Monitoring display device for use on construction machines

• US 20050151845A1
• Filed: 12/01/2004
• Published: 07/14/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 12/02/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Company Limited (Hitachi, Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Company Limited (Hitachi, Ltd.)
• Inventors: Shimamura, Tadatoshi, Tsukada, Hidenobu, Shibamori, Kazuhiro, Adachi, Hiroyuki
• Granted Patent: US 7,342,486 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/148
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/26 Indicating devices E02F5/145 takes precedence

Abstract

A monitoring display system for use within a cab of an automotive vehicular construction machine to display on a monitor screen picture images of a dead angle monitor camera as a through-view in the back ground of superimposed picture images of instrumentation data indicating readings of various instruments on the machine.

Claims

1. A monitoring display system for use within a cab of an automotive vehicular construction machine to display on a screen of a monitor display at least picture images of a certain number of instrumentation data, along with picture images of a dead angle monitor camera located in a dead angle position to take a view invisible or barely visible from an operator within said cab, characterized in that said monitoring display system comprises:

a synthetic image generating means adapted to display picture images from said dead angle monitor camera on said monitor screen as a full-screen through-view behind superimposed picture images of said instrumentation data.

2. A monitoring display system as defined in claim 1, wherein said picture images of instrumentation data includes picture images of an engine cooling water temperature indicator, an operating oil temperature indicator and a fuel meter, and said dead angle monitor camera is a rear view monitor camera.

3. A monitoring display system as defined in claim 2, wherein said picture images of instrumentation data are of an analogue style indicator or meter.

4. A monitoring display system as defined in claim 2, wherein, in addition to said rear view monitor camera, said construction machine is provided with a working spot monitor camera for monitoring a working means and surrounding areas, said monitor display being adapted to display selectively either picture images from said rear view monitor camera or picture images from said working spot monitor camera as a through-view behind superimposed picture images of instrumentation data.

5. A monitoring display system as defined in claim 1, wherein said synthesized image generating means is adapted to control superimposition of said picture images of instrumentation data on picture images from a monitor camera.

6. A monitoring display system as defined in claim 1, wherein said monitoring display device is switchable between a superimposed image monitoring mode showing picture images of instrumentation data superimposed on picture images of a dead angle view monitor camera, and a discrete monitoring mode for monitoring picture images of instrumentation data or picture images of a monitor camera on said monitor screen separately and independently of each other.

7. A monitoring display system as defined in claim 6, wherein said monitoring display device is provided with a manual switch means for switching operation between said superimposed monitoring mode and discrete monitoring mode.

8. A monitoring display system as defined in claim 6, wherein said monitoring display device is adapted to switch operation automatically from said superimposed image monitoring mode to said discrete monitoring mode or vice versa depending upon operating conditions of said construction machine.

9. A monitoring display system as defined in claim 1, wherein said monitoring display device is adapted to display a different group of instrumentation data in said superimposed monitoring mode, from a group displayed in said discrete monitoring mode.

10. A monitoring display system as defined in claim 1, wherein, upon detection of abnormality in operating conditions of said construction machine, said monitoring display device is adapted to display a warning message on said monitor screen in place of picture images of instrumentation data.