Patent ID: 9014898
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: B60L,Y02T

Abstract:
1. An electrically driven dump truck which elevates a slider of a power collector provided on a vehicle to be movable up and down, places the slider in contact with a trolley wire installed along a lane, and travels by using electric power from the trolley wire, comprising: a trolley wire detecting device which is provided on the vehicle and detects the trolley wire in an imaging area existing ahead of the vehicle in which the slider does not exist from below when the dump truck is traveling; and a control device which sets a target point which is an intersection part of a detecting area of the trolley wire detecting device and the trolley wire in the imaging area, calculates an intersection point with the slider and the trolley wire from the target point, judges whether the intersection point is in a prescribed range or not, and controls the elevation of the slider of the power collector based on the judging result.