Locus control system for construction machines
First Claim
1. A locus control system equipped on a construction machine comprising a plurality of members to be driven including a plurality of front members which constitute a multi-articulated front device and are each rotatable vertically, a plurality of hydraulic actuators for driving respectively said plurality of members to be driven, a plurality of operating means for instructing movements of said plurality of members to be driven, and a plurality of hydraulic control valves driven in accordance with operation signals from said plurality of operating means and controlling flow rates of a hydraulic fluid supplied to said plurality of hydraulic actuators, said locus control system comprising locust setting means for setting a target locus along which said front device is to be moved, first detecting means for detecting status variables in relation to a position and posture of said front device, first calculating means for calculating the position and posture of said front device based on signals from the first detecting means, and signal modifying means for, based on the operation signals from those ones of said plurality of operating means associated with particular front members and values calculated by said first calculating means, modifying at least one of the operation signals from those operating means associated with said particular front members so that said front device is moved to reach said target locus wherein:
- said signal modifying means modifies said operation signals so that said front device is moved toward a second point on said target locus advanced in the excavating direction by a second distance from a first point located on said target locus at a first distance from said front device and said signal modifying means sets said second distance as a fixed value.
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Abstract
A locus control system of hydraulic excavators whereby a target locus for a front device is set beforehand. A control unit calculates a position and posture of the front device based on signals from angle sensors, and calculates a target speed vector of the front device based on signals from control lever devices. Through this calculation process, the control unit maintains the target speed vector as it is when the front device is not near the target locus, and modifies the target speed vector to a vector pointing to a second point on the target locus advanced in the excavating direction by a second distance from a first point located on the target locus at a minimum distance from a tip of the front device, when the front device is near the target locus.
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19 Claims
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1. A locus control system equipped on a construction machine comprising a plurality of members to be driven including a plurality of front members which constitute a multi-articulated front device and are each rotatable vertically, a plurality of hydraulic actuators for driving respectively said plurality of members to be driven, a plurality of operating means for instructing movements of said plurality of members to be driven, and a plurality of hydraulic control valves driven in accordance with operation signals from said plurality of operating means and controlling flow rates of a hydraulic fluid supplied to said plurality of hydraulic actuators, said locus control system comprising locust setting means for setting a target locus along which said front device is to be moved, first detecting means for detecting status variables in relation to a position and posture of said front device, first calculating means for calculating the position and posture of said front device based on signals from the first detecting means, and signal modifying means for, based on the operation signals from those ones of said plurality of operating means associated with particular front members and values calculated by said first calculating means, modifying at least one of the operation signals from those operating means associated with said particular front members so that said front device is moved to reach said target locus wherein:
said signal modifying means modifies said operation signals so that said front device is moved toward a second point on said target locus advanced in the excavating direction by a second distance from a first point located on said target locus at a first distance from said front device and said signal modifying means sets said second distance as a fixed value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A locus control system equipped on a construction machine comprising a plurality of members to be driven including a plurality of front members which constitute a multi-articulated front device and are each rotatable vertically, a plurality of hydraulic actuators for driving respectively said plurality of members to be driven, a plurality of operating means for instructing movements of said plurality of members to be driven, and a plurality of hydraulic control valves driven in accordance with operation signals from said plurality of operating means and controlling flow rates of a hydraulic fluid supplied to said plurality of hydraulic actuators, said locus control system comprising locus setting means for setting a target locus along which said front device is to be moved, first detecting means for detecting status variables in relation to a position and posture of said front device, first calculating means for calculating the position and posture of said front device based on signals from the first detecting means, and signal modifying means for, based on the operation signals from those ones of said plurality of operating means associated with said particular front members and values calculated by first calculating means, modifying at least one of the operation signals from those operation means associated with said particular front members so that said front device is moved to reach said target locus wherein:
said signal modifying means modifies said operation signals so that said front device is moved toward a second point on said target locus advanced in the excavating direction by a second distance from a first point locating on said target locus at a first distance from said front device and said signal modifying means sets said second distance to be variable depending on said first distance. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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10. A locus control system equipped on a construction machine comprising a plurality of members to be driven including a plurality of front members which constitute a multi-articulated front device and are each rotatable vertically, a plurality of hydraulic actuators for driving respectively said plurality of members to be driven, a plurality of operating means for instructing movements of said plurality of members to be driven, and a plurality of hydraulic control valves driven in accordance with operation signals from said plurality of operating means and controlling flow rates of a hydraulic fluid supplied to said plurality of hydraulic actuators, said locus control system comprising locus setting means for setting a target locus along which said front device is to be moved, first detecting means for detecting status variables in relation to a position and posture of said front device, first calculating means for calculating the position and posture of said front device based on signals from the first detecting means, and signal modifying means for, based on the operation signals from those ones of said plurality of operating means associated with particular front members and values calculated by said first calculating means, modifying at least one of the operation signals from those operating means associated with said particular front members so that said front device is moved to reach said target locus wherein:
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said signal modifying means modifies said operation signals so that said front device is moved toward a second point on said target locus advanced in the excavating direction by a second distance from a first point located on said target locus at a first distance from said front device and said signal modifying means sets said second distance to be variable depending on a moving speed of said front device, at least those ones of said plurality of operating means associated with said particular front members are of hydraulic pilot type outputting pilot pressures as said operation signals, an operating system including said operating means of hydraulic pilot type drives the associated hydraulic control valves, said control system further comprising second detecting means for detecting input amounts by which said operating means of hydraulic pilot type are operated, second calculating means for calculating a target speed vector of said front device based on signals from said second detecting means, said valve control means including fourth calculating means for, based on said modified target speed vector, calculating target pilot pressures for driving the associated hydraulic control valves, and pilot control means for controlling said operating system so that said target pilot pressures are established, and said second detecting means comprises pressure sensors disposed in the pilot lines of said operating system. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A locus control system equipped on a construction machine comprising a plurality of members to be driven including a plurality of front members which constitute a multi-articulated front device and are each rotatable vertically, a plurality of hydraulic actuators for driving respectively said plurality of members to be driven, a plurality of operating means for instructing movements of said plurality of members to be driven, and a plurality of hydraulic control valves driven in accordance with operation signals from said plurality of operating means and controlling flow rates of a hydraulic fluid supplied to said plurality of hydraulic actuators, said locus control system comprising locus setting means for setting a target locus along which said front device is to be moved, fist detecting means for detecting status variables in relation to a position and posture of said front device, first calculating means for calculating the position and posture of said front device based on signals from the first detecting means, and signal modifying means for, based on the operation signals from those ones of said plurality of operating means associated with particular front members and values calculated by said first calculating means, modifying at least one of the operation signals from these operating means associated with said particular front members so that said front device is moved to reach said target locus wherein:
said signal modifying means modifies said operation signals so that said front device is moved toward a second point on said target locus advanced in the excavating direction by a second distance from a first point located on said target locus at a first distance from said front device and said signal modifying means modifies said operation signals only when said operation signals from those ones of said plurality of operating means associated with said particular front members are operation signals in the direction causing said front device to approach said target locus. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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