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公开(公告)号:US09858819B2
公开(公告)日:2018-01-02
申请号:US15014917
申请日:2016-02-03
Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
Inventor: Dean G. Povey , Michael Siemer
IPC: G08G1/16 , G08G1/0965
CPC classification number: G08G1/164 , G05D1/0289 , G05D2201/0202 , G05D2201/021 , G08G1/0965 , G08G1/163 , G08G1/166
Abstract: A traffic control system is disclosed as having a locating device configured to generate a location signal indicative of a location of each of a plurality of machines. The traffic control system may also have an onboard controller configured to regulate operation of the plurality of machines based on the location signal, a communication device, and a worksite controller. The worksite controller may be configured to determine a first route for a first of the plurality of machines, and to determine if a first lane of the first route is blocked by a second of the plurality of machines. The worksite controller may also be configured to determine if a second lane of the first route intersects with a second route of the second of the plurality of machines, and to selectively grant permission for travel of the first of the plurality of machines through the second lane.
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公开(公告)号:US09842501B2
公开(公告)日:2017-12-12
申请号:US14894959
申请日:2015-08-31
Applicant: Komatsu Ltd.
Inventor: Kenta Osagawa
CPC classification number: G08G1/163 , G05D1/0289 , G05D2201/021 , G08B29/185 , G08G1/166
Abstract: A mine management system includes generating unmanned vehicle traveling data including a target traveling route of an unmanned vehicle, acquiring unmanned vehicle current situation data at first time point, acquiring manned vehicle current situation data at the first time point, estimating a range in which the unmanned vehicle may be present at second time point based on the unmanned vehicle traveling data and the unmanned vehicle current situation data, estimating a position where a manned vehicle may be present at the second time point based on the manned vehicle current situation data, and deriving a risk level indicating a possibility of collision between the manned vehicle and the unmanned vehicle corresponding to the second time point at the first time point per position where the manned vehicle may be present based on estimation results of estimating the unmanned vehicle existence range and the manned vehicle existence position.
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公开(公告)号:US20170351264A1
公开(公告)日:2017-12-07
申请号:US15538412
申请日:2015-12-16
Applicant: SANDVIK MINING AND CONSTRUCTION OY
Inventor: Jarkko RUOKOJARVI , Antti LEHTINEN , Janne KALLIO
IPC: G05D1/02
CPC classification number: G05D1/0246 , E21F17/18 , F16P3/142 , G05D1/0287 , G05D2201/021
Abstract: A system for zone passage control for a zone of an autonomously operating mobile object includes at least a set of detection units to detect at least one mobile object entering and/or exiting the zone, a set of identification units arranged to identify the mobile object entering and/or exiting the zone, and a central controller being arranged in operational connection with the set of the detection units and with the set of the identification units. An admissibility level for a mobile object to enter the zone is determined and a control signal to stop at least one autonomously operating mobile object existing in the zone is provided in response to the determined admissibility level being negative for the mobile object entered the zone.
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公开(公告)号:US09836061B2
公开(公告)日:2017-12-05
申请号:US15106902
申请日:2013-12-27
Applicant: Komatsu Ltd.
Inventor: Masanori Tojima , Mitsuhiro Ryuman
CPC classification number: G05D1/027 , G01S13/06 , G01S19/48 , G05D1/0261 , G05D2201/021
Abstract: A managing method of a mining machine includes: detecting a position of a landmark; and extending a first distance when a position of the landmark obtained in advance is present within a range of a second distance in a travel direction of the mining machine from a position, as a reference, where the mining machine reaches when the mining machine travels the first distance after the mining machine starts traveling by the dead reckoning navigation, when the mining machine travels in an unmanned state in a mine in which a plurality of the landmarks is located, the mining machine travels based on a detected self position and uses the dead reckoning navigation while correcting a current position of the mining machine based on a position of the landmark obtained in advance and a detected position of the landmark when the self position cannot be detected.
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公开(公告)号:US20170314381A1
公开(公告)日:2017-11-02
申请号:US15142809
申请日:2016-04-29
Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
Inventor: Nicolas François-Xavier Christophe Vandapel , Nicholas Chan , Michael Karl Wilhelm Happold , Syed Waqas Hassan Tirmizi
CPC classification number: G05D1/0088 , G01C11/12 , G01S13/931 , G01S2013/9332 , G01S2013/9364 , G01S2013/9367 , G05D1/0246 , G05D2201/021
Abstract: A control system for a machine including a perception system comprising at least one sensor disposed on the machine and generating data signals pertaining to the machine and an environment associated with the machine and a controller communicably coupled to the perception system for receiving the data signals from the at least one sensor and determining from the data signals terrain features associated with the work site and presence of one or more objects on the work site or the machine, determining geometry of the at least one sensor, location of the at least one sensor on the machine, generating a field of view for the at least one sensor, estimating cast shadow for at least one object of the one or more objects based on the geometry and location of the at least one sensor and comparing the field of view with the cast shadow to determine sensor blockage.
