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US 10,774,505 · App. 15/525,359 · Granted Sep 15, 2020

Work machine control system, work machine, and work machine control method

Inventors: Yuto Fujii (Tokyo, JP); Kota Beppu (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
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Patent No.
US 10,774,505
App. No.
15/525,359
Granted
Sep 15, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A work machine control system includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of pieces of current topographical data of a work site where a work machine including a work unit performs work; a setting unit configured to set predetermined first current topographical data and second current topographical data from the plurality of pieces of current topographical data acquired by the acquisition unit; and an arithmetic unit configured to calculate a difference between the first current topographical data and the second current topographical data, and obtain revision data to revise the first current topographical data based on the difference and parameter information related to the current topography of the work site.

Claims (18)

1. A work machine control system comprising:

an acquisition unit configured to acquire first current topographical data and second current topographical data of a work site where a work machine including a work unit performs work, the second current topographical data being obtained by a different measuring method from a measuring method by which the first current topographical data is obtained, the first current topographical data having a lower measurement accuracy than the second current topographical data;

an arithmetic unit configured to calculate a difference between the first current topographical data having the lower measurement accuracy and the second current topographical data, and obtain revision data to correct height data of the first current topographical data based on the difference and parameter information related to a current topography of the work site;

a correction unit configured to correct the height data of the first current topographical data based on the revision data; and

a work unit control unit configured to control the work unit based on the first current topographical data corrected by the correction unit,

wherein the second current topographical data is measured by using positional information of the work machine which travels in the work site, and the first current topographical data is measured by using positional information of a vehicle of which a travel speed during the measurement is faster than a travel speed of the work machine.

2. The work machine control system according to claim 1 , further comprising an adjustment unit configured to adjust an estimated error function based on the second current topographical data newly acquired.

3. The work machine control system according to claim 1 , further comprising a setting unit configured to set the first current topographical data and the second current topographical data based on a measuring method of the current topographical data acquired by the acquisition unit.

4. The work machine control system according to claim 1 , wherein the parameter information includes at least one of inclination angle information in the current topographical data, geological information of the work site, accuracy information, and time information related to a time of acquiring the current topographical data.

5. A work machine comprising:

a travel unit mounted with a work unit and configured to travel; and

the work machine control system according to claim 1 .

6. A work machine control method comprising:

acquiring first current topographical data and second current topographical data of a work site where a work machine including a work unit performs work, the second current topographical data being obtained by a different measuring method from a measuring method by which the first current topographical data is obtained, the first current topographical data having a lower measurement accuracy than the second current topographical data;

calculating, via one or more processors, a difference between the first current topographical data having the lower measurement accuracy and the second current topographical data, and obtaining revision data to correct height data of the first current topographical data based on the difference and parameter information related to a current topography of the work site;

correcting, via one or more processors, the height data of the first current topographical data based on the revision data; and

controlling, via one or more processors, the work unit based on the corrected first current topographical data,

wherein the second current topographical data is measured by using positional information of the work machine which travels in the work site, and the first current topographical data is measured by using positional information of a vehicle of which a travel speed during the measurement is faster than a travel speed of the work machine.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 9, 2017
From: FUJII, YUTO; BEPPU, KOTA
To: KOMATSU LTD.
Reel/Frame 042295/0922 →
Continuity (1)
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