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Granted Patent B2
US 11,976,438 · App. 16/973,585 · Granted May 7, 2024

Loading machine control device and control method

Inventors: Tomoki Konda (Tokyo, JP); Kazuhiro Hatake (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
E02F3/439E02F3/32E02F9/2004E02F9/2041B60K35/00E02F9/26
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,976,438
App. No.
16/973,585
Granted
May 7, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A loading machine includes a swing body and work equipment attached to the swing body. The work equipment has a bucket. A control device of the loading machine includes an operation signal input unit that receives an input of a loading command signal from an operator, and an operation signal output unit. The operation signal output unit outputs operation signals of the work equipment and the swing body to move the bucket to a loading position above a loading target in a case in which the loading command signal is received. The operation signal output unit outputs a dumping operation signal to perform dumping to the bucket when the swing body faces a dump start azimuth direction that is closer to the swing body in a swing direction than an end point azimuth direction in which the swing body faces when the work equipment is positioned at the loading position.

Claims (15)

1. A control device of a loading machine including a swing body swingable around a swing center and work equipment having a bucket and being attached to the swing body, the control device comprising:

an operation signal input unit configured to receive an input of a loading command signal from an operator; and

an operation signal output unit configured to

output operation signals of the work equipment and the swing body to move the bucket to a loading position above a loading target in a case in which the loading command signal is received, and

output a dumping operation signal to perform dumping to the bucket when the swing body faces a dump start azimuth direction that is closer to the swing body in a swing direction than an end point azimuth direction in which the swing body faces when the work equipment is positioned at the loading position.

2. The control device of a loading machine according to claim 1 , wherein

the dump start azimuth direction is closer to the swing body in the swing direction than an azimuth direction in which the swing body faces when the entire bucket and the loading target overlap each other as seen in a plan view from above.

3. The control device of a loading machine according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a dump start azimuth direction calculation unit configured to calculate the dump start azimuth direction based on

a position of the loading target and

a swing speed of the swing body.

4. A control method of a loading machine including a swing body swingable around a swing center and work equipment having a bucket and being attached to the swing body, the control method comprising:

receiving an input of a loading command signal from an operator;

outputting operation signals of the work equipment and the swing body to move the bucket to a loading position above a loading target in a case in which the loading command signal is received; and

outputting a dumping operation signal to perform dumping to the bucket when the swing body faces a dump start azimuth direction that is closer to the swing body in a swing direction than an end point azimuth direction in which the swing body faces when the work equipment is positioned at the loading position.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 9, 2020
From: KONDA, TOMOKI; HATAKE, KAZUHIRO
To: KOMATSU LTD.
Reel/Frame 054593/0865 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-163417 · Aug 31, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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