IP Library Granted Patent US 12,305,367
Granted Patent B2
US 12,305,367 · App. 17/639,616 · Granted May 20, 2025

Loading weight measurement method of construction machine

Inventor: Hyeonsik Ahn (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: HD HYUNDAI INFRACORE CO., LTD.
E02F9/26G01G19/08
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Patent No.
US 12,305,367
App. No.
17/639,616
Granted
May 20, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a method of measuring weight of a load in a construction machine, weight of a load loaded in a bucket is measured while performing a construction work using a working apparatus of the construction machine. Whether or not a bucket unloading condition is satisfied is determined at any point in time during the construction work. A link parameter is calculated using output values collected from sensors attached to the construction machine when the bucket unloading is satisfied. A difference between the calculated link parameter (hereinafter, referred to as a new link parameter) and a link parameter that has been used to measure the weight of the load (hereinafter, referred to as a previous link parameter) is compared, to update the previous link parameter with the new link parameter.

Claims (29)

1. A method of measuring weight of a load in a construction machine, the method comprising:

measuring weight of a load loaded in a bucket while performing a construction work using a working apparatus of the construction machine, the working apparatus including an arm and the bucket;

determining whether or not a bucket unloading condition is satisfied at any point in time during the construction work;

calculating a link parameter, as a new link parameter, using output values collected from sensors attached to the construction machine in response to the bucket unloading condition being satisfied, the link parameter being related to a linkage structure connecting the bucket to the arm of the working apparatus;

comparing a difference between the new link parameter and a previous link parameter that has been used to measure the weight of the load, to update the previous link parameter with the new link parameter;

measuring weight of the load loaded in the bucket based on the new link parameter; and

performing the construction work based on the weight of the load measured based on the new link parameter,

wherein determining whether the bucket unloading condition is satisfied includes determining that the bucket unloading condition is satisfied in response to no load being loaded in the bucket or no external force being acting on the working apparatus at any point in time during the construction work.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining whether the bucket unloading condition is satisfied includes comparing the new link parameter calculated through the output values from the sensors with the previous link parameter.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein calculating the new link parameter in response to the bucket unloading condition being satisfied includes:

collecting the output values from the sensors when the working apparatus is operating; and

calculating the new link parameter by applying the collected output values to a dynamic equation.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein calculating the new link parameter in response to the bucket unloading condition being satisfied includes:

collecting the output values from the sensors in a plurality of operation states of the working apparatus; and

calculating the new link parameter by applying the collected output values to a dynamic equation.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sensors include pressure sensors for measuring head-side pressure and rod-side pressure of each of cylinders of the working apparatus.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining whether the bucket unloading condition is satisfied includes determining that the bucket unloading condition is satisfied in response to no load being loaded in the bucket at any point in time during the construction work.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining whether the bucket unloading condition is satisfied includes determining that the bucket unloading condition is satisfied in response to no external force being acting on the working apparatus at any point in time during the construction work.

8. A method of measuring weight of a load in a construction machine, the method comprising:

measuring weight of a load loaded in a bucket while performing a construction work using a working apparatus of the construction machine, the working apparatus including an arm and the bucket;

determining whether or not a bucket unloading condition is satisfied at any point in time during the construction work;

calculating a link parameter, as a new link parameter, using output values collected from sensors attached to the construction machine, the link parameter being related to a linkage structure connecting the bucket to the arm of the working apparatus;

comparing a difference between the new link parameter and a previous link parameter that has been used to measure the weight of the load, to update the previous link parameter with the new link parameter;

measuring weight of the load loaded in the bucket based on the new link parameter; and

performing the construction work based on the weight of the load measured based on the new link parameter,

wherein determining whether the bucket unloading condition is satisfied includes comparing a change value of the previous link parameter through the output values from the sensors, and

wherein calculating the new link parameter in response to the bucket unloading condition being satisfied includes:

collecting the output values from the sensors when the working apparatus is operating; and

calculating the new link parameter by applying the collected output values to a dynamic equation.

Assignments (4)
MERGER Recorded Jul 15, 2026
From: HD HYUNDAI INFRACORE CO., LTD.
To: HD CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 075281/0543 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 6, 2023
From: HYUNDAI DOOSAN INFRACORE CO., LTD.
To: HD HYUNDAI INFRACORE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 065794/0472 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 9, 2022
From: DOOSAN INFRACORE CO., LTD.
To: HYUNDAI DOOSAN INFRACORE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059356/0688 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 2, 2022
From: AHN, HYEONSIK
To: DOOSAN INFRACORE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059144/0494 →