Construction machine with setup assistance system for a sensor unit

US9587937B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Joseph Voegele AG · DE

Inventors

• Martin Buschmann · Neustadt, DE
• Achim Eul · Mannheim, DE
• Jens Herrmann · Mannheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 13, 2013
• Grant date: Mar 7, 2017
• Expiry date: Mar 24, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01S17/88
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A construction machine includes a sensor unit having a measurement range. The sensor unit is variable in its orientation relative to the construction machine, whereby position or orientation of the measurement range relative to the construction machine is also variable. The sensor unit is configured for detecting position of an external reference. The construction machine further includes a setup assistance system including a display configured to indicate to an operator while the sensor unit is oriented relative to the reference in which direction the sensor unit has to be moved in order for the reference to be located in the measurement range. The sensor unit is configured to detect a position of the reference relative to the sensor unit in at least two dimensions, and the display is configured to display the position of the reference relative to the measurement range for the at least two detected dimensions simultaneously.