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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2013
Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed are a vehicle travel system and vehicle travel control method for guiding a haulage vehicle to a loading point without interference with obstacles. The vehicle travel system is provided with a direction input device (), travel route calculating unit () and vehicle control unit (). Through the direction input device, an operator of a loading machine () inputs the direction of a body of a haulage vehicle (-) at a loading point (LP-L or LP-R). The travel route calculating unit calculates a travel route on which the haulage vehicle (-) is to be stopped in the inputted direction at the loading point (LP-L or LP-R). The vehicle control unit performs vehicle control to allow the haulage vehicle (-) to travel along and stop on the travel route.