Conveyance machine and management system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016237820-A1
Application number	US-201415024524-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 30, 2014
Priority date	Sep 30, 2013
Publication date	Aug 18, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A conveyance machine that conveys a load, the conveyance machine includes: a traveling unit; a vehicle body arranged above the traveling unit; a vessel provided on the vehicle body; a first detecting unit that detects a loading machine that loads a load on the vessel; and a processing unit that adjusts a position of the vessel according to a detected result of the first detecting unit so as the vessel to be positioned at a loading point where the loading machine performs loading.

First claim

1 . A conveyance machine that conveys a load, the conveyance machine comprising:
a traveling unit; a vehicle body arranged above the traveling unit; a vessel provided on the vehicle body; a first detecting unit that detects a loading machine that loads a load on the vessel; and a processing unit that adjusts a position of the vessel according to a detected result of the first detecting unit so as the vessel to be positioned at a loading point where the loading machine performs loading.

2 . The conveyance machine according to claim 1 , wherein the processing unit controls the traveling unit to adjust the position of the vessel.

3 . The conveyance machine according to claim 1 , further comprising
a supporting device that supports the vessel in a manner movable to the vehicle body, wherein the processing unit controls the supporting device to adjust the position of the vessel.

4 . The conveyance machine according to claim 1 , further comprising
a load detecting unit that detects a condition of a load on the vessel, wherein the processing unit adjusts the position of the vessel to the loading machine according to a detected result of the load detecting unit.

5 . The conveyance machine according to claim 1 configured to convey the load in a mine tunnel, the conveyance machine further comprising
a second detecting unit that detects the mine tunnel, wherein
the processing unit controls the traveling unit in the mine tunnel leading to a target point according to a detected result of the second detecting unit so as the vessel to be positioned at the target point.

6 . A conveyance machine that conveys a load in a mine tunnel, the conveyance machine comprising:
a traveling unit; a vehicle body arranged above the traveling unit; a vessel provided on the vehicle body; a second detecting unit that detects the mine tunnel; and a processing unit that controls the traveling unit in the mine tunnel leading to a target point according to a detected result of the second detecting unit so as the vessel to be positioned at the target point.

7 . The conveyance machine according to claim 6 , wherein
the second detecting unit detects a relative position to a wall of the mine tunnel, and the processing unit controls the traveling unit according to a detected result of the second detecting unit so as the traveling unit to travel along the wall.

8 . The conveyance machine according to claim 6 , wherein
the second detecting unit detects the wall of the mine tunnel, and the conveyance machine further comprises a storing unit that stores information on the wall of the mine tunnel, and the processing unit controls the traveling unit in the mine tunnel according to a result of detecting the wall of the mine tunnel by the second detecting unit and the information stored in the storing unit.

9 . The conveyance machine according to claim 6 , wherein
the second detecting unit detects a mark provided in the mine tunnel, and the processing unit controls the traveling unit in the mine tunnel according to a result of detecting the mark by the second detecting unit.

10 . The conveyance machine according to claim 8 , further comprising
a relative position detecting unit that detects a relative position to a reference point by dead reckoning, wherein the processing unit corrects a detected result of the relative position detecting unit according to information on an absolute position in the mine tunnel obtained from a detected result of the second detecting unit.

11 . The conveyance machine according to claim 6 , wherein
the target point includes one or both of a loading point where a load is loaded on the vessel and a load dumping point where a load is dumped from the vessel.

12 . A management system comprising:
a position detecting unit that detects a relative position between a conveyance machine that can travel in a mine tunnel and a loading machine that loads a load on a vessel of the conveyance machine; and a processing unit that adjusts a position of the vessel according to a detected result of the position detecting unit so as the vessel to be positioned at a loading point where the loading machine performs loading.

13 . (canceled)

14 . The conveyance machine according to claim 9 , further comprising
a relative position detecting unit that detects a relative position to a reference point by dead reckoning, wherein the processing unit corrects a detected result of the relative position detecting unit according to information on an absolute position in the mine tunnel obtained from a detected result of the second detecting unit.

15 . The conveyance machine according to claim 5 , wherein
the second detecting unit detects a relative position to a wall of the mine tunnel, and the processing unit controls the traveling unit according to a detected result of the second detecting unit so as the traveling unit to travel along the wall.

16 . The conveyance machine according to claim 5 , wherein
the second detecting unit detects the wall of the mine tunnel, and the conveyance machine further comprises a storing unit that stores information on the wall of the mine tunnel, and the processing unit controls the traveling unit in the mine tunnel according to a result of detecting the wall of the mine tunnel by the second detecting unit and the information stored in the storing unit.

17 . The conveyance machine according to claim 5 , wherein
the second detecting unit detects a mark provided in the mine tunnel, and the processing unit controls the traveling unit in the mine tunnel according to a result of detecting the mark by the second detecting unit.

18 . The conveyance machine according to claim 16 , further comprising
a relative position detecting unit that detects a relative position to a reference point by dead reckoning, wherein the processing unit corrects a detected result of the relative position detecting unit according to information on an absolute position in the mine tunnel obtained from a detected result of the second detecting unit.

19 . The conveyance machine according to claim 5 , wherein
the target point includes one or both of a loading point where a load is loaded on the vessel and a load dumping point where a load is dumped from the vessel.

20 . The conveyance machine according to claim 17 , further comprising
a relative position detecting unit that detects a relative position to a reference point by dead reckoning, wherein the processing unit corrects a detected result of the relative position detecting unit according to information on an absolute position in the mine tunnel obtained from a detected result of the second detecting unit.

Assignees

• Komatsu Mfg Co Ltd
• Univ Tokyo

Inventors

• Kodama Yuichi
• Uetake Masaaki
• Kawai Kazunari
• Terada Shinichi
• Fukui Rui

Classifications

• E21F13/02

  {Transport of mined mineral} in galleries · CPC title

• B60P1/04

  with a tipping movement of load-transporting element (dredgers or soil-shifting machines E02F3/00) · CPC title

• B60P1/32

  the other movement being lateral displacement · CPC title

• B65G67/04

  Loading land vehicles {(loading or unloading boats to or from land vehicles B60P3/10)} · CPC title

• E21F13/025 Primary

  Shuttle cars · CPC title