Control system for work vehicle, control method, and work vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10364546-B2
Application number	US-201615118238-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 17, 2016
Priority date	Mar 17, 2016
Publication date	Jul 30, 2019
Grant date	Jul 30, 2019

Abstract

A distance obtaining unit obtains the distance between a work implement and a design terrain. A work aspect determining unit determines a work aspect by the work implement. A limit velocity deciding unit limits the velocity of the work implement when the distance between the work implement and the design terrain becomes smaller. When the work aspect is surface compaction work and the distance between the work implement and the design terrain is within a first range of at least a portion that is equal to or less than a predetermined first distance, the limit velocity deciding unit increases the limit velocity of the work implement in comparison to when the work aspect is an aspect of a work other than surface compaction, or cancels the limiting of the velocity of the work implement.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A control system for a work vehicle including a work implement, the control system comprising:
an operating device configured to receive operations from an operator for driving the work implement and to output an operation signal in accordance with an operation amount of the operating device; and
a controller programmed to control the work implement based on the operation signal, the controller including
a storage unit for storing construction information defining a design terrain which represents a target shape of a work object;
a distance obtaining unit for obtaining a distance between the work implement and the design terrain;
a work aspect determining unit for determining whether or not a work aspect by the work implement is a surface compaction work based on the operation signal; and
a limit velocity deciding unit that executes a normal velocity limit control for limiting a velocity of the work implement to a limit velocity when the distance is equal to or smaller than a first distance and the work aspect is not the surface compaction work,

the limit velocity deciding unit executing a surface compaction control instead of the normal velocity limit control when the work aspect is the surface compaction work and the distance is within a first range, a largest distance of the first range being the first distance, the surface compaction control being executed such that the limit velocity of the work implement is larger than during the normal velocity control within the first range.

2. The control system for the work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
when the surface compaction control is executed while the distance is within a range from the first distance to a second distance smaller than the first distance, the limit velocity deciding unit makes the limit velocity constant with respect to the distance.

3. The control system for the work vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein
when the surface compaction control is executed while the distance is within a range from the second distance to a third distance smaller than the second distance, the limit velocity deciding unit reduces the limit velocity in correspondence to a reduction in the distance.

4. The control system for the work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
when the distance is within a second range of distances spanning from a lower limit of the first range to zero, the limit velocity during the surface compaction control is the same as the limit velocity during the normal velocity limit control.

5. The control system for the work vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein
the first range is wider than the second range.

6. The control system for the work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
when the distance is zero and the work aspect is the surface compaction work, the limit velocity is zero.

7. The control system for the work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the work aspect determining unit determines that the work aspect is the surface compaction work when a determination condition of the surface compaction work is satisfied, the determination condition including a condition in which a ratio is smaller than a predetermined threshold, the ratio being calculated by subjecting the operation amount of the operating device to a low-pass filter treatment and dividing a result of the low-pass filter treatment by the operation amount of the operating device.

8. The control system for the work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the storage unit stores
a first limit velocity information which represents a relationship between the distance and the limit velocity when the work aspect is the surface compaction work, and
a second limit velocity information which represents a relationship between the distance and the limit velocity when the work aspect is not the surface compaction work, and

the limit velocity deciding unit decides the limit velocity on the basis of the first limit velocity information when the work aspect is the surface compaction work,
the limit velocity deciding unit decides the limit velocity on the basis of the second limit velocity information when the work aspect is not the surface compaction work, and
the limit velocity when the distance is within the first range according to the first limit velocity information is greater than the limit velocity when the distance is within the first range according to the second limit velocity information.

9. The control system for the work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the work aspect determining unit is further configured to determine whether a leveling determination condition for determining that the work by the work implement is leveling work is satisfied,
the limit velocity deciding unit decides to execute a leveling control for controlling the work implement so that the work implement moves along the design terrain when the leveling determination condition is satisfied, and
the limit velocity deciding unit maintains the surface compaction control when the leveling determination condition is satisfied while the surface compaction control is being executed.

10. A control method for a work vehicle including a work implement and a controller, the method comprising using the controller to execute:
a step for obtaining distance information which indicates a distance between the work implement and a design terrain which represents a target shape of a work object;
a step of receiving an operation signal in accordance with an operation amount of an operating device;
a step for determining whether a work aspect by the work implement is a surface compaction work based on the operation signal;
a step for outputting a command signal to limit a velocity of the work implement to a normal limit velocity in response to a reduction in the distance when the distance is smaller than a first distance and the work aspect is not the surface compaction work; and
a step for outputting the command signal to limit the velocity of the work implement to a limit velocity larger than the normal limit velocity when the work aspect is the surface compaction work and the distance is within a predetermined first range, a largest distance of the first range being the first distance.

11. A work vehicle comprising:
a work implement;
an operating device configured to receive operations from an operator for driving the work implement and to output an operation signal in accordance with an operation amount of the operating device; and
a work implement control unit for controlling the work implement,
the work implement control unit
determining whether or not a work aspect by the work implement is a surface compaction work based on the operation signal,
executing a normal velocity limit control of the work implement so that a velocity of the work implement becomes smaller as a distance between the work implement and a design terrain which represents a target shape of a work object becomes smaller when the distance is equal to or smaller than a first distance and a work aspect of the work implement is not the surface compaction work, and
executing a surface compaction control of the work implement so that the velocity of the work implement increases in comparison to the normal velocity limit control when the work aspect is the surface compaction work and the distance is within a first range, a largest distance of the first range being the first distance.

Assignees

• Komatsu Mfg Co Ltd

Inventors

• Shimano Yuki
• Nakagawa Tomohiro
• Ichihara Masashi
• Kitajima Jin

Classifications

• E02F9/265

  with follow-up actions (e.g. control signals sent to actuate the work tool) · CPC title

• E02F3/32

  working downwardly and towards the machine, e.g. with backhoes · CPC title

• E02F9/2033

  Limiting the movement of frames or implements, e.g. to avoid collision between implements and the cabin (sub-groups of E02F3/431 of E02F3/435 take precedence; for turntables E02F9/123) · CPC title

• E02F3/967

  of compacting-type tools (compacting tools in combination with special-purpose dredges or soil-shifting machines E02F5/30) · CPC title

• E02F9/262

  with follow-up actions to control the work tool, e.g. controller · CPC title