Work vehicle coordinating system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9526199-B2
Application number	US-201514893368-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 13, 2015
Priority date	Jul 29, 2014
Publication date	Dec 27, 2016
Grant date	Dec 27, 2016

Abstract

A work vehicle coordinating system includes a main vehicle position detection module for detecting a position of a main work vehicle, a sub vehicle position detection module for detecting a position of a sub work vehicle, a central work land path calculation section for calculating a central work land traveling path to be used by the sub work vehicle in an unmanned steered work traveling in a central work land, a first steering control section for unmanned-steering the sub work vehicle ahead of the main work vehicle based on the position of the sub work vehicle detected by the sub vehicle position detection module and the central work land traveling path, a headland path calculation section for calculating a headland traveling path, and a second steering control section for unmanned-steering the sub work vehicle to follow the main work vehicle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A work vehicle coordinating system for carrying out a ground work in a central work land and a headland extending around the central work land by an unmanned steerable sub work vehicle and a man-steered main work vehicle in cooperation with each other, the system comprising:
a main vehicle position detection module for detecting a position of the main work vehicle;
a sub vehicle position detection module for detecting a position of the sub work vehicle;
a central work land path calculation section for calculating a central work land traveling path to be used by the sub work vehicle in an unmanned steered work traveling in the central work land;
a first steering control section for unmanned-steering the sub work vehicle ahead of the main work vehicle based on the position of the sub work vehicle detected by the sub vehicle position detection module and the central work land traveling path;
a headland path calculation section for calculating a headland traveling path to be used for unmanned steered traveling of the sub work vehicle based on a traveling path of the main work vehicle in the headland; and
a second steering control section for unmanned-steering the sub work vehicle to follow the main work vehicle based on the position of the sub work vehicle detected by the sub vehicle position detection section and the headland traveling path.

2. The work vehicle coordinating system according to claim 1 , further comprising a work land contour calculation module configured to calculate a contour of the work land through a teaching travel;
wherein the central work land path calculation section calculates the central work land traveling path, based on the work land contour calculated by the work land contour calculation module.

3. The work vehicle coordinating system according to claim wherein the work land contour calculation module is mounted on the sub work vehicle.

4. The work vehicle coordinating system according to claim 1 , wherein the central work land path calculation section and the headland path calculation section are mounted on the sub work vehicle; and
traveling data indicating a work traveling track of the main work vehicle in the headland is transmitted from the main work vehicle to the sub work vehicle.

5. The work vehicle coordinating system according to claim 1 , further comprising a sub work vehicle implement remote control module mounted on the main work vehicle for remotely controlling an operation of a ground work implement mounted on the sub work vehicle.

Assignees

• Kubota Kk

Inventors

• Matsuzaki Yushi
• Shinkai Atsushi
• Uoya Yasuhisa

Classifications

• G05D1/0278

  using satellite positioning signals, e.g. GPS · CPC title

• A01B69/00 Primary

  Steering of agricultural machines or implements; Guiding agricultural machines or implements on a desired track · CPC title

• G05D2201/0201

  Physics · mapped topic

• G05D1/0291 Primary

  Fleet control (monitoring fleets in traffic control systems for road vehicles G08G1/127, G08G1/127) · CPC title

• G05D1/02

  Control of position or course in two dimensions · CPC title