Work vehicle periphery monitoring system and work vehicle periphery monitoring method

• US 10,442,442 B2
• Filed: 12/06/2017
• Issued: 10/15/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
• Inventors: Imaizumi, Masaaki, Ozaki, Masataka, Kurihara, Takeshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Previl, Daniel
• Application Number:
  US15/756,265
• Publication Number:
  US 20190168776A1
• Time in Patent Office: 678 Days
• Field of Search: 3404255, 34042636, 340431, 340433, 340438, 340439, 340507, 340534, 3405456, 3405688, 3406361, 3406866, 340692
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2050/143 Alarm means
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2300/17 Construction vehicles, e.g. graders, excavators
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/085 Changing the parameters of the control units, e.g. changing limit values, working points by control input
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/087 where the control system corrects or modifies a request from the driver
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/14 Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/24 Safety devices , e.g. for preventing overload E02F9/226 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/262 with follow-up actions to control the work tool, e.g. controller
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/58 Recognition of moving objects or obstacles, e.g. vehicles or pedestrians; Recognition of traffic objects, e.g. traffic signs, traffic lights or roads

Abstract

A periphery monitoring system includes an operation instruction output unit which outputs an operation instruction to a warning device provided in a work vehicle based on detection data of an object detection device detecting an object in a periphery of the work vehicle, an invalidating unit which invalidates the operation instruction based on an invalidating instruction output from a cancel operation device provided in a driving room of the work vehicle, and a validating unit which validates the invalidated operation instruction based on detection data of a boarding state detection device detecting a specific boarding state of a passenger in the driving room.

Claims

1. A work vehicle periphery monitoring system comprising:

an operation instruction output unit which outputs an operation instruction to a warning device provided in a work vehicle based on detection data of an object detection device detecting an object in a periphery of the work vehicle, the operation instruction causing the warning device to output a warning;

an invalidating unit which invalidates the operation instruction to disable output operation of the warning device based on an invalidating instruction output from a cancel operation device provided in a driving room of the work vehicle; and

a validating unit which validates the invalidated operation instruction to enable output operation of the warning device based on detection data of a boarding state detection device detecting a specific boarding state of a passenger in the driving room.

2. The work vehicle periphery monitoring system according to claim 1,

wherein the specific boarding state of the passenger includes an operation state of a lock operation device which is provided in a boarding passage of the driving room and is operated by the passenger to limit driving of a driving mechanism of the work vehicle.

3. The work vehicle periphery monitoring system according to claim 2,

wherein the lock operation device is operated so that one of a passage allowing state of the boarding passage by the passenger and a passage prohibiting state of the boarding passage by the passenger is changed to the other thereof, and

the validating unit validates the invalidated operation instruction in a case where the lock operation device in the passage prohibiting state is operated to the passage allowing state and is operated to the passage prohibiting state again.

4. The work vehicle periphery monitoring system according to claim 2,

wherein the lock operation device is operated so that one of a passage allowing state of the boarding passage by the passenger and a passage prohibiting state of the boarding passage by the passenger is changed to the other thereof, and

the validating unit validates the invalidated operation instruction in a case where the lock operation device in the passage prohibiting state is operated to the passage allowing state.

5. The work vehicle periphery monitoring system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a determination unit which determines whether the passenger gets on the driving room based on the detection data of the boarding state detection device, and

wherein the validating unit validates the invalidated operation instruction when it is determined that after a first passenger leaves from the driving room, a second passenger gets on the driving room.

6. The work vehicle periphery monitoring system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a determination unit which determines whether the passenger gets on the driving room based on the detection data of the boarding state detection device,

wherein the validating unit validates the invalidated operation instruction when it is determined that a first passenger has left from the driving room.

7. The work vehicle periphery monitoring system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a display control unit which displays display data representing a state where the operation instruction is valid or invalid on a display device provided in the driving room.

8. The work vehicle periphery monitoring system according to claim 1,

wherein the validating unit validates the invalidated operation instruction based on the detection data of the boarding state detection device in a case where after the operation instruction is invalidated in a key-on state where a power source of the work vehicle is operated, and a key-off state is set in which the operation of the power source of the work vehicle is stopped, the key-on state is set again.

9. A work vehicle periphery monitoring system comprising:

an operation instruction output unit which outputs an operation instruction to a warning device provided in a work vehicle with a working machine based on detection data of an object detection device detecting an object in a periphery of the work vehicle, the operation instruction causing the warning device to output a warning;

an invalidating unit which invalidates the operation instruction to disable output operation of the warning device based on an invalidating instruction output from a cancel operation device provided in a driving room of the work vehicle in a key-on state where a power source of the work vehicle is operated; and

a validating unit which validates the invalidated operation instruction to enable output operation of the warning device in a case where the key-on state is set again after a key-off state is set in which the operation of the power source is stopped.

10. The work vehicle periphery monitoring system according to claim 9,

wherein the validating unit acquires an activation signal representing a state where the power source is activated and validates the invalidated operation instruction only when it is determined that the key-on state is set.

11. A work vehicle periphery monitoring method comprising:

outputting an operation instruction to a warning device provided in a work vehicle based on detection data of an object in a periphery of the work vehicle, the operation instruction causing the warning device to output a warning;

invalidating the operation instruction to disable output operation of the warning device based on an invalidating instruction output from a cancel operation device provided in a driving room of the work vehicle; and

validating the invalidated operation instruction to enable output operation of the warning device based on detection data in which a specific boarding state of a passenger in the driving room is detected.