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Granted Patent B2
US 12,723,374 · App. 18/985,764 · Granted Sep 1, 2026

Shovel and shovel control system

Inventor: Yuiki Matsuhashi (Chiba, JP)
Assignee: SUMITOMO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
E02F9/24E02F9/262
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Patent No.
US 12,723,374
App. No.
18/985,764
Granted
Sep 1, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A shovel includes a lower traveling body; an upper turning body turnably mounted on the lower traveling body; an imaging device attached to the upper turning body; a display device; and circuitry configured to display, on the display device, position information representing a relationship between positions of a person detected by the imaging device and the shovel and when the person whose position is represented in the position information is no longer detected by the imaging device, continue to display the position of the person who is no longer detected in the position information in a case where a predetermined condition is satisfied.

Claims (26)

1 . A shovel comprising:

a lower traveling body;

an upper turning body turnably mounted on the lower traveling body;

an imaging device attached to the upper turning body;

a display device; and

circuitry configured to display, on the display device, position information representing a relationship between positions of a person detected by the imaging device and the shovel and when the person whose position is represented in the position information is no longer detected by the imaging device, continue to display the position of the person who is no longer detected in the position information in a case where a predetermined condition is satisfied,

wherein the predetermined condition is based on a positional relationship between a detection range in which the person can be detected by the imaging device and the position of the person who is no longer detected, and

the predetermined condition is a condition that a last detected position of the person is not a position at which the person is able to move to an outside of the detection range or that the last detected position of the person is a position at which the person is able to move toward the shovel side from the detection range.

2 . The shovel according to claim 1 , wherein when the imaging device is a camera, the circuitry is configured to display, on the display device, an image captured by the camera, or an image captured by a different camera provided in the upper turning body separately from the camera, together with the position information.

3 . The shovel according to claim 2 , wherein the circuitry is configured to display, on the image, an area in which the person is detected and associate the area with the position of the person represented in the position information.

4 . A shovel comprising:

a lower traveling body;

an upper turning body turnably mounted on the lower traveling body;

an imaging device attached to the upper turning body;

a display device; and

circuitry configured to display, on the display device, position information representing a relationship between positions of a person detected by the imaging device and the shovel and when the person whose position is represented in the position information is no longer detected by the imaging device, continue to display the position of the person who is no longer detected in the position information in a case where a predetermined condition is satisfied,

wherein when the imaging device is a camera, the circuitry is configured to display. on the display device, an image captured by the camera, or an image captured by a different camera provided in the upper turning body separately from the camera, together with the position information,

the circuitry is configured to display, on the image, an area in which the person is detected and associate the area with the position of the person represented in the position information, and

when the person whose position is represented in the position information is no longer detected by the imaging device, the circuitry continues to display the position of the person who is no longer detected in the position information and inhibits display of the area in a case where the predetermined condition is satisfied.

5 . The shovel according to claim 1 , wherein when the person whose position is represented in the position information is no longer detected by the imaging device, the circuitry changes a display mode of display information representing the position of the person who is no longer detected in a case where the predetermined condition is satisfied.

6 . A control system for a shovel, the control system comprising:

a shovel including a lower traveling body, an upper turning body turnably mounted on the lower traveling body, and an imaging device attached to the upper turning body;

a display device; and

circuitry configured to display, on the display device, position information representing a relationship between positions of a person detected by the imaging device and the shovel and when the person whose position is represented in the position information is no longer detected by the imaging device, continue to display the position of the person who is no longer detected in the position information in a case where a predetermined condition is satisfied,

wherein the predetermined condition is based on a positional relationship between a detection range in which the person can be detected by the imaging device and the position of the person who is no longer detected, and

the predetermined condition is a condition that a last detected position of the person is not a position at which the person is able to move to an outside of the detection range or that the last detected position of the person is a position at which the person is able to move toward the shovel side from the detection range.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 18, 2024
From: MATSUHASHI, YUIKI
To: SUMITOMO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 069624/0911 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2023-222736 · Dec 28, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20250215666A1 · Jul 3, 2025
References Cited (2)
JP 2014224411 · 2014 [cited by applicant]
KR 20140009148A · 2014 [cited by examiner]