Travel support system, travel support method, and work vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10231374-B2
Application number	US-201615385769-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 20, 2016
Priority date	Jun 23, 2016
Publication date	Mar 19, 2019
Grant date	Mar 19, 2019

Abstract

A travel support system for a work vehicle including a vehicle body and a work device provided on the vehicle body includes a first calculator to calculate a vehicle body occupied area including the vehicle body in a plan view. A second calculator is to calculate a work device occupied area including the work device in the plan view. A third calculator is to calculate a work vehicle occupied area including the work vehicle in the plan view, the work vehicle occupied area including the vehicle body occupied area and the work device occupied area. A position calculator is to calculate a position of the work vehicle in a work field based on positioning data. A controller is to control the work vehicle to move in the work field based on the position of the work vehicle and the work vehicle occupied area.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A travel support system for a work vehicle including a vehicle body and a work device provided on the vehicle body, comprising:
a first calculator to calculate a vehicle body occupied area including the vehicle body in a plan view;
a second calculator to calculate a work device occupied area including the work device in the plan view;
a third calculator to calculate a work vehicle occupied area including the work vehicle in the plan view, the work vehicle occupied area including the vehicle body occupied area and the work device occupied area;
a position calculator to calculate a position of the work vehicle in a work field based on positioning data; and
a controller to control the work vehicle to move in the work field based on the position of the work vehicle and the work vehicle occupied area.

2. The travel support system according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to manage obstruction information including a position and a size of an obstruction in the work field.

3. The travel support system according to claim 1 , wherein a size of the work vehicle occupied area changes in accordance with a travel state of the work vehicle.

4. The travel support system according to claim 3 , wherein a size of the work vehicle occupied area changes in accordance with a vehicle speed of the work vehicle.

5. The travel support system according to claim 1 , wherein the work vehicle occupied area reduces or disappears at least while the work vehicle travels around the obstruction, when a ground height of an obstruction in the work field is lower than a ground height of the work device.

6. The travel support system according to claim 1 , wherein the work vehicle occupied area changes in accordance with the ground height changed by the lifting mechanism when the vehicle body is equipped with the work device via a lifting mechanism to control a ground height of the work device.

7. The travel support system according to claim 1 , wherein a size of the vehicle body occupied area and a size of the work device occupied area are separately settable.

8. The travel support system according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to determine a possibility of interference between an obstruction in the work field and each of the vehicle body and the work device.

9. A work vehicle comprising:
a vehicle body;
a work device provided on the vehicle body;
a first calculator to calculate a vehicle body occupied area including the vehicle body in a plan view;
a second calculator to calculate a work device occupied area including the work device in the plan view;
a third calculator to calculate a work vehicle occupied area including the work vehicle in the plan view, the work vehicle occupied area including the vehicle body occupied area and the work device occupied area;
a position calculator to calculate a position of the work vehicle in a work field based on positioning data; and
a controller to control the work vehicle to move in the work field based on the position of the work vehicle and the work vehicle occupied area.

10. A travel support method for a work vehicle, comprising:
calculating a vehicle body occupied area including a vehicle body of the work vehicle in a plan view;
calculating a work device occupied area including a work device of the work vehicle in the plan view;
calculating a work vehicle occupied area including the work vehicle in the plan view, the work vehicle occupied area including the vehicle body occupied area and the work device occupied area;
calculating a position of the work vehicle in a work field based on positioning data; and
controlling the work vehicle to move in the work field based on the position of the work vehicle and the work vehicle occupied area.

Assignees

• Kubota Kk

Inventors

• Sakaguchi Kazuo
• Uoya Yasuhisa
• Morishita Takafumi
• Yamaguchi Kotaro
• Suga Hiroki
• Suzukawa Megumi

Classifications

• G01S19/14

  specially adapted for specific applications · CPC title

• A01B69/008 Primary

  automatic · CPC title

• G05D1/0214

  in accordance with safety or protection criteria, e.g. avoiding hazardous areas (monitoring the location of vehicles within a certain area, e.g. forbidden or allowed areas, in traffic control systems for road vehicles G08G1/13) · CPC title