RUNNING INFORMATION RECORDING DEVICE FOR HEAVY CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT

• US 20130278772A1
• Filed: 01/18/2012
• Published: 10/24/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/24/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Doosan Infracore Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Doosan Infracore Company Limited
• Inventors: Yun, Gi Jung
• Application Number:
  US13/979,081
• Publication Number:
  US 20130278772A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/148
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/176 Camera images
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/176 Camera images
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/00 Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/28 characterised by the type of the output information, e.g. video entertainment or vehicle dynamics information; characterised by the purpose of the output information, e.g. for attracting the attention of the driver
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/27 providing all-round vision, e.g. using omnidirectional cameras
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/607 from a bird's eye viewpoint
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0866 the electronic data carrier being a digital video recorder in combination with video camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/18 Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast

Abstract

A running information recording device for heavy construction equipment of the present disclosure includes a plurality of cameras installed on the side surfaces of a unit of heavy construction equipment to gather image data about the area around the unit of heavy construction equipment; an image processor generating the image data about the area around the unit of heavy construction equipment; and a memory storing the image data, and the image data includes a synthetic moving image in which an image of the unit of heavy construction equipment is positioned in the middle, and the image data acquired from the plurality of cameras is synthesized into a single image to be displayed such that the area around the unit of heavy construction equipment is shown in bird'"'"'s eye view.

Claims

1. A running information recording device for heavy construction equipment, comprising:

a plurality of cameras installed on the side surfaces of a unit of heavy construction equipment to gather image data about the area around the unit of heavy construction equipment;

an image processor generating the image data about the area around the unit of heavy construction equipment; and

a memory configured to store the image data,

wherein the image data includes a synthetic moving image in which an image of the unit of heavy construction equipment is positioned in the middle, and the image data acquired from the plurality of cameras is synthesized into a single image to be displayed such that the area around the unit of heavy construction equipment is shown in bird'"'"'s eye view.

2. The running information recording device for heavy construction equipment of claim 1, further comprising:

an operating apparatus outputting user input data corresponding to a user'"'"'s operation for driving the unit of heavy construction equipment,

wherein the image processor is configured to acquire the user input data input from the operating apparatus by a user, convert the operating apparatus outputting the user input data into a visual-type operating apparatus image, and synthesize the operating apparatus image with the synthetic moving image while changing the operating apparatus image to correspond to a change in an operational amount of the operating apparatus by the user'"'"'s operation.

3. A running information recording device for heavy construction equipment, comprising:

a plurality of cameras installed in a unit of heavy construction equipment to gather image data about the area around the unit of heavy construction equipment;

an operating apparatus configured to output user input data corresponding to a user'"'"'s operation for driving the unit of heavy construction equipment;

an image processor configured to generate a synthetic moving image in which the image data about the area around the unit of heavy construction equipment and operation information of the operating apparatus are synthesized with each other; and

a memory configured to store the synthetic moving image,

wherein the image processor is configured to acquire the user input data input from the operating apparatus by a user, convert the operating apparatus outputting the user input data into a visual-type image, and synthesize the image with the image data about the area around the unit of heavy construction equipment while changing the image to correspond to a change in an operational amount of the operating apparatus by the user'"'"'s operation to generate the synthetic moving image.

4. The running information recording device for heavy construction equipment of claim 3, further comprising:

a vehicle control apparatus,

wherein the vehicle control apparatus is configured to acquire an operation status of the heavy construction equipment vehicle, process the acquired data as a data type, which is possible to visually recognize, in order to display the acquired data which is included in the image data, and process posture information of the unit of heavy construction equipment and an operating apparatus of the unit of heavy construction equipment as a visual screen based on digital data, analog data, and various sensor input values of the unit of heavy construction equipment.

5. The running information recording device for heavy construction equipment of claim 4, wherein:

the posture information of the unit of heavy construction equipment and the operating apparatus of the unit of heavy construction equipment further includes the heights, distances, and angle information of the operating apparatuses of the unit of heavy construction equipment.

6. The running information recording device for heavy construction equipment of claim 3, wherein:

the memory includes two areas of an area for storing a synthetic moving image displayed in real time and an area for permanent data storage, and

when an event is generated in the unit of heavy construction equipment, image data of the synthetic moving image is stored in the permanent storage data area of the memory.

7. The running information recording device for heavy construction equipment of claim 3, wherein:

on a moving image screen which is synthesized into one by the image processor, a heavy construction equipment image is positioned in the middle and the data acquired from the plurality of cameras displayed around the heavy construction equipment image.

8. The running information recording device for heavy construction equipment of claim 4, wherein:

the synthetic moving image, which is synthesized in the image processor, includes GPS data, and posture information of the unit of heavy construction equipment acquired from the vehicle control apparatus.

9. The running information recording device for heavy construction equipment of claim 3, wherein:

the operating apparatus includes a working system operating apparatus for operating the operating apparatus of the unit of heavy construction equipment, a travel system operating apparatus for controlling travelling of the unit of heavy construction equipment, and an RPM setting operation apparatus for controlling an engine RPM of the unit of heavy construction equipment, and

an image corresponding to a change in an operational amount of at least one of the working system operating apparatus, the travel system operating apparatus, and the RPM setting operation apparatus is synthesized with the synthetic moving image.

10. The running information recording device for heavy construction equipment of claim 3, further comprising:

a monitor installed in a driving room to display the synthetic moving image.