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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2021
Komatsu Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiyuki Onishi, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuhiro Aoki, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Kurihara, Tokyo, JP;
Kenjiro Shimada, Tokyo, JP;
Toyohito Uchizono, Tokyo, JP;
KOMATSU LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a construction method using an excavator that is controlled by manual operation, and an excavator that includes an automatic working-equipment control unit automatically controlling second working equipment on the basis of at least one of a current terrain and a designed terrain of a construction range in a construction site, and a tooth-edge position of the second working equipment, a progress rate that indicates a volume of soil having been excavated by the excavator to a target volume of soil to be excavated by the excavator in the construction range is calculated, and when the progress rate is equal to or larger than a threshold, the excavator stops construction of the construction range, and the excavator takes over the construction of the construction range, from the excavator.