IP Library Granted Patent US 12,735,870
Granted Patent B2
US 12,735,870 · App. 18/822,833 · Granted Sep 15, 2026

Work machine

Inventors: Keisuke Satoh (Kanagawa, JP); Ayano Shinato (Kanagawa, JP); Homare Shibata (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
E02F9/24E02F9/261G05B13/0265
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Patent No.
US 12,735,870
App. No.
18/822,833
Granted
Sep 15, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A work machine includes an attachment and a control device. The control device is configured to specify a hazardous zone in which a degree of hazard increases when an object falls during an operation of the attachment to lift and move the object, and make the specified hazardous zone visually recognizable.

Claims (38)

1 . A work machine, comprising:

an attachment;

a memory; and

a hardware processor coupled to the memory and configured to

specify a hazardous zone in which a degree of hazard increases when an object falls during an operation of the attachment to lift and move the object, and

visualize the specified hazardous zone by causing a lighting device to illuminate the specified hazardous zone,

wherein the memory stores a learned model which has learned a relationship between a combination of the object and a work site and a zone having a high probability of coming into contact with the fallen object from a data set in which image data of the object, image data of the work site of the work machine, and image data indicating a state of the work site after the object falls are associated with one another, and

the hardware processor is further configured to

input image data including an image of the object and an image of the work site to the learned model; and

specify a zone output from the learned model as the hazardous zone.

2 . The work machine according to claim 1 , wherein the hazardous zone has the high probability of coming into contact with the fallen object when the object falls.

3 . The work machine according to claim 1 ,

wherein the work machine is an excavator, and

wherein the hardware processor is further configured to:

when an operation mode of the excavator is a normal operation mode, set a zone having a high probability of coming into contact with the attachment of the excavator during a rotating operation of the excavator as a first zone;

when the operation mode of the excavator is a crane mode, set a zone having a high probability of coming into contact with the fallen object during an operation of moving the object lifted by the attachment as a second zone; and

switch a range of the hazardous zone between the first zone and the second zone according to the operation mode of the excavator.

4 . The work machine according to claim 1 , wherein the hardware processor is further configured to visualize the specified hazardous zone around the work machine in the work site.

5 . The work machine according to claim 4 , wherein the hardware processor is further configured to visualize the specified hazardous zone on a surface of at least one of a ground or an object around the work machine in the work site.

6 . A work machine, comprising:

an attachment;

a memory; and

a hardware processor coupled to the memory and configured to

specify a hazardous zone in which a degree of hazard increases when an object falls during an operation of the attachment to lift and move the object, and

visualize the specified hazardous zone,

wherein the memory stores a learned model which has learned a relationship between a combination of the object and a work site and a zone having a high probability of coming into contact with the fallen object from a data set in which image data of the object, image data of the work site of the work machine, and image data indicating a state of the work site after the object falls are associated with one another, and

the hardware processor is further configured to

input image data including an image of the object and an image of the work site to the learned model; and

specify a zone output from the learned model as the hazardous zone.

7 . The work machine according to claim 6 , wherein the hazardous zone has the high probability of coming into contact with the fallen object when the object falls.

8 . The work machine according to claim 6 ,

wherein the work machine is an excavator, and

wherein the hardware processor is further configured to:

when an operation mode of the excavator is a normal operation mode, set a zone having a high probability of coming into contact with the attachment of the excavator during a rotating operation of the excavator as a first zone;

when the operation mode of the excavator is a crane mode, set a zone having a high probability of coming into contact with the fallen object during an operation of moving the object lifted by the attachment as a second zone; and

switch a range of the hazardous zone between the first zone and the second zone according to the operation mode of the excavator.

9 . The work machine according to claim 6 , wherein the hardware processor is further configured to visualize the specified hazardous zone around the work machine in the work site.

10 . The work machine according to claim 9 , wherein the hardware processor is further configured to visualize the specified hazardous zone on a surface of at least one of a ground or an object around the work machine in the work site.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 3, 2024
From: SATOH, KEISUKE; SHINATO, AYANO; SHIBATA, HOMARE
To: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 068469/0858 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2023-144305 · Sep 6, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20250075470A1 · Mar 6, 2025
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