Crane, construction machine or industrial truck simulator

US10968082B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Liebherr-Components Biberach GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Michael Palberg · Riedlingen, DE
• Jürgen Resch · Biberach an der Riß, DE
• Sven Brandt · Hersbruck, DE
• Thomas Steib · Hammerschmiede, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 10, 2017
• Grant date: Apr 6, 2021
• Expiry date: Jul 1, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G09B9/165
• WIPO field: Civil engineering
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A crane, a construction machine or an industrial truck, with a control station including at least one input means for inputting control commands, a graphical simulation module for calculating a virtual representation of the machine surroundings and/or machine components visible from the control station, such as a boom or a load hook, and a display device for displaying the calculated virtual representation, wherein a movement simulation module is provided for determining movements and/or deformations of the machine components according to the inputted control commands, depending on which the graphical simulation module calculates the virtual representation. Proposed is a data emulation using hardware components, which carry out actual actuating movements and thus simulate “actual” actuating movements of the machine to be simulated, in order to provide corresponding movement data more rapidly and with less computing performance, whereby a more realistic simulation can be achieved in real-time or almost real-time.