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Granted Patent B2
US 11,255,074 · App. 15/540,292 · Granted Feb 22, 2022

Control system for work vehicle, control method, and work vehicle

Inventors: Hiroki Yamamoto (Kobe, JP); Shinichiro Hosoya (Kamakura, JP); Takashi Noda (Hirakata, JP)
Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
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Patent No.
US 11,255,074
App. No.
15/540,292
Granted
Feb 22, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A control system for a work vehicle includes an acceleration detection device and a controller. The acceleration detection device detects an acceleration of the work vehicle. The controller determines whether the acceleration is greater than a first threshold and reduces the a vehicle speed when the acceleration continues to be equal to or greater than the first threshold over a predetermined first determination time period.

Claims (36)

1. A control system for a work vehicle, the control system comprising:

an acceleration detection device configured to detect an acceleration of the work vehicle; and

a controller configured to determine whether the acceleration is equal to or greater than a first threshold, reduce a vehicle speed when the acceleration continues to be equal to or greater than the first threshold over a predetermined first determination time period, determine whether the acceleration is equal to or less than a second threshold, and increase the vehicle speed when the acceleration continues to be equal to or less than the second threshold over a predetermined second determination time period, the second threshold being less than the first threshold.

2. The control system for a work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the acceleration includes an acceleration in an up-down direction of the work vehicle.

3. The control system for a work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the acceleration includes an acceleration in a left-right direction of the work vehicle.

4. The control system for a work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the acceleration includes an acceleration in a front-back direction of the work vehicle.

5. The control system for a work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller determines whether a synthesized acceleration, which is synthesized from at least two of the acceleration in the up-down direction of the work vehicle, the acceleration in the left-right direction of the work vehicle, and the acceleration in the front- back direction of the work vehicle, is equal to or greater than the first threshold.

6. The control system for a work vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising

a turning operating member for operating turning of the work vehicle,

when the turning operating member is being operated, the controller does not change the vehicle speed even when the controller determines that the acceleration is equal to or greater than the first threshold.

7. The control system for a work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller carries out low-pass filtering on the acceleration.

8. The control system for a work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller carries out high-pass filtering on the acceleration.

9. The control system for a work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller carries out moving average processing on the acceleration.

10. A control method for a work vehicle, the method comprising:

receiving detection signals indicating accelerations in a plurality of directions of the work vehicle;

synthesizing at least two of the accelerations in the plurality of directions and computing a synthesized acceleration;

determining whether the synthesized acceleration is equal to or greater than a first threshold;

outputting a command signal for reducing a vehicle speed when the synthesized acceleration is equal to or greater than the first threshold;

determining whether the synthesized acceleration is equal to or less than a second threshold, the second threshold being less than the first threshold; and

outputting a command signal for increasing the vehicle speed when the synthesized acceleration is equal to or less than the second threshold.

11. A control method for a work vehicle, the method comprising:

receiving a detection signal indicating an acceleration of the work vehicle;

determining whether the acceleration is equal to or greater than a first threshold;

outputting a command signal for reducing a vehicle speed when the acceleration is equal to or greater than the first threshold;

determining whether the acceleration is equal to or less than a second threshold, the second threshold being less than the first threshold; and

outputting a command signal for increasing the vehicle speed when the acceleration is equal to or less than the second threshold.

12. A work vehicle comprising:

an acceleration detection device configured to detect an acceleration of the work vehicle; and

a controller configured to reduce a vehicle speed when the acceleration continues to be equal to or greater than a first threshold over a predetermined first determination time period and increase the vehicle speed when the acceleration continues to be equal to or less than a second threshold over a predetermined second determination time period, the second threshold being less than the first threshold.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 28, 2017
From: YAMAMOTO, HIROKI; HOSOYA, SHINICHIRO; NODA, TAKASHI
To: KOMATSU LTD.
Reel/Frame 042836/0652 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62130867 · Mar 10, 2015
Related Publication 20180002894A1 · Jan 4, 2018
Cited By (1)
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