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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2017
Komatsu Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Yutaka Ono, Tokyo, JP;
KOMATSU LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A motor grader includes a vehicular body, a blade, a front wheel located in front of the blade, two rear wheels located in the rear of the blade, a first sensor which detects a position of the vehicular body as first sensor information, a second sensor which detects an inclination of the vehicular body as second sensor information, a first swing member which rotatably supports both of the two rear wheels arranged in the front and rear relation and is swingably supported by the vehicular body, and a third sensor which detects an angle of swing of the first swing member with respect to the vehicular body as third sensor information. A method of controlling a motor grader includes obtaining the first to third sensor information and calculating positions of the rear wheels based on the obtained first to third sensor information.