Komatsu Corporation

Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

Eiji Ishibashi

Akifumi Inamaru

Yasuhito Yonezawa

Takahiro Shimojo

Yosuke Kogawa

Junji Harada

Seiji Nagano

Kenji Yamamoto

Shigeru Yamamoto

Yoshitaka Onodera

Kazuyuki Kirino

Takao Ishihara

Masayuki Mukaino

Toshihiko Fukasawa

Ken Nishihara

Hidehiro Hashimoto

Kenjiro Shimada

Toshihiro Kawano

Yutaka Sugimoto

Masashi Ichihara

Yuki Shimano

Masanobu Seki

Kazuhiro Hashimoto

Satoru Shintani

Tsutomu Iwamura

Morishige Kinjo

Toru Kurakane

Shinobu Kamikawa

Kentaro Takayama

Yoshiyuki Hirosawa

Kazuya Shinjo

Yasuo Wakabayashi

Fumio Imamura

Ikuzo Mochida

Masato Oura

Kazuo Soga

Toshinori Matsushita

A work machine includes a vehicle body including a travel device, a blade supported so as to be rotatable about a pitch axis with respect to the vehicle body, a pitch actuator configured to cause the blade to perform a pitch motion about the pitch axis, and a controller. The determines whether a slip occurs on the travel device during work with the blade, and causes the blade to perform the pitch motion in a backward tilt direction upon determining that the slip occurs.

Work machine and method for controlling work machine

A work machine includes a vehicle body, a lift frame rotatably supported about a lift axis, a blade rotatably supported about a pitch axis with respect to the lift frame, a lift actuator, a pitch actuator, a sensor detects a current blade tip position of the blade, and a controller. The controller acquires actual topography data indicative of an actual topography to be worked, acquires target topography data indicative of a target topography, and controls the lift actuator so that a blade tip of the blade moves according to the target topography. The controller controls the pitch actuator so that a pitch angle of the blade is changed based on a positional relationship in a vertical direction between any two of the actual topography corresponding to the current blade tip position, the target topography corresponding to the current blade tip position, and the current blade tip position.

The system includes a vehicle body sensor attached to a vehicle body of a work machine, a work implement sensor attached to a work implement of the work machine to detect a roll angle of the work implement, and a controller communicably connected to the sensors. The vehicle body sensor detects roll, pitch, and yaw angles of the vehicle body. The controller acquires the roll and pitch angles of the vehicle body detected by the vehicle body sensor, acquires the roll angle of the work implement detected by the work implement sensor, calculates a yaw angle error of the vehicle body sensor with respect to the vehicle body based on the pitch angle of the vehicle body and a difference between the roll angle of the vehicle body and the roll angle of the work implement, and calibrates the vehicle body sensor using the yaw angle error.

System and method for controlling work machine

A controller calculates a first bearing indicative of the bearing of a work machine based on first positional data and second positional data. The controller calculates the position of the work machine. The controller calculates a second bearing indicative of the bearing of the work machine based on a change in the position of the work machine in a predetermined zone when a determination condition, including a travel condition indicating that the work machine is traveling in a straight line, is satisfied within the predetermined zone. The controller calculates a correction value of the bearing of the work machine based on the difference between the first bearing and the second bearing in the predetermined zone. The controller corrects the first bearing based on the correction value.

System and method for calibrating bearing of work machine

A work machine includes a work implement and a vehicle body including a first vehicle body portion, a mount attached to the first vehicle body portion, and a second vehicle body portion supported on the first vehicle body portion via the mount. A control system for the work machine includes a vehicle body positional sensor, a work implement positional sensor, and a controller. The vehicle body positional sensor is attached to the second vehicle body portion and outputs vehicle body position data indicative of a position of the second vehicle body portion. The work implement positional sensor is attached to the second vehicle body portion and outputs work implement position data indicative of a relative position of the work implement with respect to the second vehicle body portion. The controller calculates a position of the work implement based on the vehicle body position data and the work implement position data.

Control system for work machine

A control system for a work vehicle includes an actual topography acquisition device, a storage device, a soil amount acquisition device, and a controller. The actual topography acquisition device acquires actual topography information indicating an actual topography of a work target. The storage device stores design topography information indicating a final design topography. The soil amount acquisition device generates a soil amount signal indicating a held soil amount of the work implement. The controller acquires the actual topography information from the actual topography acquisition device and acquires the design topography information from the storage device. The controller generates a command signal for moving the work implement at position that is between the actual topography and the final design topography and is a predetermined distance above the actual topography. The controller acquires the soil amount signal and changes the predetermined distance based on the held soil amount.

