Work vehicle and method for controlling work vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12473975-B2
Application number	US-202418675440-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 28, 2024
Priority date	May 29, 2023
Publication date	Nov 18, 2025
Grant date	Nov 18, 2025

Abstract

A work vehicle includes a transmission to shift gears by switching between main transmission gears and auxiliary transmission gears, an input interface for a user to set a value of the main transmission gear corresponding to at least one of the auxiliary transmission gears, a storage to store a correspondence between the auxiliary transmission gear and the value, and a controller configured or programmed to, when the auxiliary transmission gear is switched, set the main transmission gear to the value corresponding to the switched auxiliary transmission gear based on the correspondence.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A work vehicle comprising:
a transmission to shift gears by switching between a plurality of main transmission gears and a plurality of auxiliary transmission gears; a display to present a graphical user interface including a setting screen for a user to set a value of a main transmission gear corresponding to each of the auxiliary transmission gears; a storage to store a correspondence between each of the auxiliary transmission gears and the value of the corresponding main transmission gear; and a controller configured or programmed to, when an auxiliary transmission gear is switched, set a main transmission gear to the value corresponding to the switched auxiliary transmission gear based on the correspondence.

2 . The work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the storage is a non-volatile storage, and the controller is configured or programmed to, when values corresponding to the auxiliary transmission gears are set before the work vehicle is powered off, and after the work vehicle is powered on, when an auxiliary transmission gear is switched, set the main transmission gear to a value that was set before the work vehicle was powered off and corresponds to the switched auxiliary transmission gear.

3 . The work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the setting screen allows selection of whether to set the value for each of the auxiliary transmission gears.

4 . The work vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein
the storage is configured to, when a combination of the auxiliary transmission gear and the main transmission gear is changed, store the changed combination; and the controller is configured or programmed to, when the auxiliary transmission gear is switched to another auxiliary transmission gear for which the value has not been set, switch the main transmission gear to a value of the main transmission gear stored when the work vehicle traveled previously in the another auxiliary transmission gear.

5 . The work vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein the controller is configured or programmed to, when the auxiliary transmission gear is switched to another auxiliary transmission gear that has not been used since the work vehicle is powered on and when a value of the main transmission gear corresponding to the another auxiliary transmission gear is not set, switch the main transmission gear to a main transmission gear such as to realize a reduction ratio closest to that before the auxiliary transmission gear is switched to the another auxiliary transmission gear.

6 . The work vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising a control to be operated by the user; wherein
the controller is configured or programmed to, when the auxiliary transmission gear is switched by an operation of the user using the control, set the main transmission gear to the value corresponding to the switched auxiliary transmission gear.

7 . The work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
a total number of the main transmission gears is 4 or more and 12 or less; and a total number of the auxiliary transmission gears is 2 or more and 6 or less.

8 . A method performed by a computer for controlling a work vehicle including a transmission to shift gears by switching between a plurality of main transmission gears and a plurality of auxiliary transmission gears, the method comprising:
in response to an operation by a user using a graphical user interface including a setting screen presented on a display, setting a value of a main transmission gear corresponding to each of the auxiliary transmission gears; storing a correspondence between each of the auxiliary transmission gears and the value of the corresponding main transmission gear in a storage; and when an auxiliary transmission gear is switched, setting a main transmission gear to the value corresponding to the switched auxiliary transmission gear.

9 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium including a computer program executable to control a work vehicle including a transmission to shift gears by switching between a plurality of main transmission gears and a plurality of auxiliary transmission gears, the computer program causing a computer to execute:
in response to an operation by a user using a graphical user interface including a setting screen presented on a display, setting a value of a main transmission gear corresponding to each of the auxiliary transmission gears; storing a correspondence between each of the auxiliary transmission gears and the value of the corresponding main transmission gear in a storage; and when an auxiliary transmission gear is switched, setting a main transmission gear to the value corresponding to the switched auxiliary transmission gear.

Assignees

• Kubota Kk

Inventors

• Horai Kohei
• Kuroshita Yoshihiko
• KONO Michita

Classifications

• F16H2061/0087

  Adaptive control, e.g. the control parameters adapted by learning · CPC title

• F16H61/68

  specially adapted for stepped gearings · CPC title

• B60K35/22

  Display screens · CPC title

• B60K2360/167

  Vehicle dynamics information · CPC title

• 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