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US 9,988,791 · App. 15/554,793 · Granted Jun 5, 2018

Output characteristic changing system for construction machine

Inventors: Katsumasa Uji (Tsukuba, JP); Yuuichirou Morita (Hitachi, JP); Kouichi Shibata (Kasumigaura, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 9,988,791
App. No.
15/554,793
Granted
Jun 5, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A management server ( 32 ) is provided in a position away from a hydraulic excavator ( 1 ). An operator ID and a vehicle body ID and output characteristic information are stored in a memory device ( 32 A) in the management server ( 32 ) in such a manner as to be associated with operability desired by each of operators. The management server ( 32 ) extracts the output characteristic information in conformity with the operability desired by an operator from the operator ID and the vehicle body ID, and outputs the extracted output characteristic information to the hydraulic excavator ( 1 ). A control device ( 17 ) in the hydraulic excavator ( 1 ) changes the output characteristics of hydraulic actuators ( 4 D), ( 4 E), ( 4 F), ( 2 B), ( 3 B) based upon the output characteristic information stored in a memory ( 19 ).

Claims (25)

1. An output characteristic changing system for a construction machine comprising a control device that controls equipment for driving an actuator in said construction machine and can change an output characteristic of said actuator incorporated in said control device to be adjusted to each of operators of said construction machine, characterized in that:

a management server is provided in a position away from said construction machine,

said management server including:

a server-side memory part that stores operator information assigned to each of the operators of said construction machine, vehicle body information assigned to respective construction machines, and output characteristic information of said actuator in such a manner as to be associated with operability desired by each of said operators;

an information extraction part that, in a case where said operator information and said vehicle body information are transmitted from said control device in said construction machine, extracts said output characteristic information in conformity with the operability desired by said operator from said operator information and said vehicle body information from said server-side memory part; and

a server-side transmission part that transmits said output characteristic information extracted from said information extraction part toward said control device in said construction machine.

2. The output characteristic changing system for the construction machine according to claim 1 , wherein

said construction machine-side includes:

said control device that controls said equipment for driving said actuator;

a communication device that transmits or receives each of said information between said control device and said management server; and

an operator information acquisition device that acquires said operator information assigned to each of said operators, wherein

said control device includes:

a machine-side transmission part that transmits said operator information acquired in said operator information acquisition device and said vehicle body information to said management server through said communication device;

a machine-side reception part that receives said output characteristic information transmitted from said server-side transmission part in said management server through said communication device; and

a machine-side memory part that stores said output characteristic information received in said machine-side reception part.

3. The output characteristic changing system for the construction machine according to claim 1 , wherein

said output characteristic information that is stored in said server-side memory part in said management server is changeable or correctable.

4. The output characteristic changing system for the construction machine according to claim 1 , wherein

said output characteristic information extracted from said information extraction part in said management server is configured of a plurality of output characteristics selectable in said construction machine-side.

5. The output characteristic changing system for the construction machine according to claim 1 , wherein

said output characteristic information that is stored in said server-side memory part in said management server is information including at least one of an output characteristic corresponding to a control parameter for use in control of said equipment for driving said actuator and an output characteristic corresponding to a function setting of said construction machine.

6. The output characteristic changing system for the construction machine according to claim 1 , wherein

said management server includes a management characteristic changing part that changes said output characteristic information into output characteristic information in conformity with an output characteristic desired by a manager of said construction machine.

7. The output characteristic changing system for the construction machine according to claim 2 , wherein

said control device in said construction machine includes an output characteristic selecting part that automatically selects a specific output characteristic corresponding to an attachment or a working mode of said construction machine out of a plurality of output characteristics included in said output characteristic information stored in said machine-side memory part.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 31, 2017
From: UJI, KATSUMASA; MORITA, YUUICHIROU; SHIBATA, KOUICHI
To: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 043461/0226 →
Continuity (1)
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