Industrial vehicle equipped with material handling work controller
First Claim
1. A load handling operation aiding apparatus in an industrial vehicle, which comprises:
- a load carrying apparatus which is movably provided on a vehicle body and is positioned to a load handling target according to its movement;
display means;
detection means for detecting a position of the load handling target; and
display control means for displaying positioning information for supporting positioning of said load carrying apparatus with respect to said load handling target on said display means based on a position detection result detected by said detection means.
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Abstract
A load handling operation control apparatus for an industrial vehicle, which has a load carrying apparatus provided movably on a vehicle body, is provided. A load carrying apparatus 2 is positioned with a load handling target 41, 42 according to its movement. A load handling control section 47 has a display device 28 and a detection device for detecting the position of the load handling target. A image control section 46 displays positioning information for supporting positioning of the load carrying apparatus 2 with respect to the load handling target 41, 42 on the display device 28 based on a positional detection result detected by the detection device.
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107 Claims
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1. A load handling operation aiding apparatus in an industrial vehicle, which comprises:
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a load carrying apparatus which is movably provided on a vehicle body and is positioned to a load handling target according to its movement;
display means;
detection means for detecting a position of the load handling target; and
display control means for displaying positioning information for supporting positioning of said load carrying apparatus with respect to said load handling target on said display means based on a position detection result detected by said detection means. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 13, 14, 17, 20, 21, 60, 61, 70)
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2. A load handling operation aiding apparatus in an industrial vehicle, which comprises:
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a load carrying apparatus movably provided on a vehicle body for doing a load carrying work;
image pickup means for picking up an image of a load handling target as a work target of said load carrying apparatus;
display means for displaying an image picked up by said image pickup means on a screen;
detection means for detecting a position of said load handling target in an image pickup area of said image pickup means;
calculation means for calculating positioning information for positioning of said load carrying apparatus with respect to the load handling target based on position data detected by said detection means; and
drawing control means for drawing said positioning information on the screen of said display means. - View Dependent Claims (7, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 19)
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3. A load handling operation aiding apparatus in an industrial vehicle, which comprises:
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a load carrying apparatus movably provided on a vehicle body for doing a load carrying work;
image pickup means for picking up an image of a load handling target as a work target of said load carrying apparatus;
display means for displaying an image picked up by said image pickup means on a screen;
detection means for detecting a position of said load handling target on said screen by performing image processing on image data picked up by said image pickup means;
calculation means for calculating a position of a moving target point on the screen of said display means based on position data detected by said detection means at the time of positioning of said load carrying apparatus with respect to the load handling target; and
drawing control means for drawing positioning information for notifying the position of said moving target point on the image on said screen.
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6. A load handling operation aiding apparatus in an industrial vehicle, which comprises:
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a load carrying apparatus movably provided on a vehicle body for doing a load carrying work;
image pickup means for picking up an image of a load handling target as a work target of said load carrying apparatus;
display means for displaying an image picked up by said image pickup means on a screen;
detection means for detecting a position of said load handling target on said screen based on image data picked up by said image pickup means;
calculation means for calculating a position of a moving target point on the screen of said display means based on position data detected by said detection means at the time of positioning of said load carrying apparatus with respect to the load handling target; and
drawing control means for drawing a mark for visual confirmation of the position of said moving target point on the image on said screen.
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8. A load handling operation aiding apparatus in an industrial vehicle, which comprises:
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a load carrying apparatus movably provided on a vehicle body for doing a load carrying work;
image pickup means for picking up an image of a load handling target as a work target of said load carrying apparatus;
display means for displaying an image picked up by said image pickup means on a screen;
calculation means for calculating a position of a moving target point of a mark, affixed to said load handling target, on the screen of said display means at the time of positioning of said load carrying apparatus with respect to the load handling target; and
drawing control means for drawing a mark for visual confirmation of said moving target point on the image on said screen.
