ANGLE MEASUREMENT DEVICE, ANGLE MEASUREMENT METHOD AND CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY

• US 20120303314A1
• Filed: 06/22/2010
• Published: 11/29/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/24/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hunan Sany Intelligent Control Equipment Co., Ltd., SANY Heavy Industry Company Limited (Wen Gen Liang)
• Original Assignee: Hunan Sany Intelligent Control Equipment Co., Ltd., SANY Heavy Industry Company Limited (Wen Gen Liang)
• Inventors: Zhou, Xiang, Zhou, Jihui, Yi, Xiaogang, Wang, Wei
• Application Number:
  US13/133,358
• Publication Number:
  US 20120303314A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/141
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/264 Sensors and their calibration for indicating the position of the work tool
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 1/00 Measuring angles
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 9/00 Measuring inclination, e.g. by clinometers, by levels

Abstract

An angle measurement device includes a microprocessor, a primary acceleration transducer, an output device, and an auxiliary acceleration transducer. There is a predetermined angle between a positive direction of a primary sensitive axis of the primary acceleration transducer and that of a auxiliary sensitive axis of the auxiliary acceleration transducer; the primary acceleration transducer and the auxiliary acceleration transducer output respectively a first initial parameter and a second initial parameter; the microprocessor obtains a first actual parameter of the primary acceleration transducer according to the first initial parameter, the second initial parameter and the predetermined angle and then gets an angle parameter according to the first actual parameter; the first actual parameter characterizes the parameter of the primary acceleration transducer in the case of no external interference. An angle measurement method and a construction machinery with the angle measurement device is also provided. The provided angle measurement device and method can obtain measuring result in dynamic state accurately.

Claims

1. An angle measurement device, comprising a microprocessor, a primary acceleration transducer, and an output device, characterized in that the angle measurement device further comprises at least one auxiliary acceleration transducer, and there is a predetermined angle between a positive direction of a primary sensitive axis of the primary acceleration transducer and a positive direction of a auxiliary sensitive axis of the auxiliary acceleration transducer, and the predetermined angle is greater than 90°

and less than 270°

;

the primary acceleration transducer and the auxiliary acceleration transducer are configured to output a first initial parameter and a second initial parameter respectively;

the microprocessor is configured to obtain a first actual parameter of the primary acceleration transducer according to the first initial parameter, the second initial parameter and the predetermined angle, and to obtain an angle parameter according to the first actual parameter;

the first actual parameter characterizes a parameter of the primary acceleration transducer in the case of no external interference; and

the output device is configured to output the angle parameter.

2. The angle measurement device according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined angle is greater than 135°

and less than 225.

3. The angle measurement device according to claim 2, wherein the predetermined angle is 180°

.

4. The angle measurement device according to claim 1, wherein the structure of the primary acceleration transducer is the same as that of the auxiliary acceleration transducer.

5. The angle measurement device according to claim 1, further comprising a filter device, which is configured to filter the first initial parameter and the second initial parameter output by the primary acceleration transducer and the auxiliary acceleration transducer, and to output the filtered first initial parameter and second initial parameter to the microprocessor.

6. The angle measurement device according to claim 1, further comprising a storage device for storing a preset parameter which can be acquired by the microprocessor.

11. The angle measurement device according to claim 2, wherein the structure of the primary acceleration transducer is the same as that of the auxiliary acceleration transducer.

12. The angle measurement device according to claim 3, wherein the structure of the primary acceleration transducer is the same as that of the auxiliary acceleration transducer.

7. A construction machinery, comprising a chassis and an executive component mounted on the chassis, characterized in that the executive component is provided with an angle measurement device comprising a microprocessor, a primary acceleration transducer, and an output device, wherein the angle measurement device further comprises at least one auxiliary acceleration transducer, and there is a predetermined angle between a positive direction of a primary sensitive axis of the primary acceleration transducer and a positive direction of an auxiliary sensitive axis of the auxiliary acceleration transducer, and the predetermined angle is greater than 90°

and less than 270°

;

the primary acceleration transducer and the auxiliary acceleration transducer are configured to output a first initial parameter and a second initial parameter respectively;

the microprocessor is configured to obtain a first actual parameter of the primary acceleration transducer according to the first initial parameter, the second initial parameter and the predetermined angle, and to obtain an angle parameter according to the first actual parameter;

the first actual parameter characterizes a parameter of the primary acceleration transducer in the case of no external interference; and

the output device is configured to out put the angle parameter.

8. The construction machinery according to claim 7, wherein the construction machinery is a concrete pump truck, and the executive component comprises a boom system;

each arm section of the boom system is provided with the angle measurement device.

13. The construction machinery according to claim 7, wherein the predetermined angle is greater than 135°

and less than 225°

.

14. The construction machinery according to claim 13, wherein the predetermined angle is 180°

.

15. The construction machinery according to claim 7, wherein the structure of the primary acceleration transducer is the same as that of the auxiliary acceleration transducer.

16. The construction machinery according to claim 7, further comprising a filter device, which is configured to filter the first initial parameter and the second initial parameter output by the primary acceleration transducer and the auxiliary acceleration transducer, and to output the filtered first initial parameter and second initial parameter to the microprocessor.

17. The construction machinery according to claim 7, further comprising a storage device for storing a preset parameter which can be acquired by the microprocessor.

9. An angle measurement method, comprising the following steps:

S100, obtaining a first initial parameter and a second initial parameter by a primary acceleration transducer and an auxiliary acceleration transducer respectively;

wherein there is a predetermined angle between a positive direction of a primary sensitive axis of the primary acceleration transducer and a positive direction of an auxiliary sensitive axis of the auxiliary acceleration transducer, and the predetermined angle is greater than 90° and

less than 270°

;

S200, obtaining a first actual parameter according to the first initial parameter, the second initial parameter and the predetermined angle, the first actual parameter characterizing a parameter output by the primary acceleration transducer in the case of no external interference;

S300, obtaining an angle parameter according to the first actual parameter.

10. The angle measurement method according to claim 9, wherein in Step 100, a plurality of the auxiliary acceleration transducers are employed to obtain a plurality of the second initial parameters.