IP Library Granted Patent US 11,414,841
Granted Patent B2
US 11,414,841 · App. 16/477,228 · Granted Aug 16, 2022

Construction machine

Inventors: Hidekazu Moriki (Tokyo, JP); Hisami Nakano (Tsuchiura, JP); Hiroshi Sakamoto (Tsuchiura, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
E02F9/265E02F3/43E02F3/435E02F9/262
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,414,841
App. No.
16/477,228
Filed
Jul 11, 2019
Granted
Aug 16, 2022
Kind
B2
Art Unit
3663
USPC
701/50
Abstract

Provided are a work point position computing section configured to compute the relative position of a work point set on a bucket with respect to an upper swing structure on the basis of posture information, a target surface setting section configured to set a target surface as a target of excavation work on the basis of design surface information, a primary operation determining section configured to determine which of operations of a boom and an arm is a primary operation as a main operation when the work point is moved along the target surface, and a recommended operation computing section configured to compute a recommended operation amount and a recommended operation direction of a secondary operation as another operation different from the primary operation in the operations of the boom and the arm according to an operation amount and an operation direction of the primary operation.

Claims (18)

1. A construction machine comprising:

an articulated front work implement formed by vertically rotatably coupling a boom, an arm, and a work tool to one another, and vertically rotatably supported by a machine body of the construction machine;

operation devices configured to output operation signals for respectively operating the boom, the arm, and the work tool of the front work implement;

a posture information sensor configured to detect posture information of each of the boom, the arm, and the work tool; and

an information processing device configured to perform information processing on a basis of the posture information detected by the posture information sensor, design surface information as information on a target shape of an excavation object, and the operation signals from the operation devices;

the information processing device configured to:

compute a relative position of a work point set on the work tool with respect to the machine body on a basis of the posture information,

set a target surface as a target of excavation work on a basis of the design surface information,

determine which of the boom and the arm is a primary operation as a main operation based on a target surface angle and a target surface height of the target surface when the work point is moved along the target surface, wherein when the boom and the arm are driven at the same time, set the primary operation to be the operation with a higher operating speed and a higher operating amount, and

compute a recommended operation amount and a recommended operation direction of a secondary operation for moving the work point along the target surface by the secondary operation as another operation different from the primary operation determined by the operations of the boom and the arm according to an operation amount and an operation direction of the primary operation when the excavation work is performed by driving the boom and the arm at the same time, and display the current operation amount of the secondary operation, the current operation direction of the secondary operation, the recommended operation amount and the recommended operation direction of the secondary operation on an instructing device together with the current positional relationship between the target surface and the front work implement.

2. The construction machine according to claim 1 , wherein the information processing device is further configured to:

display the operation amount and the operation direction of the primary operation on the instructing device simultaneously with the recommended operation amount and the recommended operation direction of the secondary operation.

3. The construction machine according to claim 2 , wherein

the instructing device changes display of a display region, the display region extending so as to correspond to an operation direction of an operation device corresponding to the primary operation, so as to correspond to the operation direction of the primary operation.

4. The construction machine according to claim 1 , wherein

the instructing device changes display of a display region, the display region extending so as to correspond to an operation direction of an operation device corresponding to the secondary operation, so as to correspond to the recommended operation direction of the secondary operation.

5. The construction machine according to claim 1 , wherein

when the operation devices are not operated, the information processing device is further configured to set a pseudo operation amount and a pseudo operation direction assuming the operation amount and the operation direction of the primary operation assumed in the excavation work corresponding to the target surface, compute the recommended operation amount and the recommended operation direction of the secondary operation different from the primary operation in the operations of the boom and the arm according to the pseudo operation amount and the pseudo operation direction of the primary operation, and display the recommended operation amount and the recommended operation direction of the secondary operation on the instructing device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 11, 2019
From: MORIKI, HIDEKAZU; NAKANO, HISAMI; SAKAMOTO, HIROSHI
To: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 049722/0560 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-061427 · Mar 27, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190360179A1 · Nov 28, 2019
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