Work machine control system, work machine, and work machine control method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10106952-B2
Application number	US-201615328584-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 31, 2016
Priority date	May 31, 2016
Publication date	Oct 23, 2018
Grant date	Oct 23, 2018

Abstract

A work machine control system that controls a work machine including a working device having a working tool that rotates about a shaft line includes: a target construction shape generation unit that generates a target construction shape indicating a target shape of a construction target of the work machine; a target shape calculation unit that calculates a control target shape which is a target shape when controlling rotation of the working tool from the target construction shape and calculates an extended target shape obtained by extending the control target shape; and a working device control unit that controls the rotation of the working tool about the shaft line based on a distance between the working tool and the control target shape and the extended target shape.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A work machine control system that controls a work machine including a working device including a working tool that rotates about a shaft line, comprising:
a target construction shape generation unit that generates a target construction shape indicating a target shape of a construction target of the work machine;
a target shape calculation unit that calculates a control target shape which is a target shape when controlling rotation of the working tool from the target construction shape and calculates an extended target shape obtained by extending the control target shape; and
a working device control unit that controls the rotation of the working tool about the shaft line based on a distance between the working tool and the control target shape and the extended target shape.

2. The work machine control system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a determination unit that determines whether the extended target shape will be used as a target when the working device control unit controls the rotation of the working tool or not, wherein
when the determination unit determines that the extended target shape is to be used as a target when the working device control unit controls the rotation of the working tool, the working device control unit controls the rotation of the working tool about the shaft line based on the distance between the working tool and the control target shape and the extended target shape, and
when the determination unit determines that the extended target shape is not to be used as a target when the working device control unit controls the rotation of the working tool, the working device control unit controls the rotation of the working tool about the shaft line based on the distance between the working tool and the control target shape.

3. The work machine control system according to claim 2 , wherein
the determination unit determines whether the extended target shape will be used as the target when stopping the working tool or not based on overlap between the working tool and the target construction shape, the distance between the working tool and the control target shape corresponding to the target construction shape, an attitude of the working tool, and a manipulation state of the working device.

4. The work machine control system according to claim 3 , wherein
the determination unit sets a magnitude of the overlap when the extended target shape is determined as the target when stopping the working tool to be larger than a magnitude of the overlap when the extended target shape is not determined as the target.

5. The work machine control system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a regulation point position data calculation unit that calculates position data of a regulation point set to the working tool; and
an operation plane calculation unit that calculates an operation plane which passes through the regulation point and is orthogonal to the shaft line, wherein
the target shape calculation unit sets a portion in which the target construction shape and the operation plane cross each other as the control target shape and sets a portion obtained by extending the control target shape in parallel to the control target shape as the extended target shape.

6. A work machine comprising:
an upper swinging body;
a lower traveling body that supports the upper swinging body;
a working device which includes a boom that rotates about a first shaft, an arm that rotates about a second shaft, and a bucket that rotates about a third shaft, the working device being supported on the upper swinging body; and
the work machine control system according to claim 1 , wherein
the working tool is at least one of the bucket, the arm, the boom, and the upper swinging body.

7. The work machine according to claim 6 , wherein
the working tool is the bucket and the shaft line is orthogonal to the third shaft.

8. A work machine control method of controlling a work machine including a working device including a working tool that rotates about a shaft line, comprising:
generating a target construction shape indicating a target shape of a construction target of the work machine;
calculating a control target shape which is a target shape when controlling rotation of the working tool from the target construction shape and calculating an extended target shape obtained by extending the control target shape; and
controlling the rotation of the working tool about the shaft line based on a distance between the working tool and the control target shape and the extended target shape.

Assignees

• Komatsu Mfg Co Ltd

Inventors

• Iwamura Tsutomu
• Yamamoto Yuhei
• Fujii Yuto
• Yokoo Takashi
• Iwasaki Yoshiro

Classifications

• E02F3/369

  Devices to connect parts of a boom or an arm (devices to connect booms or arms to tractors E02F3/627) · CPC title

• E02F9/2267

  Valves or distributors (position of valves arrangements on upper-structures E02F9/0875) · CPC title

• E02F9/2271

  Actuators and supports therefor and protection therefor · CPC title

• E02F9/22

  Hydraulic or pneumatic drives {(for dipper or bucket arm position control E02F3/43, for blade position control for graders E02F3/844; for turntables E02F9/121; for fork-lift trucks B66F9/22)} · CPC title

• E02F9/2296

  Systems with a variable displacement pump · CPC title