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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2022
Kubota Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Koichi Shintani, Sakai, JP;
Takanori Morimoto, Sakai, JP;
Tomohiro Kinoshita, Sakai, JP;
Ken Sakuta, Sakai, JP;
Fumiya Yoshimura, Sakai, JP;
Tsuyoshi Harada, Sakai, JP;
Sho Watanabe, Sakai, JP;
KUBOTA CORPORATION, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An agricultural machine includes a vehicle body, an obstacle detector to detect obstacles, an autonomous travel controller to perform autonomous travel of the vehicle body, the autonomous travel controller being configured or programmed to, when performing the autonomous travel, stop the vehicle body based on detection information about an obstacle detected by the obstacle detector, and a mode switch to switch a mode during the autonomous travel in an agricultural field between an effective mode in which the stopping of the vehicle body based on the detection information is allowed and an ineffective mode in which the stopping of the vehicle body based on the detection information is not allowed.