IP Library Granted Patent US 9,752,298
Granted Patent B2
US 9,752,298 · App. 14/990,327 · Granted Sep 5, 2017

Trace generation device and working machine

Inventors: Satoshi Nakamura (Tokyo, JP); Saku Egawa (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 9,752,298
App. No.
14/990,327
Granted
Sep 5, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a trace generation device including a trace generation determination unit that outputs a command of trace generation, when a difference of an actual load applied to a bucket and a reference load is equal to or larger than a predetermined value during excavation and a candidate trace generation unit that generates a trace in which a work amount is almost constant, after the command is output, the reference load is an estimated load and the command of the trace generation is output when the difference of the actual load and the estimated load is equal to or larger than the predetermined value during the excavation. As a result, working efficiency can be raised while a trace in which an excavation amount is almost constant is generated.

Claims (21)

1. A trace generation device comprising:

at least one processor for executing stored instructions to:

determine whether a difference of an actual load applied to a bucket and a reference load is equal to or larger than a predetermined value during excavation:

output a command of trace generation, when the difference is equal to or larger than the predetermined value; and

based on the output of the command of trace generation:

determine a position of an excavation start point a passage area, and a temporary maximum excavation depth,

determine a plurality of candidate traces by applying an excavation depth based on the position of the excavation start point the passage area, and the temporary maximum excavation depth, and

select a trace from the plurality of candidate traces in which a work amount is almost constant.

2. The trace generation device according to claim 1 , wherein

the reference load is an estimated load, and

the at least one processor outputs the command of the trace generation, when the difference of the actual load and the estimated load is equal to or larger than the predetermined value during the excavation.

3. The trace generation device according to claim 1 , wherein

the reference load is an allowed load, and

the at least one processor outputs the command of the trace generation, when the difference of the actual load and the allowed load is equal to or larger than the predetermined value during the excavation.

4. The trace generation device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor:

operates estimated loads of the plurality of candidate traces using load parameters, wherein the selection of the trace from the plurality of candidate traces is on the basis of the estimated loads;

controls the bucket according to the selected trace; and

updates the load parameters used for the operation of the estimated loads, using the actual load, wherein the at least one processor further:

generates the plurality of candidate traces in which a work amount is almost constant, using a current position of the bucket during work as the excavation start point, and

determines whether generation of the trace is necessary during the excavation, on the basis of the actual load acting on the bucket.

5. A working machine comprising the trace generation device according to claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 7, 2016
From: NAKAMURA, SATOSHI; EGAWA, SAKU
To: HITACHI, LTD.
Reel/Frame 038220/0833 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-043086 · Mar 5, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160258128A1 · Sep 8, 2016