Method and apparatus for controlling a crane, an excavator, a crawler-type vehicle or a similar construction machine

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11679961
APP PUB NO 20190016569A1
SERIAL NO

16129343

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The present invention generally relates to the control of material transfer machines and/or construction machines having camera assistance. The invention here in particular relates to a method and to an apparatus for controlling a material transfer machine and/or a construction machine, in particular in the form of a crane, of an excavator, or of a crawler-type vehicle, wherein an image of the piece of working equipment is provided to a machine operator and/or to a machine control by an imaging sensor. The invention furthermore also relates to the material transfer machine and/or construction machine itself, in particular to a crane, having a display apparatus for displaying an image of the piece of working equipment and/or of the environment of the piece of working equipment. It is proposed to use a remote-controlled aerial drone which is equipped with at least one imaging sensor and by means of which the desired image of the piece of working equipment and/or of the equipment environment can be provided from different directions of view.

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LIEBHERR-WERK BIBERACH GMBH88400 BIBERACH AN DER RISS

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Fenker, Oliver Warthausen, DE 19 166
Palberg, Michael Riedlingen, DE 13 74
Resch, Jürgen Degernau, DE 10 43

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