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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2015
Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Shinichi Uotsu, Tsuchiura, JP;
Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is an obstacle detection device for a work machine which can detect an obstacle coming close to a vehicle accurately regardless of vehicle speed. In the present invention, an obstacle detection devicefor a dump truckwhich detects an obstacle coming close to the vehicle includes: a periphery monitoring unitfor detecting an obstacle in the area around the vehicle and monitoring the area around the vehicle; a distant monitoring unitfor detecting an obstacle in a more distant place from the vehicle than the detection range of the periphery monitoring unitand monitor a distant area from the vehicle; and a monitoring switching unitfor switching between monitoring by the periphery monitoring unitand monitoring by the distant monitoring unit