Periphery Monitoring Device for Self-Propelled Industrial Machine

• US 20140375814A1
• Filed: 01/10/2013
• Published: 12/25/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/12/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Company Limited (Hitachi, Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Company Limited (Hitachi, Ltd.)
• Inventors: Ishimoto, Hidefumi, Inanobe, Yoshihiro, Tsukijishin, Kenta, Ishii, Takaaki, Kowatari, Youichi, Ito, Eitaro
• Application Number:
  US14/370,677
• Publication Number:
  US 20140375814A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/148
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/00 Optical viewing arrangements; Real-time viewing arrangements for drivers or passengers using optical image capturing systems, e.g. cameras or video systems specially adapted for use in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/27 providing all-round vision, e.g. using omnidirectional cameras
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/28 with an adjustable field of view
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/605 the adjustment being automatic
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/607 from a bird's eye viewpoint
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/24 Safety devices , e.g. for preventing overload E02F9/226 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/261 Surveying the work-site to be treated
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/181 for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/183 for receiving images from a single remote source

Abstract

This invention discloses an around surveillance device for an automotive industrial machine to display camera images taken by plural cameras disposed on the automotive industrial machine having a display controller which comprises a view point convertor to convert the view point of the camera images to upper view point to create a bird'"'"'s eye image, an image selector one or more images to be displayed on the monitor from a plural number of camera images and the bird'"'"'s eye image, an image composite devise to compose an icon to indicate the position of the camera to be selected image from the image selector, and an image creator to create an composite image of the image composited said icon.

Claims

1. A surrounding surveillance device for an automotive industrial machine to display on a monitor images processed by a display controller of camera images taken from a plural number of cameras disposed in said automotive industrial machine,

said display controller having a view point convertor to convert the view point of said camera images to upper view point to create a bird'"'"'s eye image,

an image selector to select one or more images to be displayed on said monitor from a plural number of camera images and said bird'"'"'s eye image,

an image composite device to compose an icon to indicate the position of said camera to be selected image from said image selector,

and an image creator to create an composite image of said image composited with said icon.

2. A surrounding surveillance device for an automotive industrial machine according to claim 1, wherein said image selector is adapted to select a plural number of images composed of said camera image and said bird'"'"'s eye image at the different positions, said camera image and said bird'"'"'s eye image at the same position, all camera images, all bird'"'"'s eye image, or optional one or plural number of said camera image and optional one or plural number of said bird'"'"'s eye image.

3. A surrounding surveillance device for an automotive industrial machine according to claim 1, wherein said icon having a forward direction indicator for indicating the fore direction of said automotive industrial machine and a camera position indicator taken the displayed image.

4. A surrounding surveillance device for an automotive industrial machine according to claim 3, wherein at the time that said image composite section is displayed plural number of said images, said icons of respective image are closely disposed with each other.

5. A surrounding surveillance device for an automotive industrial machine according to claim 4, wherein said image composite devise rotates a left side camera image of said automotive industrial machine at the 90 degree toward clockwise direction, while rotates a right side camera image at 90 degree toward counter-clockwise direction.

6. A surrounding surveillance device for an automotive industrial machine according to claim 3, respective through images are displayed side by side when displaying all through images, while a plan view of said automotive industrial machine is positioned at the center of said monitor and respective bird'"'"'s eye images are dispose around said plan view when displaying all bird'"'"'s eye images.

7. A surrounding surveillance device for an automotive industrial machine according to claim 3, wherein said icon is indicated on said monitor during a predetermined time period and said icon is hidden after elapse of set time period.