Traveling work machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11809188-B2
Application number	US-201917295902-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 6, 2019
Priority date	Dec 20, 2018
Publication date	Nov 7, 2023
Grant date	Nov 7, 2023

Abstract

A traveling work machine includes a position detector capable of obtaining position information of a machine body based on a positioning signal from a navigation satellite, an end determiner capable of determining the end of each of a plurality of instances of work travel, a start position calculator capable of calculating start positions Ls and Ls 2 , and a display capable of displaying information pertaining to the turning travel. When the end determiner determines the end of the work travel, the start position calculator calculates, based on the position information, the start position Ls 2 on one of the left and right with respect to the travel direction of the machine body during the work travel, and the display displays guidance information guiding the turning travel to the start position Ls 2.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A traveling work machine that alternately and repeatedly performs a plurality of instances of work travel, in which a working device performs work while the traveling work machine automatically travels in a field along a pre-set target heading, and turning travel, in which the traveling work machine moves from an end position of the work travel to a start position of next work travel in an unworked portion of the field while switching to a direction opposite from the travel direction of the work travel, the traveling work machine comprising:
a position detector to obtain position information of a machine body based on a positioning signal of a navigation satellite;
a controller configured or programmed to function as:
an end determiner to determine an end of each of a plurality of instances of the work travel; and
a start position calculator to calculate the start position;

a display to display information pertaining to the turning travel; and
a maneuvering tool through which a maneuvering operation of the machine body is able to be performed by a human; wherein
when the end determiner determines the end of the work travel, the start position calculator calculates, based on the position information, the start position to be on one of a left and a right of a travel direction of the machine body in the work travel, and the display displays guidance information guiding the turning travel to the start position;
a map screen displaying the machine body and surroundings of the machine body is included in the guidance information; and
when, in the turning travel, the maneuvering tool is operated in a turn direction to a side opposite from the side on which the start position calculator has calculated the start position, the start position calculator re-calculates the start position in a turn direction on the side to which the maneuvering tool has been operated, and the display re-displays the start position further in the turn direction on the side to which the maneuvering tool has been operated than the machine body in the map screen.

2. The traveling work machine according to claim 1 , wherein
the start position calculator calculates the start position based on a separation distance between a position where a previous instance of the turning travel started and a position where the previous instance of the turning travel ended; and
the display displays, in the guidance information, the start position calculated based on the separation distance.

3. The traveling work machine according to claim 1 , wherein
when, for a previous instance of the turning travel, the start position has been calculated in a turn direction in one of a left or a right side relative to the travel direction, the start position calculator calculates, for a current instance of the turning travel, the start position in a turn direction in an other of the left or the right side relative to the travel direction, and the display displays the start position further toward the other of the left and the right sides than the machine body in the map screen.

4. The traveling work machine according to claim 3 , wherein the display displays a turning route of the turning travel in the map screen.

5. A traveling work machine that alternately and repeatedly performs a plurality of instances of work travel, in which a working device performs work while the traveling work machine automatically travels in a field along a pre-set target heading, and turning travel, in which the traveling work machine moves from an end position of the work travel to a start position of next work travel in an unworked portion of the field while switching to a direction opposite from the travel direction of the work travel, the traveling work machine comprising:
a position detector to obtain position information of a machine body based on a positioning signal of a navigation satellite;
a storage to store the position information;
a controller configured or programmed to function as:
an end determiner to determine an end of each of a plurality of instances of the work travel; and
a distance calculator to calculate a separation distance between the position information stored in the storage and the position information based on a current position of the machine body; and

a display to display information pertaining to the turning travel; wherein
when the end determiner determines the end of the work travel, the distance calculator calculates the separation distance using work travel position information as the position information stored in the storage, the work travel position information being the position information based on the work travel for which the end determiner has determined the end, and the display is configured to display the work travel position information and the separation distance.

6. The traveling work machine according to claim 5 , wherein
the display displays the machine body and surroundings of the machine body as a map screen; and
the work travel position information is displayed in the map screen as a line following the target heading.

7. The traveling work machine according to claim 5 , wherein the display displays a distance of a component of the separation distance that is perpendicular to the target heading.

8. The traveling work machine according to claim 5 , wherein the distance calculator calculates the separation distance using the position information from a time when the end determiner determines the end of the work travel.

9. The traveling work machine according to claim 5 , wherein the display starts displaying the separation distance after the turning travel has started.

10. The traveling work machine according to claim 9 , wherein the display ends the display of the separation distance after the turning travel has ended.

Assignees

• Kubota Kk

Inventors

• TAKASE Shunya
• Suga Hiroki
• Matsuda Koji
• Miyashita Shunsuke

Classifications

• B60K35/28

  characterised by the type of the output information, e.g. video entertainment or vehicle dynamics information; characterised by the purpose of the output information, e.g. for attracting the attention of the driver · CPC title

• B60K35/10

  Input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor · CPC title

• B60K35/22

  Display screens · CPC title

• G05D1/0212 Primary

  with means for defining a desired trajectory (involving a plurality of land vehicles G05D1/0287) · CPC title

• A01B69/008 Primary

  automatic · CPC title