Control device and control method
AssigneeKomatsu Ltd.
InventorsMasanori Minagawa, Yasuhiro Ohyama, Qi Ding
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Abstract
A control device that controls a work vehicle including work equipment includes: a route acquisition unit that acquires a traveling route of a transport vehicle; an area setting unit that sets a limit area for limiting entry of the work equipment along the traveling route; and a signal output unit that outputs a signal for controlling the work vehicle or the transport vehicle on the basis of a relationship between the limit area and the work equipment.
Claims8
A control device that controls a work vehicle including work equipment which includes an arm, the control device comprising:
- a route acquisition unit that acquires a traveling route of a transport vehicle;
- an area setting unit that sets a limit area for limiting entry of the work equipment along the traveling route;
- and
- a signal output unit that outputs a signal for controlling the work vehicle or the transport vehicle on the basis of a relationship between the limit area and the work equipment,
- wherein the signal output unit outputs an operation signal for limiting an operation of moving the work equipment toward the inside of the limit area, and
- wherein the signal output unit outputs a stop signal for stopping the transport vehicle in a case where at least a part of the work equipment is present within the limit area.
A control method performed by a control device comprising the steps of:
- providing a work vehicle which includes an arm and a transport vehicle;
- receiving a position of work equipment of the work vehicle;
- and
- outputting a signal for controlling the work equipment or the transport vehicle on the basis of a relationship between a limit area along a traveling route of the transport vehicle and the position of the work equipment,
- wherein the signal output unit outputs an operation signal for limiting an operation of moving the work equipment toward the inside of the limit area, and
- wherein the signal output unit outputs a stop signal for stopping the transport vehicle in a case where at least a part of the work equipment is present within the limit area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.