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12. A load handling operation aiding apparatus in an industrial vehicle on which a carriage having a load carrying apparatus is so provided as to be liftable along a mast provided on a vehicle body, which comprises:
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a camera provided on said mast in such a way as to be able to pick up an image of a work area of said load carrying apparatus;
display means for displaying an image picked up by said camera on a screen;
discrimination means for discriminating whether a load carrying work to be carried out by said load carrying apparatus is a load pickup work or a load deposition work;
detection means for determining a load handling target according to a type of the load carrying work discriminated by said discrimination means and detecting a position of said load handling target on the screen of said display means by performing image recognition processing on a positional detection object of said load handling target based on image data picked up by said camera;
calculation means for calculating a position of a moving target point on the screen of said display means at the time of positioning of said load carrying apparatus with respect to the load handling target; and
drawing control means for drawing a mark for visual confirmation of said moving target point on the screen of said display means on the image on said screen. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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22. A load handling control apparatus in an industrial vehicle, which comprises:
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a load carrying apparatus which is provided in a displaceable manner on a vehicle body of the industrial vehicle for doing a load carrying work;
load detection means for detecting whether or not there is a load placed on or held by the load carrying apparatus and outputting a detection signal;
decision means for determining whether the load carrying work is a load pickup work or a load deposition work based on the detection signal from said load detection means; and
control means for causing said load carrying apparatus to do a load pickup work or a load deposition work based on decision by said decision means. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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23. A load handling control apparatus in an industrial vehicle, which comprises:
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a load carrying apparatus which is provided in a displaceable manner on a vehicle body of the industrial vehicle for doing a load carrying work;
load detection means for detecting whether or not there is a load placed on or held by the load carrying apparatus and outputting a detection signal;
at least one actuator to be driven to cause said load carrying apparatus to do the load carrying work;
decision means for determining the type of said load carrying work based on the detection signal from said load detection means; and
control means for driving said actuator in accordance with the type of the load carrying work determined by said decision means. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 32)
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29. A load handling control apparatus in an industrial vehicle, which comprises:
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a load carrying apparatus which is provided in a displaceable manner on a vehicle body of the industrial vehicle for doing a load carrying work;
load detection means for detecting whether or not there is a load placed on or held by the load carrying apparatus and outputting a detection signal;
an aiding apparatus provided to support an automatic load control of the handling work of said load carrying apparatus and equipped with at least one actuator;
decision means for determining the type of said load carrying work based on the detection signal from said load detection means; and
control means for controlling said actuator in accordance with the type of the load carrying work determined by said decision means. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31)
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42. A work mode switching apparatus for an industrial vehicle, which industrial vehicle can do a predetermined work under automatic control and which work mode switching apparatus can selectively set one work mode selected from a plurality of work modes for that predetermined work, comprising:
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detection means for detecting a state of said predetermined work at the time of doing that work under automatic control;
work mode setting means for selectively setting one work mode from said plurality of work modes according to contents of said predetermined work based on a detected value from said detection means; and
switching means for manually switching said work mode set by said work mode setting means to another work mode. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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53. A load handling aiding notification apparatus in an industrial vehicle in an industrial vehicle, which comprises:
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a load carrying apparatus movably provided on a vehicle body for doing a load carrying work;
detection means for detecting a position of a load handling target before the vehicle approaches said load handling target;
calculation means for calculating a positional relationship between said load handling target and vehicle based on a result of detection by said detection means; and
notification means for notifying steering information for guiding the vehicle in such a way that said load handling target is caught by said load carrying apparatus based on a result of calculation by said calculation means. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 62, 63, 68, 69, 75)
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64. A load handling aiding notification apparatus in an industrial vehicle, which comprises:
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a load carrying apparatus provided movable at least in a forward and backward direction on a vehicle body for doing a load carrying work;
detection means for detecting a position of a load handling target before the vehicle approaches said load handling target;
calculation means for calculating a positional relationship between said load handling target and vehicle based on a result of detection by said detection means; and
notification means for notifying a position to which the vehicle is to approach, based on a result of calculation by said calculation means, in such a way that said load handling target is caught in a moving range of said load carrying apparatus in the forward and backward direction. - View Dependent Claims (71, 72, 73, 74)
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65. A load handling aiding notification apparatus in an industrial vehicle, which comprises:
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a load carrying apparatus provided movable at least in a forward and backward direction on a vehicle body for doing a load carrying work;
detection means for detecting a position of a load handling target;
calculation means for calculating a positional relationship between said load handling target and vehicle based on a result of detection by said detection means; and
notification means for instructing a position to which said load carrying apparatus is to be moved forward, based on a result of calculation by said calculation means.
