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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2016
Komatsu Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Toru Matsuyama, Naka-gun, JP;
Yuki Shimano, Suita, JP;
Masashi Ichihara, Hiratsuka, JP;
Yoshiki Kami, Hadano, JP;
Komatsu Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A control device for a work machine is a device for controlling a working unit of a work machine to excavate an object to be excavated. The control device includes a control unit for controlling the working unit to prevent a working implement of the working unit from crossing a predetermined target profile, and a switching unit for defining the target profile as an offset profile separated by a predetermined distance from a target excavation profile that is a target profile for finishing of the object to be excavated or the target excavation profile, based on an attitude of the working implement relative to the target excavation profile.