US 11,650,564 B2Granted

Method and device for planning and/or controlling and/or simulating the operation of a construction machine

AssigneeLiebherr-Werk Biberach GmbH

InventorRobert Bramberger

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Abstract

A method and a device for planning and/or controlling and/or simulating the operation of a construction machine, in particular in the form of a crane, using a structure data model which contains digital information on a structure to be erected and/or to be worked on. A construction machine which can be linked to such a structure data model and/or can be controlled using such a structure data model. A construction machine data model which contains digital information on different construction machine models is linked to the structure data model or the BIM, characteristics of the available construction machines are already taken into consideration during the planning process, a simulator for training construction machine tasks is configured using the structure data model, and the controller of the construction machine is adapted to the structure data model with respect to specific control functions.

Claims24

Dependent claims

A method comprising:

determining a construction phase of a structure to be erected and/or worked at a construction site through working steps of a construction machine;
determining a next working step for the construction machine based upon the determined construction phase of the structure;
identifying a construction element for installation at an installation location of the structure being erected and/or worked during the determined next working step;
calculating a travel path for the identified construction element during the next working step;
and
automatically carrying out the next working step by the construction machine moving the identified construction element along the travel path;
wherein the identified construction element is located in a pick-up region and/or a working range of the construction machine at the construction site;
wherein determining the construction phase comprises:
determining an actual state of the structure being erected and/or worked;
and
comparing the determined actual state of the structure with digital information from a structure data model, the digital information comprising:
data related to the identified construction element in relation to the structure being erected and/or worked by the construction machine;
installation location data related to the installation location for the identified construction element;
and
travel path data related to the travel path for the identified construction element during the next working step;
and
wherein identifying the construction element and calculating the travel path are based at least in part on the digital information of the structure data model.

14 more elements

A method comprising:

identifying a construction element for installation at an installation location of a structure located in a pick-up region and/or a working range of a construction machine at a construction site;
locating a starting location of the identified construction element being the location of the identified construction element in the pick-up region and/or a working range;
receiving and processing digital information from a building information model (BIM), the digital information relating to the identified construction element in relation to the structure, the structure being erected and/or worked by the construction machine at the construction site;
determining a construction phase of the structure by:
determining an actual state of the structure being erected and/or worked;
and
comparing the determined actual state of the structure with the digital information of the BIM;
determining a next working step for the construction machine based upon the determined construction phase of the structure;
monitoring people in the construction site;
and
automatically carrying out the next working step by the construction machine relating to moving the identified construction element from the starting location to the installation location on the basis of the digital information of the BIM and the monitoring;
wherein the digital information comprises:
position data that indicates the installation location for the identified construction element;
and
a travel path of the identified construction element during the next working step from the starting location of the identified construction element in the pick-up region and/or the working range to the installation location for the identified construction element;
and
wherein automatically carrying out the next working step comprises automatically carrying out the next working step while avoiding contact between a person on the construction site and the identified construction element and/or the construction machine.

14 more elements

A construction machine comprising:

a construction machine control apparatus for controlling the construction machine;
a data communication device for receiving and processing digital information on a structure from a structure data model;
a control configuration module for influencing at least one control function of the construction machine control in dependence on the received digital information on the structure from the structure data model;
wherein the control configuration module is configured to:
determine a construction phase of the structure by:
determining an actual state of the structure being erected and/or worked;
and
comparing the determined actual state of the structure with the digital information;
and
determine a next working step for the construction machine based upon the determined construction phase of the structure;
and
a detection apparatus selected from the group consisting of an apparatus utilizing radio frequency identification (RFID) and long wavelength identification (LWID) for detecting a construction element for installation at a destination location of the structure located in a pick-up region and/or a working range of the construction machine;
wherein the detection apparatus is configured to:
identify the construction element for installation at the destination location of the structure;
and
determine a starting location of the identified construction element being the location of the identified construction element in the pick-up region and/or a working range;
wherein the data communication device is configured to provide digital information relating to the working of the detected construction element in dependence on the detected construction element from the structure data model to the construction machine control apparatus;
wherein the digital information includes at least:
the destination location for the identified construction element;
and
a travel path for the identified construction element from the starting location to the destination location;
and
wherein the control configuration module is further configured to automatically carry out the next working step relating to moving the detected construction element on the basis of the digital information provided by the structure data model along at least a portion of the travel path.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/156,877Filed 25 Jan 2021 · continuation
Priority: DE 10 2016 004 382.28 Apr 2016
Published: US 2021/0223753 A122 Jul 2021
Granted: 16 May 2023
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification14 codes

G05B 19/19
Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to…
G06F 30/13
Geometric CAD: architectural design, e.g. computer-aided architectural design [CAAD] related to design of buildings, bridges, landscapes,…
G06Q 10/06313
Resource planning, allocation, distributing or scheduling for enterprises or organisations: resource planning in a project environment
G06Q 10/06315
Resource planning, allocation, distributing or scheduling for enterprises or organisations: needs-based resource requirements planning or analysis

Family

PCT/EP2017/000435Parent of this continuation · filed 6 Apr 2017
US 2021/0223753 A1Pre-grant publication · published 22 Jul 2021
Application16/091,920Parent of this continuation
US 10,921,771 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2019/0094834 A1Published application
US 11,650,564 B2This patent

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