ROAD SHOULDER-DETECTING SYSTEM AND TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE FOR MINING

摘要

To provide a road shoulder-detecting system which can accurately measure the orientation of a vehicle relative to a road shoulder and the distance to the road shoulder. The present invention includes road shoulder-detecting units 2a, 2b to scan a road surface A in front of a vehicle 1 in the traveling direction of the vehicle 1 and detect a road shoulder B located on the road surface A and a road shoulder-measuring device 21a to measure the orientation of the vehicle 1 relative to the road shoulder B detected by the road shoulder-detecting units 2a, 2b and the distance to the road shoulder B; and the two road shoulder-detecting units 2a, 2b are installed on the traveling direction side of the vehicle 1. The two road shoulder-detecting units 2a, 2b are installed in a higher position than the upper ends of front wheels d.

主权项

1. A road shoulder-detecting system comprising:
a road shoulder-detecting unit configured to scan, in a traveling direction of a vehicle, a road surface in front of the vehicle and detect a road shoulder located on the road surface; and a road shoulder-measuring unit configured to measure an orientation of the vehicle relative to the road shoulder detected by the road shoulder-detecting unit and a distance to the road shoulder, wherein two units of the road shoulder-detecting unit are installed on a traveling direction side of the vehicle.