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Granted Patent B2
US 12,474,707 · App. 17/640,621 · Granted Nov 18, 2025

Travel route simulator for construction machine

Inventor: Yoshio Sasaoka (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
G05D1/0212G06Q10/06
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Patent No.
US 12,474,707
App. No.
17/640,621
Granted
Nov 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A simulator is provided which can reduce a standby time of a construction machine, enable a process plan for construction machine work to be executed, and enable an unskilled operator to improve work efficiency of a construction machine. A simulator for work by using a construction machine transporting a material includes a construction machine characteristic information acquisition unit which acquires construction machine characteristic information as information about a characteristic of the construction machine, a material information acquisition unit which acquires material information as information about a material to be transported by the construction machine, and a transportation route information acquisition unit which acquires transportation route information including a transportation route in transportation of the material, and a transportation time for the material is generated based on the construction machine characteristic information, the material information, and the transportation route information.

Claims (17)

1 . A simulator for work by using a mobile crane including a boom and a jib for transporting a material, the simulator comprising one or more processors that execute computer-executable instructions stored in a memory, wherein the computer-executable instructions executed by the one or more processors cause the simulator to:

electronically retrieve computer-readable construction machine characteristic information as information about a characteristic of the crane including a derricking angle of the crane;

electronically retrieve computer-readable material information as information about a material to be transported by the crane;

electronically retrieve computer-readable transportation route information including a transportation route in transportation of the material, the computer-readable transportation route information includes route condition information as information about conditions of the transportation route and surroundings of the transportation route;

generate a route candidate in which the material avoids contact with obstacles, based on the computer-readable construction machine characteristic information, the computer-readable material information, and the computer-readable transportation route information;

generate transportation time of the route candidate;

transmit display control commands to a display device to cause the route candidate to be displayed on the display;

compute a determined route based on an automated determination that the determined route has a shortest transportation time among the generated transportation times,

the simulation is performed so that the material is transported along the determined route and based on the route condition information so that a speed changes along the way, and

electronically retrieve construction period schedule information and establishes a process plan by the determined transportation route.

2 . The simulator according to claim 1 , wherein

the computer-readable material information includes an external shape and a weight of the material.

3 . The simulator according to claim 1 , wherein the route condition information includes information about a width of the transportation route.

4 . The simulator according to claim 1 , wherein

the computer-readable transportation route information includes a time zone in which the material is transported and the route condition information includes information about conditions of the transportation route and surroundings of the transportation route in the time zone.

5 . The simulator according to claim 1 ,

wherein the computer-executable instructions executed by the one or more processors further cause the simulator to compute whether or not transportation of the material is feasible based on the computer-readable construction machine characteristic information, the computer-readable material information, and the computer-readable transportation route information.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 4, 2022
From: SASAOKA, YOSHIO
To: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059174/0560 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-165746 · Sep 11, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220404834A1 · Dec 22, 2022
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