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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2021
Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Yasuto Nishii, Osaka, JP;
Yuji Yamaguchi, Osaka, JP;
Hidetaka Suzuki, Osaka, JP;
Masaaki Murayama, Okayama, JP;
YANMAR HOLDINGS CO., LTD., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A combine (work vehicle) is provided with: a positioning unit that obtains a measurement point indicating a position of a vehicle body; an initial external shape generating unit that generates an initial external shape of an agricultural field on the basis of a travel trajectory of the vehicle body constituted of a plurality of measurement points obtained when the vehicle body was manually driven along an external edge of the agricultural field; and an obstacle identification unit that identifies an obstacle for travel on the basis of the travel trajectory and generates an obstacle area including the identified obstacle.