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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2021
Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hiroaki Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Ryu Narikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Kanazawa, Tokyo, JP;
Shinjirou Yamamoto, Ibaraki, JP;
Kouji Shiwaku, Ibaraki, JP;
HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An automated operation controllerof an automated work systemincludes: a work status management sectionthat selects a work content according to a work DBthat records a work plan for a hydraulic excavatorand a work order in the work plan, creates an operation plan based on the selected work content and information on the surrounding environment measured by laser scanners, and outputs a control signal to a vehicle body controllerbased on the operation plan; and an abnormal object detection sectionthat detects an abnormal object present on a work site based on the information on the surrounding environment measured by the laser scanners. When the execution of the operation plan is determined to be hindered by the presence of the abnormal object, the work status management sectionselects another work content from the work plan.