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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2022
Applicant:
Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., Hiroshima, JP;
Inventors:
Teppei Maedo, Hyogo, JP;
Hiroki Nakayama, Hyogo, JP;
Kazufumi Kudara, Hyogo, JP;
Yohei Ogawa, Hyogo, JP;
Assignee:
KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD., Hiroshima, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66D 1/54 (2006.01); B66C 13/46 (2006.01); B66C 15/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66C 15/065 (2013.01); B66C 13/46 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for judging a winding disorder of a rope onto a drum of a winch includes acquiring a captured image by a camera oriented to the drum, performing, on the basis of the captured image, a judgment on whether the winding disorder of the rope is present or absent and a determination of a disorder degree indicating the degree of the winding disorder, and outputting results of the judgment and the determination.