SYSTEM WITH A GROUND DRILLING DEVICE AND AN INPUT DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN OPERATION OF A GROUND DRILLING DEVICE

Abstract

A system comprising a ground drilling device with a control device, the system including an input device functionally coupled to the control device for entering at least one parameter for operating the ground drilling device. The at least one parameter may include a parameter that causes the ground drilling device to start drilling. The input device may be configured as a remote control with a feedback device, which outputs a variable that a user can perceive i) tactilely, ii) visually, and/or iii) auditorily, and that depends on a) the operation of the ground drilling device, b) the operating state of the ground drilling device, and/or c) the signal of a detection device.

Claims

1. A system comprising a ground drilling device for driving a drill rod and having a control device and an input device functionally coupled to the control device at least one parameter for operating the ground drilling device, wherein the input device is designed as a remote control with a feedback device which outputs a variable that is i) tactilely, ii) visually, and/or iii) auditorily perceivable by a user and that depends on: a) the operation of the ground drilling device, b) the operating state of the ground drilling device, and/or c) the signal from a detection device.

2. The system according to claim 1, further comprising a movement sensor on the drill rod and/or the ground drilling device, wherein the movement sensor is coupled to the feedback device to send a signal relating to a movement detected on the drill rod and/or the ground drilling device to the feedback device.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the feedback device is a vibration device.

4. The system according to claim 3, wherein the feedback device designed to apply a continuously perceivable variable on the input device when the drill rod is moved.

5. The system according to claim 1, wherein the feedback device is arranged at least partially in a grip section of the input device.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein the input device has two feedback devices.

7. A method for creating ground drilling by means of a ground drilling device for driving a drill rod and having a control device, wherein at least one parameter for operating the ground drilling device is entered at an input device that is coupled to the control device and that is distant from the ground drilling device, and wherein a variable is outputted that is tactilely perceivable by a user and that depends on: a) the operation of the ground drilling device, b) the operating state of the ground drilling device, and/or c) the signal from a detection device.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the at least one parameter is a parameter that causes the ground drilling device to start drilling.

9. The method according to claim 7, wherein the variable output depends on the operation of the ground drilling device.

10. The method according to claim 7, wherein the variable output depends on the operating state of the ground drilling device.

11. The method according to claim 7, wherein the variable output depends on the signal from the detection device.

12. The method according to claim 7, further comprising sensing movement on the drill rod and/or the ground drilling device and outputting a signal relating to said sensed movement.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein sensing movement on the drill rod and/or the ground drilling device comprises sensing vibrations on the drill rod and/or the ground drilling device.

14. The method according to claim 12, further comprising applying a continuously perceivable variable on the input device when the drill rod is moved.

15. The method according to claim 7, further comprising arranging the feedback device at least partially in a grip section of the input device.

16. The system according to claim 1, wherein the at least one parameter is a parameter that causes the ground drilling device to start drilling.

17. The system according to claim 1, wherein the variable output by the feedback device depends on the operation of the ground drilling device.

18. The system according to claim 1, wherein the variable output by the feedback device depends on the operating state of the ground drilling device.

19. The system according to claim 1, wherein the variable output by the feedback device depends on the signal from a detection device.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0077] The invention is explained in more detail below using an exemplary embodiment shown in the figures.

[0078] In the drawings:

[0079] FIG. 1 shows a schematic representation of a ground drilling device with an input device; and

[0080] FIG. 2 shows a schematic representation of an input device in a partially sectioned representation.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0081] FIG. 1 shows, in a schematic representation, a ground drilling device 1 with which ground drilling can be carried out in the ground. In a rod magazine 2, rod sections are stored with which the drill rod 3, which has already been drilled into the ground, can be extended.

[0082] The ground drilling device 1 has a control device 4 for operating the ground drilling device 1, which is shown schematically by means of the dashed box. The operation of the ground drilling device 1 can be controlled by means of the control device 4.

[0083] In addition, an input device 5 is functionally coupled to the control device 4 and is designed to input at least one parameter for operating the ground drilling device 1. In particular, such a parameter can cause the ground drilling device 1 to start or stop drilling. The input device 5 is designed as a remote control which communicates wirelessly with the control device 4 by means of electromagnetic waves.

[0084] The wireless communication between the input device 5 and the control device 4 is bidirectional communication in which the input device 5 both receives signals from the control device 4 and sends them to the control device 4. The bidirectional wireless communication is visualized with the double arrow ES.

[0085] Furthermore, a display device 6 is provided with which information and/or parameters for operating the ground drilling device 1 can be displayed. To display the information and parameters, the display device 6 is functionally coupled to the control device 4. The communication between the display device 6 and the control device 4 takes place wirelessly by means of electromagnetic waves. The communication is bidirectional, so that the display device 6 can both receive signals from the control device 4 and send them to the control device 4. The bidirectional communication is visualized with a double arrow AS.

[0086] The display device 6 can be arranged in a receiving location of the input device 5 in such a way that the display device 6 can be managed together with the input device 5 as a unit by an operator.

[0087] In particular, FIG. 2 shows that the input device 5 has multiple mechanically operable actuating elements 8, two of which are designed as control sticks. Furthermore, the input device 5 has an emergency stop switch 9 as a mechanically operable actuating element 8 that is designed as a push button. The actuating elements 8 designed as control sticks and the emergency stop switch 9 face an operator when the input device 5 is held and are located in a plane of the input device 5. Opposite to the surface on which the control sticks and the emergency stop switch 9 are arranged, two rotary adjusters are designed as mechanically operable actuating elements 8 on the left and right of the input device 5.

[0088] On the input device 5, handle sections 10 extending from a base plate are designed as handle-like protrusions, each of which can be grasped by an operator's hand so the operator can perform the actuation. The handle sections 10 designed as protrusions extend in an upward direction and form an edge around the base plate. The handle sections 10 each form an edge on one side. The two edges that are formed by the handle sections 10 are opposite one another. On the other two sides of the rectangular input device 5 there are additional edge sections which extend upwards in the same direction as the edges which are formed by the handle sections 10. This creates an at least partially continuous edge of the input device 5 in which the display device 6 can be arranged. A force closure can be formed, wherein the display device 6 at least partially engages behind the handle sections 10 at the edges that are formed by the handle sections 10.

[0089] In each of the handle sections 10 there are feedback devices 11 which, in the embodiment shown, are designed in the form of a vibration motor. The feedback device 11 receives a signal indirectly from the control device 4. Depending on the signal, the feedback device 11 outputs, in the form of a vibration, a variable that can be tactilely perceived by the user holding the input device 5. The direction and/or strength of the vibration corresponds to a movement of the drill rod 3 and/or a movement of the ground drilling device 1. To determine the movement of the drill rod 3, a movement sensor 12 can be arranged in the drill rod. To determine the movement of the ground drilling device, a movement sensor 12 can be arranged on the ground drilling device 1.