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US 12,276,084 · App. 17/865,374 · Granted Apr 15, 2025

Method for controlling work machine, work machine control program, and work machine control system

Inventor: Masashi Danguchi (Fukuoka, JP)
Assignee: Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd.
E02F9/2033B60Q9/00B60R21/0134E02F9/24E02F9/26E02F9/261E02F9/2228E02F9/2285E02F9/2292E02F9/2296
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Patent No.
US 12,276,084
App. No.
17/865,374
Granted
Apr 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The method for controlling the work machine includes executing a restraint process of restraining an operation of the work machine based on a detection result of a detector detecting a detection target in a monitoring area around the work machine, performing switching between an enabled state and a disabled state of a function associated with the restraint process, and displaying a display screen including restraint state information indicating whether the function associated with the restraint process is enabled or disabled, on a display device.

Claims (27)

1. A method for controlling a work machine, comprising:

executing a restraint process of restraining an operation of the work machine based on a detection result of a detector detecting a detection target in a monitoring area around the work machine;

performing switching between an enabled state and a disabled state of a function associated with the restraint process; and

displaying a display screen including restraint state information indicating whether the function associated with the restraint process is enabled or disabled, on a display device, wherein when the function associated with the restraint process is disabled, the fact that the function associated with the restraint process is disabled is displayed as the restraint state information.

2. The method for controlling the work machine according to claim 1 , wherein the restraint process includes a plurality of specific processes for restraining the operation of the work machine, and the switching between an enabled state and a disabled state is performed for each specific process.

3. The method for controlling the work machine according to claim 2 , wherein the restraint state information indicates whether each of the specific processes is enabled or disabled.

4. The method for controlling the work machine according to claim 1 , wherein the display screen includes a captured image of the monitoring area.

5. The method of controlling the work machine according to claim 4 , wherein

the captured image includes images of a plurality of small areas included in the monitoring area, and

on the display screen, one of the images of the small areas that includes the detection target is displayed in an emphasized manner.

6. The method for controlling the work machine according to claim 1 , wherein the restraint process includes a sound output process of outputting an alarm sound.

7. The method for controlling the work machine according to claim 1 , wherein the restraint process includes a restriction process of restricting an operation of the work machine.

8. The method for controlling the work machine according to claim 7 , wherein

the work machine includes a traveling section and a swivel section that swivels relative to the traveling section, and

the restriction process restricts at least the swivel operation of the swivel section.

9. The method for controlling the work machine according to claim 1 , wherein

the display screen includes detection result information indicating a detection result of the detector, and

the detection result information is displayed irrespective of whether the function associated with the restraint process is enabled or disabled.

10. The method for controlling the work machine according to claim 1 , wherein, when an error associated with a detection of the detector occurs, the restraint state information is displayed in an error mode.

11. A work machine control program that causes at least one processor to execute the method for controlling the work machine according to claim 1 .

12. A work machine control system, comprising:

a restraint processor that executes a restraint process of restraining an operation of the work machine based on a detection result of a detector detecting a detection target in a monitoring area around the work machine;

a switch processor that performs switching between an enabled state and a disabled state of the restraint processor; and

a display processor that displays a display screen including restraint state information indicating whether the restraint processor is enabled or disabled, on a display device, wherein when the function associated with the restraint process is disabled, the fact that the function associated with the restraint process is disabled is displayed as the restraint state information.

13. A work machine, comprising:

the work machine control system according to claim 12 ; and

a machine body on which the display device is mounted.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 2, 2024
From: DANGUCHI, MASASHI
To: YANMAR HOLDINGS CO.,LTD.
Reel/Frame 068458/0765 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-125000 · Jul 30, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230030108A1 · Feb 2, 2023
References Cited (1)
US 20190093318A1 · Izumikawa · 2019 [cited by examiner]
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