Patent ID: 11873620
Assignee: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC E  B  H | IPC B  E  H

Claim 0:
1. A turning control apparatus for controlling driving of a turning body in a working machine that includes the turning body, a support body that supports the turning body turnably, and a turning drive device that turns the turning body, the turning control apparatus comprising:
a target stop position setting unit that sets a target stop position, which is a position at which the turning of the turning body is to be stopped; and
a turning command unit that provides an automatic stop command for automatically stopping the turning body at the target stop position to the turning drive device, wherein:
the target stop position setting unit includes: an image taking device that is mounted on the working machine and takes an image of the working machine and surroundings thereof; an image processing device that forms an overhead view image of the working machine and a surrounding object positioned around the working machine based on the image taken by the image taking device; an image display device including a display screen capable of displaying the overhead view image; an image display command unit that makes the display screen display a target stop position setting image including the overhead view image; a setting operation member to which a position setting operation for setting the target stop position based on the position of the image of the working machine and the surrounding object included in the overhead view image is applied; and a target stop position determination unit that determines the target stop position based on the position setting operation, and
the image display command unit is configured to make an image further including a turning virtual image that turns on the overhead view image simulating the turning body be displayed on the display screen as the target stop position setting image, and the target stop position determination unit is configured to determine the target stop position based on the position of the turning virtual image with respect to a turning direction of the turning virtual image at the time when the position setting operation is applied to the setting operation member during turning of the turning virtual image.