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Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2025

Filed:

Nov. 04, 2021
Applicant:

Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Masaki Kanai, Tokyo, JP;

Tomoyuki Hamada, Ibaraki, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2024.01); B60K 35/00 (2024.01); B60K 35/10 (2024.01); E02F 9/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0297 (2013.01); B60K 35/00 (2013.01); E02F 9/264 (2013.01); B60K 35/10 (2024.01);
Abstract

A vehicle management systemincludes an unmanned vehiclecapable of autonomous traveling, a loading machineperforming a loading work for the unmanned vehicle, and a management stationperforming dispatch management and traffic control of the unmanned vehicle. The loading machineincludes a bucket tip position calculatorthat calculates a bucket tip position of a bucket based on information on a position, an orientation, and an angle of each joint of the loading machine. The management stationincludes an unmanned vehicle instruction sectionthat calculates a loading zone of the unmanned vehicleand issues a calling instruction or a departure instruction to the unmanned vehiclebased on the calculated loading zone and the bucket tip position of the loading machine


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