Industrial truck with a camera device
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1. An industrial truck comprising:
- a driver'"'"'s seat located in a driver'"'"'s cab of an industrial truck, the driver'"'"'s seat oriented in a forward direction;
at least one screen located in the vicinity of the driver'"'"'s seat;
a counterweight located on a rear of the industrial truck;
a first camera pointing toward the rear, the first camera mounted on the rear of the industrial truck to the rear of the driver'"'"'s seat and above the counterweight at a first height; and
two additional cameras directed toward the rear of the industrial truck, wherein the two additional cameras are each mounted on the rear of the industrial truck to the rear of the driver'"'"'s seat and on an upper segment of the driver'"'"'s cab at a height greater than the first height, the two additional cameras being spaced outwardly from the first camera on opposing sides of the first camera and each having a diagonally downward directed angle of view, wherein the first camera provides a view of a distant area and the two additional cameras provide a view of a near area behind the industrial truck, and wherein the image taken with the first camera and/or the image taken with the two additional cameras can be displayed on the screens,wherein the screen is effectively connected with an image mixer by which the near area viewed by the first camera and the far area viewed by the two additional cameras can be displayed on the screen simultaneously.
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Abstract
An industrial truck, in particular a fork lift truck, has a driver'"'"'s seat that is oriented in the forward direction, at least one screen that is located in the vicinity of the driver'"'"'s seat, a first camera pointing toward the rear of the industrial truck and at least one additional camera that is directed toward the rear. The first camera is provided to view a distant area and the additional camera is provided to view a near area behind the industrial truck. The image taken with the first camera and/or the image taken with the additional camera can be displayed on the screen. There are advantageously two additional cameras to view the near area.
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1. An industrial truck comprising:
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a driver'"'"'s seat located in a driver'"'"'s cab of an industrial truck, the driver'"'"'s seat oriented in a forward direction; at least one screen located in the vicinity of the driver'"'"'s seat; a counterweight located on a rear of the industrial truck; a first camera pointing toward the rear, the first camera mounted on the rear of the industrial truck to the rear of the driver'"'"'s seat and above the counterweight at a first height; and two additional cameras directed toward the rear of the industrial truck, wherein the two additional cameras are each mounted on the rear of the industrial truck to the rear of the driver'"'"'s seat and on an upper segment of the driver'"'"'s cab at a height greater than the first height, the two additional cameras being spaced outwardly from the first camera on opposing sides of the first camera and each having a diagonally downward directed angle of view, wherein the first camera provides a view of a distant area and the two additional cameras provide a view of a near area behind the industrial truck, and wherein the image taken with the first camera and/or the image taken with the two additional cameras can be displayed on the screens, wherein the screen is effectively connected with an image mixer by which the near area viewed by the first camera and the far area viewed by the two additional cameras can be displayed on the screen simultaneously. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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Current AssigneeStill Gesellschaft Mit Beschrã¤Nkter Haftung (Superlift Holding SARL)
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Original AssigneeStill Gesellschaft Mit Beschrã¤Nkter Haftung (Superlift Holding SARL)
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InventorsArping, Franz-Josef, Buchholz, Wolfgang, Jandke, Oliver, Arand, Patrick, Bavendiek, Rainer, Rademacher, Frank
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Primary Examiner(s)SENFI, BEHROOZ M
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Application NumberUS09/809,405Publication NumberTime in Patent Office3,190 DaysField of Search348/148, 348/149, 348/113, 348/115, 348/118, 348/142, 348/145, 348/151, 348/143, 348/104, 348/103, 348/373, 348/159, 340/937, 382/104, 382/103, 396/421, 396/428, 396/419, 701/50US Class Current348/148CPC Class CodesB66F 17/003 for fork-lift trucksB66F 9/0755 Position control; Position ...
