Patent classifications
E02F9/264
Tracking rotation with a swing sensor
Systems and methods for tracking a heading of an excavator are provided. An initial heading of the excavator platform is obtained and a current azimuthal orientation of the excavator platform is associated with the initial heading. Coordinates of a measurement center of the GNSS device are obtained. Coordinates of a center of rotation of the excavator platform are determined using the initial heading of the excavator platform, the coordinates of the measurement center, and a known spatial relationship between the measurement center of the GNSS device and the center of rotation of the excavator platform. Rotation of the excavator platform is tracked from the initial heading to a first heading using rotation measurements from a swing sensor.
System and method for controlling operation of a machine
A system to control operation of a machine having a ground-engaging work implement for moving material about a worksite include a controller configured to determine a feasible target profile for the work implement to engage material. The feasible target profile may include a preload segment, a cut segment, and a loading segment. The controller determines a feasible prospective cut segment from a plurality of prospective cut segments. The controller generates a prospective preloading segment and a prospective loading segment associated with the feasible prospective cut profile. Position points associated with the loading segment are extracted and the controller determines if the ground-engaging work implement will align with the plurality of position points. The controller may also determine whether the load volume for the prospective cut segment is efficient.
Movable structure, sensor module, and method for calibrating sensor module
A movable structure includes: a moving part pivoting about a predetermined axis; a sensor module provided at the moving part or at a site interlocked with the moving part; and a control device controlling the moving part and the sensor module. The control device controls the moving part in such a way that the sensor module takes a first attitude, and gives a calibration instruction to the sensor module. The sensor module includes: an inertial sensor; a calibration unit calculating an attitude of the sensor module based on an output signal from the inertial sensor in response to the calibration instruction and generating correction information based on a difference between the calculated attitude and the first attitude; and a correction unit correcting the output signal from the inertial sensor, based on the correction information.
System and method of controlling construction machinery
A control system for construction machinery includes an upper camera installed in a driver cabin to photograph the front of the driver cabin, a lower camera installed in a vehicle body to photograph the front of the vehicle body, a work apparatus posture detection portion configured to detect a posture of the work apparatus connected rotatably to the vehicle body, an image processing portion configured to synthesize first and second images captured from the upper camera and the lower camera into one image, and configured to transparency-process at least one of the first and second images in the synthesized image according to the posture of the work apparatus detected by the work apparatus posture detection portion, and a display device configured to display the synthesized image transparency-processed by the image processing portion.
MEASURING DEVICE, AND CONSTRUCTION MACHINE
A measurement device is configured to calculate, based on second measurement data provided by a distance detector, second contour data indicating a surface contour of an object contained in the container at a second time after a first time; calculate differential information indicating a difference between first posture data and second posture data which is posture data provided by a posture detector at the second time; rotate, based on the differential information, the second contour data in a three-dimensional coordinate space of the distance detector; and specify a region defined by the rotated second contour data and the first contour data, and calculate, based on the specified region, a volume of the object contained in the container at the second time.
WORK MACHINE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR WORK MACHINE
A work machine includes a work implement including a bucket and a boom, a revolving body on which the work implement is mounted and that executes a revolving operation, a first operation setting unit that sets a first operation in which movement of the boom in a vertical direction is large and a second operation in which the movement of the boom in the vertical direction is small, the first operation and the second operation being executed in a period from the end of excavation to the start of unloading, a first operation control unit that controls at least one of the work implement or the revolving body to execute the first operation and the second operation, and a load measurement processing unit that measures a load inside the bucket in a period of the second operation.
WORK ASSIST SERVER, WORK ASSIST METHOD, AND WORK ASSIST SYSTEM
Provided is a server and a system that can assist an operator in recognizing whether or not a work machine in a work-site birds-eye image output on an output interface constituting a remote operation device is subject to remote operation by the remote operation device. According to the captured image acquired through the image pickup device C, when a work machine 40 is in the work-site birds-eye image that is output on an output interface 220 constituting a remote operation device 20, whether or not the work machine 40 is a connection-target work machine is determined. If the determination result is positive, a first sign image ID1 associated with an actual machine image Q2 that represents the work machine 40 in the work-site birds-eye image is displayed on the output interface 220 of the remote operation device 20.
GUIDANCE SYSTEM
A memory stores, in advance, target line information indicating an arrangement target of an object to be conveyed and related to a target line denoted by at least one of a curve or a polyline. A controller is configured to: calculate, based on the target line information, target information which is at least one of information about a target coordinate of the object and information about a target direction of the object; calculate, based on the at least one of the coordinate of the object and the direction of the object detected by the detector, detection information which is comparable with the target information; calculate a deviation of the detection information from the target information; and cause a display to display a moving direction of the object which allows the deviation to decrease.
WORK ASSISTING SERVER AND METHOD FOR SELECTING IMAGING DEVICE
A work assisting server 10 includes a first assisting process element 121 and a second assisting process element 122 and communicates with a plurality of facility cameras 30 when an operator OP remotely operates a work machine 40 while viewing a captured image displayed on an image output device 221. The first assisting process element 121 extracts, as candidates, the facility cameras 30 including the work machine 40 in imaging ranges. The second assisting process element 122 selects the facility camera 30 that is able to obtain the imaging range including an optimal direction or size on the basis of movement of the work machine 40 and causes the selected facility camera 30 to output a captured image to the image output device 221.
WORK MACHINE
A work machine includes a control device that controls the work machine and: stores, in a storage, a plurality of types of setting information that are set for setting items relating to functions of the work machine; among the types of setting information, associates one or more types of selected setting information with one another, as one lower group, and stores a plurality of such lower groups; and among the lower groups stored in the storage, associates one or more selected lower groups with one upper group, and stores a plurality of such upper groups.