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公开(公告)号:US20170220044A1
公开(公告)日:2017-08-03
申请号:US15126446
申请日:2016-02-01
Applicant: Komatsu Ltd.
Inventor: Atsushi Sakai , Masanori Minagawa , Daisuke Tanaka , Mitsuhiro Ryuman , Yosuke Kadono
IPC: G05D1/02
CPC classification number: G05D1/0274 , G05D1/0219 , G05D2201/0202 , G05D2201/021
Abstract: A work machine control system is configured to control a work machine that travels on a travel route and includes a position detection unit, a non-contact sensor, and a control unit. The position detection unit detects a position of the work machine. The non-contact sensor detects a position of an object around the work machine. The control unit extracts information on an object to be detected from a detection result of the position detection unit and a detection result of the non-contact sensor, and excludes the information on an object to be detected inside a mask region that is set so as to include a terrain change portion that is a portion in which a terrain changes by use of a machine among portions around the travel route.
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公开(公告)号:US20170220042A1
公开(公告)日:2017-08-03
申请号:US15124890
申请日:2016-02-01
Applicant: Komatsu Ltd.
Inventor: Atsushi Sakai , Masanori Minagawa , Daisuke Tanaka , Mitsuhiro Ryuman , Yosuke Kadono
CPC classification number: G05D1/0212 , E21C41/00 , E21F13/00 , G05D1/0088 , G05D1/0231 , G05D1/024 , G05D1/0257 , G05D1/027 , G05D1/0274 , G05D1/0278 , G05D2201/021
Abstract: A work machine control system is configured to control a work machine that travels in an operation region and includes a position detection unit, a non-contact sensor, and a control unit. The position detection unit detects a position of the work machine. The non-contact sensor detects a position of an object around the work machine. The control unit extracts information on an object to be detected from a detection result of the position detection unit and a detection result of the non-contact sensor, and excludes moving object information that is information on an object to be detected regarding a moving object that moves in the operation region.
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公开(公告)号:US09672743B2
公开(公告)日:2017-06-06
申请号:US14364270
申请日:2013-09-11
Applicant: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
Inventor: Tomoyuki Hamada , Kazuhiro Sugawara , Katsuaki Tanaka , Masaki Kanai
CPC classification number: G08G1/164 , G05D1/0297 , G05D2201/021 , G08G1/166
Abstract: A traffic control system for allowing vehicles to travel unattended while maintaining their inter-vehicular distances without interfering with each other includes an onboard control apparatus mounted on the vehicles; and a traffic control apparatus which divides tracks for multiple vehicles into a plurality of sections and performs a blocking control to assign non-overlapping travelable sections to the multiple vehicles as a permitted travel section. The onboard control apparatus sets a travel permission request starting distance that is longer than a stoppable distance on the basis of the current speed of the vehicle and repeatedly transmits a travel permission request and current position information to the traffic control apparatus until the next travel permission is obtained when the remaining length of the permitted travel section has become shorter than the travel permission request starting distance in the advancing direction of the vehicle.
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公开(公告)号:US20170122741A1
公开(公告)日:2017-05-04
申请号:US15123039
申请日:2015-10-30
Applicant: Komatsu Ltd.
Inventor: Atsushi Sakai , Mitsuhiro Ryuman , Masanori Tojima , Akiharu Nishijima
CPC classification number: G01C21/005 , B60P1/04 , G01C21/16 , G01S13/86 , G01S13/865 , G01S13/931 , G01S17/89 , G01S17/936 , G01S19/45 , G01S19/46 , G01S2013/9367 , G01S2013/9375 , G01S2013/9389 , G05D1/024 , G05D1/0257 , G05D1/027 , G05D1/0274 , G05D1/0276 , G05D2201/0202 , G05D2201/021 , G08G1/16 , G08G1/166
Abstract: A construction machine control system for a construction machine that travels along a travel route, includes: a position detection unit that detects a position of the construction machine; a determination unit that determines whether an error in the position detected by the position detection unit is equal to or smaller than a predetermined error; a non-contact sensor that detects a position of an object around the construction machine; and a map information storage unit that extracts a detection result related to a vertical projection that protrudes vertically from a detection result of the non-contact sensor and stores the extracted detection result related to the vertical projection as map information when the determination unit determines that the error in the position detected by the position detection unit is equal to or smaller than the predetermined error.
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公开(公告)号:US09598843B2
公开(公告)日:2017-03-21
申请号:US14571728
申请日:2014-12-16
Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
Inventor: Mo Wei , Michael Taylor , Thandava Edara
CPC classification number: E02F9/261 , E02F9/205 , E02F9/2054 , G05D1/0214 , G05D2201/021
Abstract: Automated excavating uses automated dozers and other earthmoving equipment to move material at a worksite. When such equipment is required to avoid a temporary obstruction, traverse between work slots, or traverse between work areas, a controller uses information from real-time sensors and contour maps to determine a new route to the destination. The controller also determines in real time whether the proposed route will keep the equipment on terrain with slopes that do not exceed a slope limit set for the mobile excavation machine. If not, the controller re-routes the machine to a new path over terrain with acceptable slopes.
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