Work machine parameter selection device and parameter recommendation system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12384351-B2
Application number	US-202318841745-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 15, 2023
Priority date	Feb 28, 2022
Publication date	Aug 12, 2025
Grant date	Aug 12, 2025

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a parameter selection device for a work machine that enables the work machine to efficiently travel at a work site where a travel route or a slope changes from moment to moment. The parameter selection device includes a parameter selection section. The parameter selection section calculates an average loaded travel distance per cycle, a travel ratio for each slope in loaded travel, and a virtual travel distance for each slope per cycle of the work machine (processing P 1 -P 3 ). Further, the parameter selection section calculates a predicted fuel consumption amount for each slope per cycle, a travel time for each slope per cycle, a predicted fuel consumption amount per unit load weight, and a predicted production amount per cycle (processing P 4 -P 8 ). Then, the parameter selection section selects a recommended parameter set, based on the predicted fuel consumption amount and the predicted production amount per cycle for each parameter set (processing P 9 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A parameter selection device that selects a recommended parameter set for an engine based on travel history data including travel date and time, slopes of a travel route, a travel speed, a weight of a load, parameter sets for control of the engine, and a fuel consumption amount per unit time of a work machine, the parameter selection device comprising a parameter selection section, the parameter selection section being configured to:
calculate an average loaded travel distance per one cycle based on the travel history data, the one cycle being set as a cycle in which the work machine is loaded with a load, performs loaded travel after being loaded with the load, unloads the load after the loaded travel, travels with no load after unloading the load, and is then reloaded with the load;
calculate, based on the travel history data, a travel ratio for each slope as a ratio of an accumulated travel distance for each of the slopes relative to a total travel distance of the work machine in the loaded travel;
calculate a virtual travel distance for each slope per the one cycle by multiplying the average loaded travel distance by the travel ratio for each slope;
calculate, based on the travel history data, an average fuel consumption amount for each slope as an average value of the fuel consumption amount and an average speed for each slope as an average value of the travel speed, for each of the slopes in the loaded travel of the work machine;
calculate a predicted fuel consumption amount for each slope per the one cycle by multiplying an average fuel efficiency for each slope, which is obtained by dividing the average fuel consumption amount for each slope by the average speed for each slope, by the virtual travel distance for each slope;
calculate a travel time for each slope per the one cycle by dividing the virtual travel distance for each slope by the average speed for each slope;
calculate, based on the travel history data, a predicted fuel consumption amount per unit load weight by dividing a predicted fuel consumption amount per the one cycle as a total of the predicted fuel consumption amount for each slope by a defined load weight of the work machine, for each of the parameter sets;
calculate, based on the travel history data, a predicted production amount per the one cycle by dividing the defined load weight by a virtual travel time per the one cycle as a total of the travel time for each slope, for each of the parameter sets; and
select the recommended parameter set, based on the predicted fuel consumption amount and the predicted production amount per the one cycle for each of the parameter sets.

2. A parameter recommendation system comprising the parameter selection device according to claim 1 and a control device mounted on the work machine,
wherein
the control device comprises:
an engine control section that controls the engine based on the parameter sets;
a travel record acquiring section that acquires the travel history data based on detection results from a sensor mounted on the work machine; and
a travel record transmitting section that transmits the travel history data input from the travel record acquiring section to the parameter selection device via a communication device mounted on the work machine.

3. The parameter recommendation system according to claim 2 , further comprising a user terminal communicatably connected to the parameter selection device, wherein
the parameter selection device transmits the recommended parameter set to the user terminal, and
the user terminal includes a display section that displays the recommended parameter set received from the parameter selection device.

4. The parameter recommendation system according to claim 2 , wherein
the parameter selection device transmits the recommended parameter set to the work machine, and
the engine control section controls the engine based on the recommended parameter set received from the parameter selection device via the communication device.

Assignees

• Hitachi Construction Mach Co

Inventors

• Sato Jumpei
• EJIRI Kouichirou
• Oono Kazuhiro
• Yada Tomoki

Classifications

• B60W2710/06

  Combustion engines, Gas turbines · CPC title

• B60W2530/10

  Weight · CPC title

• B60W2520/10

  Longitudinal speed · CPC title

• B60W2300/12

  Trucks; Load vehicles · CPC title

• B60W30/1882

  characterised by the working point of the engine, e.g. by using engine output chart · CPC title