# US 11,299,869 B2 · Loading amount accumulation device and loading amount accumulation system

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- Number: US 11,299,869 B2
- Document ID: US11299869B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/491,005
- Filed: 2017-10-27
- Published: 2020-01-09
- Granted: 2022-04-12
- Earliest claimed: 2017-10-27
- Assignees: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Kunitsugu Tomita
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11299869B2

## CPC

- E02F 9/24: Safety devices {, e.g. for preventing overload (E02F9/226 takes precedence)}
- G07C 5/085: {using electronic data carriers}
- B60G 17/01908: {Acceleration or inclination sensors (characterised by the use of gyroscopes B60G21/08)}
- B60P 1/045: {Levelling or stabilising systems for tippers (suspensions with levelling or stabilising means for vehicles in general B60G17/00, B60G21/00, using ground-engaging vehicle fittings B60S9/00)}
- E02F 9/226: {Safety arrangements, e.g. hydraulic driven fans, preventing cavitation, leakage, overheating}
- E02F 9/267: {Diagnosing or detecting failure of vehicles}
- G01G 19/083: {lift truck scale}
- G01G 23/01: Testing or calibrating of weighing apparatus
- G01G 23/14: Devices for determining tare weight or for cancelling out the tare by zeroising, e.g. mechanically operated (in connection with automatic loading G01G13/14)
- G07C 5/008: {communicating information to a remotely located station (transmission systems for measured values G08C)}
- B60G 2300/026: Heavy duty trucks
- B60G 2300/09: Construction vehicles, e.g. graders, excavators
- B60G 2400/5122: Fluid spring
- B60G 2400/61: Load distribution
- B60G 2800/20: Stationary vehicle
- B60G 2800/70: Estimating or calculating vehicle parameters or state variables
- E02F: DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING (winning peat E21C49/00)
- G07C: TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
- B60G: VEHICLE SUSPENSION ARRANGEMENTS (air-cushion vehicles B60V; {cycle suspensions B62K25/00})
- B60P: VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS (vehicles with special provisions for transporting patients or disabled persons, or their personal conveyances A61G3/00)
- G01G: WEIGHING (sorting by weighing B07C5/16)

## Abstract

A loading amount accumulation device includes a loading amount storage section 403 storing a loading amount, a loading amount calculation section 402 accumulating load weight data about a transport object in a working front to the loading amount, and updating the loading amount by the value after being accumulated, a difference calculation section 404 calculating a difference between a loaded amount of a vessel and the loading amount, an accumulation success/failure determination section 405 comparing an absolute value of the difference and a value Dth, determining that accumulation has failed when the absolute value is larger than the value Dth, and outputting a result, a loading amount correction section 406, when the failure is output as the result, performing correction so as to set the loaded amount data as the loading amount, and updating the loading amount by the corrected loading amount, and an output section outputting the loading amount.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A loading amount accumulation device comprising:
a loading amount storage section which stores a loading amount;
a loading amount calculation section which accumulates input load weight data about a transport object in a working front provided to a loading machine to the loading amount stored in the loading amount storage section, and updates the loading amount stored in the loading amount storage section by a value after being accumulated;
a difference calculation section which calculates a difference between input data about a loaded amount of a vessel provided to a transporting machine and the loading amount stored in the loading amount storage section;
an accumulation success/failure determination section which compares an absolute value of the difference calculated by the difference calculation section and a predetermined threshold value, determines that accumulation has failed when the absolute value is larger than the threshold value, and outputs a determination result;
a loading amount correction section which, when the determination result indicative of an accumulation failure is output from the accumulation success/failure determination section, performs correction so as to set a loaded amount data as the loading amount, and updates the loading amount stored in the loading amount storage section by the loading amount after being subjected to the correction; and
an output section which outputs the loading amount stored in the loading amount storage section.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The loading amount accumulation device according to claim 1, wherein the output section is connected to a display device and outputs the loading amount stored in the loading amount storage section to the display device.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The loading amount accumulation device according to claim 1, wherein when the determination result indicative of the accumulation failure is output from the accumulation success/failure determination section, the output section further outputs information indicating that the absolute value is larger than the threshold value.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The loading amount accumulation device according to claim 1,
wherein when it is determined that the accumulation has failed, the accumulation success/failure determination section determines the positive or negative sign of the difference calculated by the difference calculation section, and further outputs the determination result, and
the output section further outputs the determination result output from the accumulation success/failure determination section.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The loading amount accumulation device according to claim 1, further comprising an instruction reception section which is connected to a correction instruction reception switch receiving an instruction from an operator and receives an instruction to permit the correction by a loaded amount data through the correction instruction reception switch,
wherein when the absolute value of the difference is larger than the threshold value, and further when the instruction reception section has received the instruction to permit the correction, the loading amount correction section performs the correction.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The loading amount accumulation device according to claim 1, wherein the threshold value is set to be less than or equal to a rated capacity of a bucket provided in the working front.

### Claim 7

A loading amount accumulation system comprising:
a loading machine;
a transporting machine; and
a loading amount accumulation device,
wherein the loading machine includes: an angle sensor which detects a posture of a working front of loading a transport object into the transporting machine with respect to an upperstructure to which the working front is mounted; a bottom pressure sensor which detects bottom pressure of a hydraulic cylinder driving the working front; a rod pressure sensor which detects rod pressure of the hydraulic cylinder; and a load weight calculation section which, based on an angle sensor signal output from the angle sensor, a bottom pressure sensor signal output from the bottom pressure sensor, and a rod pressure sensor signal output from the rod pressure sensor, calculates a load weight of the transport object in the working front and outputs the same as load weight data,
the transporting machine includes: a suspension pressure sensor which detects inner pressure of a suspension cylinder; and a loaded amount calculation section which, based on a suspension pressure sensor signal output from the suspension pressure sensor, calculates a loaded amount loaded in a vessel loading the transport object, and outputs the same as loaded amount data, and
the loading amount accumulation device includes:
a loading amount storage section which stores a loading amount;
a loading amount calculation section which accumulates the load weight data calculated by the load weight calculation section to the loading amount stored in the loading amount storage section, and updates the loading amount stored in the loading amount storage section by a value after being accumulated;
a difference calculation section which calculates a difference between the loaded amount data calculated by the loaded amount calculation section and the loading amount stored in the loading amount storage section;
an accumulation success/failure determination section which compares an absolute value of the difference calculated by the difference calculation section and a predetermined threshold value, determines that accumulation has failed when the absolute value is larger than the threshold value, and outputs a determination result;
a loading amount correction section which, when the determination result indicative of an accumulation failure is output from the accumulation success/failure determination section, performs correction so as to set the loaded amount data as the loading amount, and updates the loading amount stored in the loading amount storage section by the loading amount after being subjected to the correction; and
an output section which outputs the loading amount stored in the loading amount storage section.