Patent ID: 7103545

Claim:
A voice-actuated machine body control apparatus for a construction machine, comprising: speech recognition means capable of speech-recognizing a voice command representative of an instruction by voice regarding a movement of a machine body; machine body control means capable of controlling the movement of said machine body based on a result of the recognition by said speech recognition means; obstacle recognition means capable of detecting the presence of an object outside said machine body which may be an obstacle to the movement of the machine body; and avoidance means capable of inhibiting, when the presence of an object outside of said machine body is detected by said obstacle recognition means, the machine body movement by said machine body control means thereby to avoid an inappropriate movement of said machine body, wherein said speech recognition means discriminates whether or not the voice command is issued by a registered operator, and when the speech recognition means discriminates that the voice command is issued by the registered operator, said machine body control means permits the machine body movement, and when the speech recognition means discriminates that the voice command is not issued by the registered operator, said machine body control means inhibits the machine body movement.