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66. A load handling aiding notification apparatus in an industrial vehicle, which comprises:
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a load carrying apparatus movably provided on a vehicle body for doing a load carrying work;
detection means for detecting a position of a load handling target beforehand before the vehicle approaches said load handling target;
calculation means for calculating a positional relationship between said load handling target and said vehicle based on a result of detection by said detection means;
decision means for determining, based on a result of calculation by said calculation means, whether or not said load handling target can be caught in a moving range of said load carrying apparatus; and
notification means for notifying a result of decision by said decision means.
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67. A load handling aiding notification apparatus in an industrial vehicle, which comprises:
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a load carrying apparatus provided movable at least in an up and down direction on a vehicle body for doing a load carrying work;
detection means for detecting a height of a load handling target beforehand before the vehicle approaches said load handling target;
decision means for determining whether or not said load carrying apparatus can be lifted up to a height to reach said load handling target; and
notification means for notifying a result of decision by said decision means.
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76. A voice notification apparatus for an industrial vehicle, which comprises:
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a load carrying apparatus movably provided on a vehicle body for doing a load carrying work;
image pickup means for picking up an image of a load handling target at the time of a load handling operation by said load carrying apparatus;
identification means for identifying a sign to be a mark at the time of positioning said load carrying apparatus based on image data picked up by said image pickup means;
detection means for detecting a position of said load carrying apparatus with respect to said sign based on a result of identification by said identification means;
display means for visually displaying the position of said load carrying apparatus based on a result of detection by said detection means;
output means capable of outputting voices to a driver; and
voice synthesizing means for, when a display state by said display means is changed according to a change in the position of said load carrying apparatus with respect to the sign, causing said output means to output sounds according to that change. - View Dependent Claims (77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 86, 87, 88)
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85. A voice notification apparatus for an industrial vehicle equipped with operation means to be manually operated to move a load carrying apparatus for doing a load carrying work, which comprises:
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display means capable of displaying a state of said load carrying apparatus in a plurality of different display modes;
a plurality of output means capable of generating sounds in a plurality of different modes;
detection means for detecting the state of said load carrying apparatus for aiding the load carrying work;
display control means for determining whether said load carrying apparatus is in a state matched with a target normal state or in a state deviated therefrom based on a result of detection by said detection means and displaying a determination result on said display means in different display modes according to said determination result; and
voice synthesizing means for determining based on the result of detection by said detection means whether or not said load carrying apparatus has had a state change between said normal state and said deviated-from-normal state and causing said output means to generate sounds in different modes according to a type of that state change when there has been said state change.
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89. A work view field aiding apparatus in an industrial vehicle for an industrial vehicle capable of doing a plurality of different works, which picks up a work image that supports a work view field of a driver at a time of doing each work by a camera provided for each work and shows the driver that work image according to each work.
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90. A work view field aiding apparatus for an industrial vehicle capable of doing a plurality of different works, which picks up a work image that supports a work view field of a driver at the time of doing each work by a camera provided for each work, with a camera provided for each work, and shows the driver that work image according to each work.
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91. A work view field aiding apparatus for an industrial vehicle capable of doing a plurality of different works, which comprises:
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a plurality of cameras for picking up work images that support a work view field of a driver at a time of doing individual works;
work image display means for showing the driver that work image, which is picked up by each camera; and
display control means for controlling said work image display means to display a work image for each work on said work image display means. - View Dependent Claims (92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 104, 105, 106)
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98. A work view field aiding apparatus for an industrial vehicle capable of doing a plurality of different works, which is equipped with a single work camera for picking up a work image that supports a work view field of a driver at a time of doing each work in said plurality of different works, wherein said work view field aiding apparatus switches an image pickup direction of that work camera to a direction for picking up a work image for said work to be done, and said work view field aiding apparatus shows a work image to be picked up by the work camera to the driver after switching.
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99. A work view field aiding apparatus for an industrial vehicle capable of dong a plurality of different works, said work view field aiding apparatus comprising:
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a single work camera for picking up a work image that supports a work view field of a driver who does each work in said plurality of different works;
image pickup direction switching means for switching an image pickup direction of said work camera to a direction for picking up a work image for said work; and
image display means for showing to the driver said work image to be picked up by said work camera. - View Dependent Claims (100, 101, 102, 103, 107)
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