DISPLAY DEVICE OF EQUIPMENT AND EQUIPMENT PROVIDED WITH DISPLAY DEVICE

• US 20140054254A1
• Filed: 12/11/2012
• Published: 02/27/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gogoh Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Gogoh Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Ogawa, Kouji, Yamaguchi, Fujioki
• Granted Patent: US 10,221,047 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 212/276
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/34 for indicating change of drive direction B60Q1/22 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B66C 13/40 Applications of devices for transmitting control pulses; Applications of remote control devices control in general G05
• CPC Class Codes: B66C 15/065 electrical

Abstract

Equipment provided with a display device, the equipment including a mechanism that includes a movable portion, an operating device that operates movement of the movable portion, a moving mechanism that moves the movable portion, the display device that makes a display about movement of the movable portion, and a drive control unit that, based on the operation by the operating device, controls operation of the moving mechanism and the display of the display device. The display device is configured to make a display about movement of the movable portion prior to start of the movement of the movable portion.

Claims

1. Equipment provided with a display device, the equipment comprising:

a mechanism that includes a movable portion;

an operating device that operates movement of the movable portion;

a moving mechanism that moves the movable portion;

the display device that makes a display about movement of the movable portion; and

a drive control unit that, based on the operation by the operating device, controls operation of the moving mechanism and the display of the display device,

the display device being configured to make a display about movement of the movable portion prior to start of the movement of the movable portion.

2. The equipment according to claim 1, wherein the display device is arranged to occupy a size and position to be visible from outside at least to a person other than an operator of the equipment, and the drive control unit is configured to give the moving mechanism a command to start the movement of the movable portion after confirming that the display device has made a display about the movement of the movable portion.

3. The equipment according to claim 1, wherein an operation element such as a switch, a lever, a knob portion or a handle, etc. is attached to the operating device, a plurality of movable stages are provided in a movable range of the operation element, in accordance with command stages to move the movable portion, and, at a stage before the operation element enters a command stage to start the movement of the movable portion, the display device is configured to make a display about at least a direction of movement of the movable portion.

4. The equipment according to claim 1, wherein the display device is fixed to the movable portion or the mechanism.

5. The equipment according to claim 1, wherein the display device is configured to change a display mode depending on contents of the operation by the operating device.

6. The equipment according to claim 5, wherein the display device is configured to display the contents of the operation by the operating device by an arrow, and the arrow is configured to appear that its size or color changes in accordance with a speed of the movement of the movable portion commanded according to the operation by the operating device.

7. The equipment according to claim 5, wherein the display device is configured to display contents of the movement of the movable portion commanded according to the operation by the operating device by an arrow, and the arrow is configured to appear to move along the direction of movement of the movable portion.

8. The equipment according to claim 6, wherein the display device is configured to display the contents of the operation by the operating device by an arrow, and to display not only the direction of movement of the movable portion but also a direction of up and down movements of the movable portion or a material to be conveyed by the movable portion.

9. The equipment according to claim 6, wherein the display device is configured to display the contents of the operation by the operating device by an arrow, and the arrow is configured to appear to change its length along the direction of movement of the movable portion.

10. A display device provided in equipment, the equipment comprising:

a mechanism that includes a movable portion;

an operating device that operates movement of the movable portion;

a moving mechanism that moves the movable portion; and

a drive control unit that, based on the operation by the operating device, controls operation of the moving mechanism;

the display device being configured to make a display about movement of the movable portion prior to start of the movement of the movable portion.

11. The display device according to claim 10, wherein the drive control unit is configured to control a display of the display device in accordance with the operation by the operating device.