Shovel connectable with an information terminal

• US 10,094,094 B2
• Filed: 12/12/2016
• Issued: 10/09/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/19/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sumitomo (S.H.I.) Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. (Sumitomo Heavy Industries Limited)
• Original Assignee: Sumitomo (S.H.I.) Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. (Sumitomo Heavy Industries Limited)
• Inventors: Tsukamoto, Hiroyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Marc-Coleman, Marthe Y
• Application Number:
  US15/375,403
• Publication Number:
  US 20170089040A1
• Time in Patent Office: 666 Days
• Field of Search: 701 50, 701 327, 701 2, 455563, 455 412, 455557, 455566, 726 35, 172200
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/00 Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 3/32 working downwardly and towards the machine, e.g. with backhoes
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/16 Cabins, platforms, or the like, for drivers for motor vehicles in general B62D33/06, for cranes B66C13/54
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/2004 Control mechanisms, e.g. control levers control levers per se G05G
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/2075 of the hybrid type for vehicles in general B60W20/00
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/26 Indicating devices E02F5/145 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/267 Diagnosing or detecting failure of vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0825 using optical means
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/085 using electronic data carriers
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 17/22 Interactive procedures; Man-machine interfaces

Abstract

A shovel performing a work by being operated by a driver includes a lower running body, an upper turning body mounted on the lower running body and a control device that controls an operation of a hydraulic actuator in response to an operation applied to an operation lever. A cabin is provided in the upper turning body. An attaching part is provided in the cabin and is capable of attaching a multifunctional portable information terminal having a display and input function, a wireless communication function and a voice recognition function. The attaching part includes a connecting part connected to the multifunctional portable information terminal. The control device performs data communication with the multifunctional portable information terminal through the connecting part, and supplies electric power from an electric accumulation part of the shovel to the multifunctional portable information terminal through the connecting part.

Claims

1. A shovel, comprising:

a lower running body;

an upper turning body mounted on the lower running body;

an engine arranged on the upper turning body;

a hydraulic pump configured to discharge operating oil by a power of the engine;

a hydraulic actuator configured to be driven by the operating oil discharged by the hydraulic pump;

a control device;

a cabin provided in the upper turning body;

an operation lever provided in the cabin; and

a switch provided to the operation lever, the switch being configured to turn on and off a function of a multifunctional portable information terminal having a wireless communication function and a calling function,

wherein the switch is configured to be operated to cause a signal to be transmitted to the control device, and

the control device is configured to transmit a control signal to the multifunctional portable information terminal based on the transmitted signal to turn on or off a voice recognition function of the multifunctional portable information terminal.

2. The shovel as claimed in claim 1, wherein the multifunctional portable information terminal has an image taking function, a vibration measuring function, an orientation determining function, a GPS function and a map displaying function.

3. The shovel as claimed in claim 1, wherein information regarding an agent of a sales company of the shovel is displayed on a communication link screen of the multifunctional portable information terminal.

4. The shovel as claimed in claim 1, wherein a present position icon indicating a present position of the shovel or the multifunctional portable information terminal and an agent position icon indicating a position of a retrieved or selected agent of a sales company of the shovel are displayed on the multifunctional portable information terminal as map information.

5. The shovel as claimed in claim 1, wherein a part of the shovel where an abnormality has occurred and a kind of the abnormality are displayed on the multifunctional portable information terminal.

6. The shovel as claimed in claim 1, wherein the multifunctional portable information terminal is connected to a management apparatus through a communication network.

7. The shovel as claimed in claim 1, wherein the control device causes a display and input part of the multifunctional portable information terminal to display an image taken by a camera mounted on a cover of the shovel.

8. A shovel, comprising:

a lower running body;

an upper turning body mounted on the lower running body;

an engine arranged on the upper turning body;

a hydraulic pump configured to discharge operating oil by a power of the engine;

a hydraulic actuator configured to be driven by the operating oil discharged by the hydraulic pump;

a control device;

a cabin provided in the upper turning body;

an operation lever provided in the cabin; and

a switch provided to the operation lever, the switch being configured to turn on and off a function of a multifunctional portable information terminal having a wireless communication function and a calling function,

wherein the switch is configured to be operated to cause a signal to be transmitted to the control device,

the control device is configured to transmit a control signal to the multifunctional portable information terminal based on the transmitted signal, and

a content of a command corresponding to a command signal transmitted from the multifunctional portable information terminal to the control device is displayed on a display part.

9. The shovel as claimed in claim 8, wherein the multifunctional portable information terminal has a voice recognition function.

10. The shovel as claimed in claim 8, wherein the multifunctional portable information terminal has an image taking function, a vibration measuring function, an orientation determining function, a GPS function and a map displaying function.

11. The shovel as claimed in claim 8, wherein information regarding an agent of a sales company of the shovel is displayed on a communication link screen of the multifunctional portable information terminal.

12. The shovel as claimed in claim 8, wherein a present position icon indicating a present position of the shovel or the multifunctional portable information terminal and an agent position icon indicating a position of a retrieved or selected agent of a sales company of the shovel are displayed on the multifunctional portable information terminal as map information.

13. The shovel as claimed in claim 8, wherein a part of the shovel where an abnormality has occurred and a kind of the abnormality are displayed on the multifunctional portable information terminal.

14. The shovel as claimed in claim 8, wherein the multifunctional portable information terminal is connected to a management apparatus through a communication network.

15. The shovel as claimed in claim 8, wherein the control device causes a display and input part of the multifunctional portable information terminal to display an image taken by a camera mounted on a cover of the shovel.