Control system for work vehicle, control method, and work vehicle

A work vehicle includes a work implement. A control system for the work vehicle includes an operating device and a controller. The operating device outputs an operation signal indicative of an operation by an operator. The controller communicates with the operating device and controls the work implement. The controller determines a first target design topography. The controller generates a command signal to operate a work implement in accordance with the first target design topography. The controller obtains a displacement amount of the work implement with respect to the first target design topography upon receiving the operation signal indicative of the operation of the work implement during work in accordance with the first target design topography. The controller determines a second target design topography based on the displacement amount. The controller generates a command signal to operate the work implement in accordance with the second target design topography.

Control system for work vehicle, method, and work vehicle

A work vehicle includes a travel device and a work implement. A control system for the work vehicle includes a controller. The controller controls the work implement according to a predetermined target value. The controller determines whether a slip of the travel device has occurred during control of the work implement. The controller changes the target value according to a result of determination of the slip.

Control system for work vehicle, method and work vehicle

A work vehicle includes a work implement. A control system for the work vehicle includes a controller. The controller obtains actual topography data indicative of an actual topography of a work site. The controller determines a target depth. The controller obtains positions of a plurality of division points positioned on the actual topography based on the actual topography data. The controller determines a plurality of reference points by displacing the plurality of division points in a vertical direction by the target depth. The controller determines a target design topography based on the plurality of reference points. The controller generates a command signal to operate the work implement in accordance with the target design topography.

A work vehicle includes a work implement. A control system for the work vehicle includes a controller programmed to acquire actual topography data indicating an actual surface of a work target, and replace the actual surface with a design surface.

Control system for work vehicle, method for setting trajectory of work implement, and work vehicle

A work vehicle control system includes an actual topography acquisition device, a storage device, and a controller. The actual topography acquisition device acquires actual topography information, which indicates an actual topography of a work target. The storage device stores design topography information, which indicates a final design topography that is a target topography of the work target. The controller acquires the actual topography information from the actual topography acquisition device, and the design topography information from the storage device. The controller determines an intermediate design topography positioned above the actual topography and below the final design topography. The controller generates a command signal to move the work implement based on the intermediate design topography. The intermediate design topography includes a plurality of intermediate design surfaces divided in the traveling direction of the work vehicle. Inclination angles of at least two of the intermediate design surfaces differ from each other.

A work vehicle includes a work implement. A control system for the work vehicle includes a controller. The controller obtains first topographical data indicative of a topography of a work target before filling work. The controller obtains blade tip position data indicative of a blade tip position of the work implement during the filling work. The controller obtains second topographical data indicative of a compacted topography after the filling work. The controller determines a compression rate of the work target from the first topographical data, the blade tip position data, and the second topographical data.

A control system for a work vehicle includes a controller. The controller receives actual topography information of a work target. The controller determines a design surface that is positioned below the actual topography. The controller generates a command signal to move a work implement of the work vehicle along the design surface. The controller determines if slip of the work vehicle has occurred. Upon determining that slip has occurred, the controller changes the design surface to a position equal to or higher than a blade tip position of the work implement when the slip occurred.

Control system for work vehicle, control mei'hod, and work vehicle

A control system for a work vehicle includes a controller. The controller receives actual topography information of a work target. The controller determines a design surface that is positioned below the actual topography. The controller generates a command signal to move the work implement along the design surface. The controller determines if slip of the work vehicle has occurred. The controller raises the design surface when the blade tip of the work implement is positioned below an initial target surface when the slip occurs. The initial target surface is the design surface before the occurrence of the slip.

A work vehicle includes a work implement. A control system for the work vehicle includes an input device and a controller. The controller is configured to communicate with the input device, receive an input signal indicating an input operation by an operator from the input device, acquire vehicle information including a position of the work vehicle when the input signal is received, and orientation information of the work vehicle when the input signal is received, and determine a target design surface indicating a target trajectory of the work implement based on the vehicle information and the orientation information when the input signal is received.

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Eiji Ishibashi