Kubota Corporation

Sakura Tomita

Kazuo Sakaguchi

Tomohiko Sano

Tetsuya Nakajima

Kenichi Iwami

Osamu Yoshida

Makoto Oshitani

Megumi Suzukawa

Yuji Okuyama

Shigeki Hayashi

Yuki Kubota

Chiaki Komaru

This autonomous work vehicle travel system is provided with: a satellite positioning modulethat outputs positioning data indicating a vehicle position of a work vehicle; an area setting unit that sets an area CA to be worked in a work site; a route managing unit that calculates a travel route element set, which is an aggregate of multiple travel route elements constituting a travel route that covers the area CA to be worked, and storing the travel route element set so as to be readable; a route element selecting unit that selects a next travel route element to be traveled in sequence from the travel route element set; and an autonomous travel controlling unit that causes the work vehicleto travel autonomously on the basis of the next travel route element and the vehicle position.

Autonomous work vehicle travel system, travel route managing device, travel route generating device, and travel route determining device

A travel route management system includes an area setting unit that sets a work site to an outer peripheral area SA and an area CA to be worked on an inner side of the outer peripheral area SA, and a route element selecting unit that sequentially selects a next travel route element to be traveled on next, from among multiple mutually-parallel travel route elements, the travel route elements constituting a travel route that covers the area CA to be worked. The route element selecting unit selects a U-turn travel route for moving from a travel route element serving as a movement origin to a next travel route element serving as a movement destination, the selection being made on the basis of an interval between the movement origin and the movement destination.

Travel route management system and travel route determination device

A work vehicle automatic traveling system includes a route element selecting unit that, on the basis of state information, sequentially selects a next travel route element on which a work vehicle is to travel next, from a travel route element set and a circling route element set. The route element selecting unit includes a cooperative route element selection rule, which is employed when a plurality of work vehicles carry out work travel cooperatively in an area CA to be worked, and an independent route element selection rule, which is employed when a single independent work vehicle among the work vehicles carries out work travel independently in the area CA to be worked. Also described is selecting the next travel route element based on the independent route element selection rule.

Work vehicle automatic traveling system

A travel route generating device for a work vehicle includes a cell memory to store cell information with respect to cells obtained by dividing a topographical map of a work field in which the work vehicle works. A travel probability memory is to store a travel probability with respect to each of the cells. The travel probability includes a left-turn travel probability, a straight travel probability, and a right-turn travel probability in each of the cells. Circuitry is configured to determine a travel direction in each of the cells based on the travel probability of each of the cells. The work vehicle is configured to travel through each of the cells in the travel direction. The circuitry is configured to change the travel probability with respect to affected cells affected by moving the work vehicle through each of the cells.

Travel route generating device and method for generating travel route

A work vehicle support system includes: an own vehicle position detecting module configured to detect an own vehicle position of a work vehicle; and a work-unfinished region outer-shape map calculating section configured to calculate, during circulating work-traveling along an outer perimeter of a work scheduled region, an outer-shape map of a work-unfinished region in the work scheduled region, from own vehicle position data acquired by the own vehicle position detecting module.

Work vehicle support system

A travel route generation apparatus includes a work field data input interface, a handwriting input interface, a memory, and circuitry. Work field data are to be input via the work field data input interface. The work field data includes data regarding a shape of a work field in which a work vehicle is to work. A handwriting locus is to be input via the handwriting input interface. The memory is to store travel route patterns. The circuitry is configured to select a designated travel route pattern from travel route patterns based on the handwriting locus and to generate, based on the designated travel route pattern and the work field data, a travel route along which the work vehicle is to travel in the work field.

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Amagasaki, Japan

Sakura Tomita