There is provided a crane including a main body, a tower derrickably supported by the main body, a jib derrickably supported by the tower, an assist member that assist the jib to move along a ground, and a determination unit that determines whether or not the jib is stopped when the tower is lowered in a lowering work state where the jib is assisted by the assist member.

There is provided a crane including: a telescopic boom having an inner boom element and an outer boom element; a telescoping actuator that displaces the inner boom element or the outer boom element in the telescoping direction; a first coupling member that releasably couples the telescoping actuator to one of the boom elements; a second coupling member that releasably couples the pair of boom elements to each other; an electric drive source provided at the telescoping actuator; a first coupling mechanism that displaces the first coupling member or the second coupling member on the basis of motive power of the electric drive source, thereby switching a coupled state and a non-coupled state of the members that are releasably coupled by one of the coupling members; and a position information detection device that detects information relating to the position of one of the coupling members on the basis of output from the electric drive source.

There is provided a crane including: a telescopic boom having an inner boom element and an outer boom element; a telescoping actuator that displaces the inner boom element or the outer boom element in the telescoping direction; a first coupling member that releasably couples the telescoping actuator to one of the boom elements; a second coupling member that releasably couples the pair of boom elements to each other; an electric drive source provided at the telescoping actuator; a first coupling mechanism that displaces the first coupling member or the second coupling member on the basis of motive power of the electric drive source, thereby switching a coupled state and a non-coupled state of the members that are releasably coupled by one of the coupling members; and a position information detection device that detects information relating to the position of one of the coupling members on the basis of output from the electric drive source.

Disclosed is an automatic hoisting and transporting method for a tower crane, the method including: building a three-dimensional grid model for a construction site, and generating a grid node set; generating an obstacle node set and a feasible area node set; obtaining coordinates of an initial node and an end node; planning a hoisting and transporting path from the initial node to the end node, and generating corresponding operating parameters; controlling the tower crane to transport an object according to the operating parameters, and calculating a swing range of the hoisted and transported object and a swing arm at a current position; determining whether a collision may occur; and predicting whether the tower crane may be overturned. The method realizes automatic hoisting and transporting of the tower crane. The object does not collide with an obstacle during hoisting and transporting, thereby ensuring safe operation of the tower crane.

Disclosed is an automatic hoisting and transporting method for a tower crane, the method including: building a three-dimensional grid model for a construction site, and generating a grid node set; generating an obstacle node set and a feasible area node set; obtaining coordinates of an initial node and an end node; planning a hoisting and transporting path from the initial node to the end node, and generating corresponding operating parameters; controlling the tower crane to transport an object according to the operating parameters, and calculating a swing range of the hoisted and transported object and a swing arm at a current position; determining whether a collision may occur; and predicting whether the tower crane may be overturned. The method realizes automatic hoisting and transporting of the tower crane. The object does not collide with an obstacle during hoisting and transporting, thereby ensuring safe operation of the tower crane.

The present invention pertains to a control system incorporated in a work machine having an arm section including a boom that is freely raised and lowered, the control system including: an image-capturing unit that is provided at a distal end of the arm section and captures an image of an area below; a display unit that displays an image captured by the image-capturing unit; and a control unit that causes the display unit to display position-related information regarding a position directly below the distal end of the arm section so as to be superimposed on the image.

The present invention pertains to a control system incorporated in a work machine having an arm section including a boom that is freely raised and lowered, the control system including: an image-capturing unit that is provided at a distal end of the arm section and captures an image of an area below; a display unit that displays an image captured by the image-capturing unit; and a control unit that causes the display unit to display position-related information regarding a position directly below the distal end of the arm section so as to be superimposed on the image.

An image system is for a crane in which a boom that can be raised and lowered is provided to a vehicle with a rotating base therebetween, and said image system is provided with a plurality of vehicle body cameras provided to the vehicle, an upper camera provided to the boom, a display device, and an image processing device. The image processing device acquires vicinity images of the crane captured by the vehicle body cameras and an upper image of the crane captured by the upper camera, converts the vicinity images into images looking downward from an overhead virtual viewpoint, connects the results, generates a bird's-eye-view image, and uses the display device to display a composite image in which a supplementary image of the upper image corresponding to a missing part in the bird's-eye-view image is superimposed on the missing part,

An image system is for a crane in which a boom that can be raised and lowered is provided to a vehicle with a rotating base therebetween, and said image system is provided with a plurality of vehicle body cameras provided to the vehicle, an upper camera provided to the boom, a display device, and an image processing device. The image processing device acquires vicinity images of the crane captured by the vehicle body cameras and an upper image of the crane captured by the upper camera, converts the vicinity images into images looking downward from an overhead virtual viewpoint, connects the results, generates a bird's-eye-view image, and uses the display device to display a composite image in which a supplementary image of the upper image corresponding to a missing part in the bird's-eye-view image is superimposed on the missing part,

Hoists, platforms and davits are described as well as methods of securing same to telecommunication and other towers. The hoists, platforms and davits may be secured to the towers on a temporary basis using clamps. The clamps may include brackets and cables. The cables may be attached to the brackets, may wrap around the outer surface/perimeter of the tower pole/leg and may use tension to keep the bracket in place.