US 12,466,702 B2
Crane and transportation destination presentation method
Shinsuke Kanda, Kagawa (JP)
Assigned to TADANO LTD., Kagawa (JP)
Appl. No. 17/802,386
Filed by TADANO LTD., Kagawa (JP)
PCT Filed Mar. 8, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/008982
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 25, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/182392, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 16, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-040136 (JP), filed on Mar. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0192455 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. B66C 13/46 (2006.01); B66C 1/40 (2006.01); B66C 23/90 (2006.01)
CPC B66C 13/46 (2013.01) [B66C 1/40 (2013.01); B66C 23/905 (2013.01); B66C 2700/082 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A crane for transporting a load from a transportation origin to a transportation destination, the crane comprising:
an operation function unit provided to be turnable;
a hook suspended by a wire rope from a distal end part of the operation function unit;
an information-reading unit provided to the hook or a member that moves with the hook, the information-reading unit acquiring information relating to a position of the transportation destination from an information storage unit provided to the load;
a control unit calculating information relating to an operation of the crane for transporting the load to the transportation destination based on the information relating to the position acquired from the information-reading unit; and
a display unit displaying the information relating to the position and the information relating to the operation,
wherein
the information-reading unit acquires information relating to the load from the information storage unit, and
the control unit:
acquires attitude information of the crane at the transportation destination,
acquires, as performance information, a maximum weight of a load that can be lifted when the crane is in an attitude indicated by the attitude information,
determines whether the crane can transport the load to the transportation destination based on the information relating to the position, the information relating to the load, and the performance information, and
controls the display unit to display a result of the determination when it is determined that the crane cannot transport the load to the transportation destination.