Shovel including a display device

• US 9,340,957 B2
• Filed: 02/03/2014
• Issued: 05/17/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sumitomo (S.H.I.) Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. (Sumitomo Heavy Industries Limited)
• Original Assignee: Sumitomo (S.H.I.) Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. (Sumitomo Heavy Industries Limited)
• Inventors: Magaki, Hideto, Sano, Kiminori, Kurosawa, Ryota
• Primary Examiner(s): Olszewski, John R
• Assistant Examiner(s): McPherson, James M
• Application Number:
  US14/170,735
• Publication Number:
  US 20140297106A1
• Time in Patent Office: 834 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/26 Indicating devices E02F5/145 takes precedence

Abstract

A shovel includes a cabin in which a display monitor is provided, an upper-part turnable body that includes the cabin, an electric turning mechanism that causes the upper-part turnable body to turn, a turning electric motor that drives the electric turning mechanism, a detector that detects the state of driving of the electric turning mechanism, and a display control part configured to generate information to be displayed on the display monitor and cause the display monitor to display the generated information. The display control part is configured to calculate a physical quantity pertaining to an operation of the turning electric motor based on a detection value of the detector, generate turning operation display data for graphically representing the calculated physical quantity, and cause the display monitor to graphically display the generated turning operation display data.

Claims

1. A shovel, comprising:

a cabin in which a display monitor is provided;

an upper-part turnable body that includes the cabin;

an electric turning mechanism that causes the upper-part turnable body to turn;

a turning electric motor that drives the electric turning mechanism;

an inverter that controls an operation of the turning electric motor;

a current sensor provided in the inverter, the current sensor detecting a state of driving of the electric turning mechanism;

a processor; and

a memory storing a program that, when executed by the processor, causes the shovel to

calculate electric power pertaining to an operation of the turning electric motor based on a detection value of the current sensor, the electric power varying in accordance with an operation of turning the upper-part turnable body that is being performed by an operator of the shovel,

generate turning operation display data for graphically representing the calculated electric power, and

cause the display monitor to graphically display the generated turning operation display data on a multilevel scale.

2. The shovel as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

an electrical energy storage device that supplies electric power for driving the turning electric motor,

wherein when executed by the processor, the program further causes the shovel to

generate state of charge display data for graphically representing an amount of electrical energy stored in the electrical energy storage device, and

cause the display monitor to graphically display the generated turning operation display data and the generated state of charge display data simultaneously on a single display screen.

3. The shovel as claimed in claim 2, wherein a graphical representation of the calculated electric power and a graphical representation of the amount of stored electrical energy are displayed in bar graphs that change vertically on the single display screen of the display monitor.

4. The shovel as claimed in claim 2, wherein near at least one of a graphical representation of the calculated electric power and a graphical representation of the amount of stored electrical energy, a schematic diagram representing a meaning of the at least one of the graphical representations is displayed.

5. The shovel as claimed in claim 1, wherein when executed by the processor, the program further causes the shovel to

generate fuel efficiency display data for graphically representing fuel efficiency of an engine, and

cause the display monitor to graphically display the generated turning operation display data and the generated fuel efficiency display data simultaneously on a single display screen.

6. The shovel as claimed in claim 5, wherein a graphical representation of the calculated electric power and a graphical representation of the fuel efficiency are displayed in bar graphs that change vertically on the single display screen of the display monitor.

7. The shovel as claimed in claim 1, wherein a graphical representation of the calculated electric power pertaining to the operation of the turning electric motor is displayed in a single direction irrespective of a turning direction of the electric turning mechanism.

8. The shovel as claimed in claim 1, wherein information on an operating condition of the shovel is displayed simultaneously with the turning operation display data on a display screen.

9. The shovel as claimed in claim 1, wherein information on a setting condition of the shovel is displayed simultaneously with the turning operation display data on a display screen.

10. The shovel as claimed in claim 1, wherein when executed by the processor, the program causes the shovel to calculate the electric power consumed by the electric turning motor when the electric turning motor is in a power running operation and calculate the electric power generated by the electric turning motor when the electric turning motor is in a regenerative operation.

11. The shovel as claimed in claim 10, wherein when executed by the processor, the program causes the shovel to cause the display monitor to graphically display the generated turning operation display data on the multilevel scale in a bar graph.

12. The shovel as claimed in claim 11, wherein the bar graph successively indicates a first output of the turning electric motor in the power running operation and a second output of the turning electric motor in the regenerative operation on the multilevel scale, the first output and the second output being indicated in first and second opposite vertical directions, respectively, from a center of the bar graph at which an output of the power running operation is zero.