detection element.

Claims (10)

1. A working machine provided with a cab for its operator to ride in, comprising:

a projection device that projects image light to form an image of cautions to an operator who operates the working machine;

a combiner that displays image light projected by the projection device;

a controller that controls the projection device; and

a gate lock lever that allows the operator to switch between a locked state in which operation of the working machine is disabled and an unlocked state in which operation of the working machine is enabled;

wherein in a case where the gate lock lever is in the unlocked state, the controller displays the cautions on the combiner in a second display manner in which the cautions are more likely not to obstruct the view of the operator than in a first display manner of displaying the cautions in a case where the gate lock lever is in the locked state.

2. The working machine according to claim 1 , comprising a momentary switch that is set in an ON state only while the switch is operated by the operator and is set in an OFF state in a case where the operator stops the switch operation;

wherein in a case where the momentary switch is in the ON state even with the gate lock lever remaining in the locked state, the controller displays the cautions on the combiner in the second display manner.

3. The working machine according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second display manner is any of hiding the cautions, displaying the cautions smaller than displayed in the first display manner, and displaying the cautions near edges of a window relative to a display position in the first display manner.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 2, 2021
From: IMAMURA, SHOTA; NAGASHIMA, YUJI
To: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 055454/0258 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-042923 · Mar 8, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210340732A1 · Nov 4, 2021