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US 11,952,745 · App. 17/045,858 · Granted Apr 9, 2024

Control device and control method for loading machine

Inventors: Yusuke Saigo (Tokyo, JP); Kazuhiro Hatake (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
E02F9/123E02F3/308E02F3/434E02F9/2033E02F9/2228E02F9/2292F15B7/001F15B15/20
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Patent No.
US 11,952,745
App. No.
17/045,858
Granted
Apr 9, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A movement processing unit generates a work equipment operation signal for moving a bucket to a loading point and a swing operation signal related to a target swing speed, based on a command for starting an automatic movement of the bucket. A target speed changing unit changes the target swing speed so that the work equipment does not interfere with the loading target during a swing of a swing body.

Claims (36)

1. A control device for controlling a loading machine including a swing body that swings about a swing center and work equipment that is attached to the swing body and has a bucket, the control device comprising:

a processor including

a movement processing unit that generates

a work equipment operation signal in order to move the bucket to a loading point, and

a swing operation signal related to a target swing speed,

the work equipment operation signal and the swing operation signal being generated based on a command for starting a moving operation in order to move the bucket to the loading point without an operation of an operator;

an interference determination unit that determines whether or not the work equipment interferes with the loading target by the swing operation signal during swinging of the swing body; and

a target speed changing unit that changes the target swing speed when the interference determination unit determines that the work equipment interferes with the loading target.

2. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the target speed changing unit changes the target swing speed based on a time until

a height of the work equipment reaches a position higher than the loading target and

a swing angle until a planar position from above the work equipment interferes with the loading target.

3. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the processor further includes

a work equipment speed estimation unit that estimates a speed of the work equipment when the swing body is swinging,

the interference determination unit determining whether or not the work equipment interferes with the loading target based on the estimated speed of the work equipment.

4. The control device according to claim 3 , wherein

the loading machine further includes

a pump that discharges operating oil, and

a swing motor that swings the swing body by the operating oil, and

the work equipment speed estimation unit estimates the speed of the work equipment when the swing body is swinging, based on a flow rate obtained by subtracting a flow rate of operating oil flowing through the swing motor from the discharge flow rate of the pump.

5. The control device according to claim 4 , wherein

the loading machine further includes

an actuator that actuates the work equipment,

a work equipment-side flow rate control valve that controls a flow rate of operating oil flowing through the actuator, and

a swing-side flow rate control valve that controls a flow rate of operating oil flowing through the swing motor,

the pump includes

a first pump connected only to the work equipment-side flow rate control valve, and

a second pump connected to the swing-side flow rate control valve and the work equipment-side flow rate control valve, and

the work equipment speed estimation unit estimates the speed of the work equipment when the swing body is swinging, based on a discharge flow rate of the first pump.

6. A control method for a loading machine including a swing body that swings about a swing center and work equipment that is attached to the swing body and has a bucket, the control method comprising:

generating

a work equipment operation signal in order to move the bucket to a loading point, and

a swing operation signal related to a target swing speed,

the generating the work equipment operation signal and the swing operation signal being based on a command for starting a moving operation in order to move the bucket to the loading point without an operation of an operator;

determining whether or not the work equipment interferes with the loading target by the swing operation signal during swinging of the swing body; and

changing the target swing speed when the interference determination unit determines that the work equipment interferes with the loading target.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 7, 2020
From: SAIGO, YUSUKE; HATAKE, KAZUHIRO
To: KOMATSU LTD.
Reel/Frame 053998/0082 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-087703 · Apr 27, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210156114A1 · May 27, 2021