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Granted Patent B2
US 11,802,393 · App. 17/567,358 · Granted Oct 31, 2023

Shovel

Inventor: Hiroyuki Tsukamoto (Chiba, JP)
Assignee: SUMITOMO (S.H.I.) CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
E02F9/261E02F9/20E02F9/26E02F9/264E02F9/2037
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Patent No.
US 11,802,393
App. No.
17/567,358
Granted
Oct 31, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A shovel includes a lower traveling body that runs; an upper rotating body that is rotatably mounted on the lower traveling body; an attachment attached to the upper rotating body; a display device; and a processor that obtains a current shape of a target ground, calculates a recommended line that is suitable to excavate, with the attachment, the target ground having the obtained current shape, and displays the current shape of the target ground and the recommended line on the display device.

Claims (30)

1. A shovel, comprising:

a lower traveling body that runs;

an upper rotating body that is rotatably mounted on the lower traveling body;

an attachment attached to the upper rotating body; and

a controller including a memory and a processor configured to control the shovel,

wherein the processor calculates a rotation angle of the upper rotating body such that one of right and left edges of a bucket included in the attachment is positioned on a target surface or a recommended line.

2. The shovel as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

a display device configured to display an image of a top view of the attachment.

3. The shovel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each time a target ground is excavated with the attachment, the display device is configured to update and display a recommended line that is calculated by the processor based on a shape of the excavated target ground.

4. The shovel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor calculates the recommended line for the shape of the target ground excavated with the attachment.

5. The shovel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the display device is configured to display an image of a side view of the attachment in addition to the image of the top view of the attachment.

6. A shovel, comprising:

a lower traveling body that runs;

an upper rotating body that is rotatably mounted on the lower traveling body;

an attachment attached to the upper rotating body; and

a controller including a memory and a processor configured to execute

obtaining a current shape of a target ground, and

calculating a recommended line that is suitable to excavate, with the attachment, between a top surface of the current shape of the target ground obtained by the obtaining, and a target that is apart from and below the top surface of the current shape of the target ground.

7. The shovel as claimed in claim 6 , wherein each time the target ground is excavated with the attachment, the processor updates a recommended line that is calculated by the calculating based on a shape of the excavated target ground.

8. The shovel as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the processor calculates the recommended line for the shape of the target ground excavated with the attachment.

9. The shovel as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the processor obtains a shape of the excavated target ground based on at least one of an image of an excavated portion of the target ground captured by an imaging device and a transition of a posture of the attachment.

10. A method of controlling a shovel that includes

a lower traveling body that runs,

an upper rotating body that is rotatably mounted on the lower traveling body, and

an attachment attached to the upper rotating body,

the method executed by a controller including a memory and a processor, comprising:

obtaining a current shape of a target ground; and

calculating a recommended line that is suitable to excavate, with the attachment, between a top surface of the current shape of the target ground obtained by the obtaining, and a target that is apart from and below the top surface of the current shape of the target ground.

11. The method of controlling the shovel as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the calculating calculates, each time the target ground is excavated with the attachment, a recommended line based on a shape of the excavated target ground.

12. The method of controlling the shovel as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the calculating calculates the recommended line for the shape of the target ground excavated with the attachment.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 3, 2022
From: TSUKAMOTO, HIROYUKI
To: SUMITOMO(S.H.I.) CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 058527/0510 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-256681 · Dec 28, 2015 · national
Continuity (3)
Division 16020049 · Jun 27, 2018
Continuation PCTJP2016088954 · Dec 27, 2016
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