A method for machine grade assist includes determining whether user input will cause an implement of a machine to dig below a desired grade. User input to move a stick of an excavator can be blocked and/or delayed using hydraulic pressure so that movement of both the stick and the boom of the excavator can be synchronized to prevent a bucket of the excavator from digging below a desired grade when the stick is moved.

A method for loading a payload carrier of a machine includes receiving, from a camera on the machine, a two-dimensional image of an interior of the payload carrier as material is loaded into the payload carrier. The method further includes filtering the image to identify a contour of the loaded material and determining an area of the contour. The method further includes controlling a display device indicate the determined area.

A hydraulic power shovel includes a frame, a power cylinder, a hydraulic installation, and a control unit. The frame is configured to support a turret equipped with an arm terminated by a tool, such as a bucket having a tamping surface. The power cylinder is linked to the arm and is configured to press on the turret. The hydraulic installation includes an adjustable flow pump configured to supply the power cylinder via a slide valve and a hydraulic liquid tank. The control unit is linked to (i) a control member actuated by the operator and configured to generate a control signal, and (ii) a sensor configured to generate a sensor signal corresponding to a pressure and temperature of hydraulic liquid in the power cylinder. A vapour pressure diagram of the hydraulic liquid is available in the control unit.

An example work machine control system includes target fill level determination logic configured to determine a target fill level for a container of an earth-moving work machine, fill level measurement logic configured to receive a sensor signal from a sensor that detects contents of the container and generate a measurement metric indicative of a current fill level of the container based on the sensor signal, and control logic configured to generate a machine control signal based on the measurement metric and the target fill level.

A method for loading a payload carrier of a machine includes receiving, from a camera on the machine, a two-dimensional image of an interior of the payload carrier as material is loaded into the payload carrier. The method further includes filtering the image to identify a contour of the loaded material and determining an area of the contour. The method further includes controlling a display device indicate the determined area.

An excavator according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a lower traveling body, an upper turning body with an attachment mounted on the lower traveling body, and a controller installed in the upper turning body. The controller is configured to restrict movement of the lower traveling body based on information about terrain around the upper traveling body.

A working device is provided wherein a tilt bucket 70 is pivotally joined, vertically swingably, to the tip of an arm 33 by a third pivot joint pin P3 and is vertically swung by a bucket cylinder 38 via first link members 81A, 81B and a second link member 82. The connection unit 100 to be connected to the first link members 81A, 81B is pivotally joined, vertically swingably, to the tip of the bucket cylinder 38. By switching the connection position of connection pins 131A, 131B of the connection unit 100 and the first link members 81A, 81B selectively between the position of a connection hole H1 and the position of a connection hole H2, the swing range and excavating force of the tilt bucket 70 are switched.

A shovel includes a lower traveling body, an upper turning body turnably attached to the lower traveling body, an automatic greasing device mounted on the upper turning body, and a control device configured to control the automatic greasing device. The control device is configured to control timing to start greasing by the automatic greasing device based on the past operating condition of the shovel.

A working device is provided wherein a tilt bucket 70 is pivotally joined, vertically swingably, to the tip of an arm 33 by a third pivot joint pin P3 and is vertically swung by a bucket cylinder 38 via first link members 81A, 81B and a second link member 82. The connection unit 100 to be connected to the first link members 81A, 81B is pivotally joined, vertically swingably, to the tip of the bucket cylinder 38. By switching the connection position of connection pins 131A, 131B of the connection unit 100 and the first link members 81A, 81B selectively between the position of a connection hole H1 and the position of a connection hole H2, the swing range and excavating force of the tilt bucket 70 are switched.

A work machine measurement system includes an image acquisition unit that acquires an image of a work target captured, while a swinging body of a work machine is swinging, by an image capturing device mounted on the swinging body, a three-dimensional position calculation unit that calculates a three-dimensional position of the work target based on the image, a swing data acquisition unit that acquires swing data about the swinging body, a determination unit that determines whether or not the swing data satisfies a predefined swinging condition and an output unit that outputs a swinging instruction signal based on a result of the determination by the determination unit.