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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 30, 1999
Masatoshi Miki, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuru Hikiyama, Tokyo, JP;
Shin Caterpillar Mitsubishi Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A control apparatus and a control method for a construction machine make it possible to set an operation condition suitable for the working attachment by a simple operation with certainty, even if unique information of a working attachment cannot be inputted. To this end, a control apparatus for a construction machine to which a working attachment is attached is constructed that includes a control section for controlling a hydraulic power source based on unique information about the working attachment, a display section which performs discrimination failure display when the type of the working attachment has not successfully been discriminated, and a standard set valve setting section for setting, when the discrimination failure display is performed by the display section, the type of the working attachment and a standard value regarding the operation condition of the working attachment, and that the control section is capable of controlling the hydraulic power source based on the operation condition set based on the unique information of the working attachment of information of the standard set valve set by the standard set valve setting section.