Control method, control computer program, and control system for work machine

• US 9,354,627 B2
• Filed: 12/11/2013
• Issued: 05/31/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/11/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
• Inventors: Takemoto, Toshiyuki, Yoshida, Kazuhiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Black, Thomas G
• Assistant Examiner(s): PAIGE, TYLER D
• Application Number:
  US14/359,703
• Publication Number:
  US 20150301518A1
• Time in Patent Office: 902 Days
• Field of Search: 701/29.1, 701/50
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/26 Indicating devices E02F5/145 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/408 characterised by data handling or data format, e.g. reading, buffering or conversion of data
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/2616 Earth moving, work machine
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/31467 Display of operating conditions of machines, workcells, selected programs
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/08 Construction
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/02 Registering or indicating driving, working, idle, or waiting time only apparatus forming part of taximeters G07B13/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0841 Registering performance data recording measured values G01D; information storage G11B
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/02 Total factory control, e.g. smart factories, flexible manufacturing systems [FMS] or integrated manufacturing systems [IMS]

Abstract

A control method for a work machine, includes: acquiring a correlation between identification information for identifying operability for the work machine and operational information of the work machine, and generating a correlation between an operator who operates the work machine and the operational information by using the correlation between the identification information and the operational information and a correlation between the operator and the identification information.

Claims

1. A control method for a work machine, wherein the control method uses a terminal device connected to a control device via a communication line, the control device controlling operational information acquired by the work machine, the control method comprising:

acquiring, by the terminal device, a correlation between identification information for identifying operability for the work machine and the operational information of the work machine, and

generating, by the terminal device, a correlation between personal information that can identify an operator who operates the work machine and the operational information by using the correlation between the identification information and the operational information and a correlation between the personal information that can identify the operator and the identification information.

2. The control method for a work machine according to claim 1, wherein the operational information for a predetermined period is totalized to generate the correlation between the personal information that can identify the operator and the operational information.

3. A control method for a work machine, wherein the control method uses a terminal device connected to a control device via a communication line, the control device controlling operational information acquired by the work machine, the control method comprising:

acquiring, by the terminal device, a correlation between identification information for identifying operability for the work machine and the operational information of the work machine; and

generating, by the terminal device, a correlation between personal information that can identify an operator who operates the work machine and the operational information by using the correlation between the identification information and the operational information and a correlation between the personal information that can identify the operator and the identification information,

wherein the operational information includes at least one of an operating date, an operating time, and fuel consumption information.

4. A control non-transitory computer readable media for a work machine, causing a computer to execute processing of

acquiring a correlation between identification information for identifying operability for the work machine and operational information of the work machine acquired by the work machine;

and

generating, by a terminal device connected to a control device via a communication line, the control device controlling the operational information, a correlation between personal information that can identify an operator who operates the work machine and the operational information by using a correlation between the identification information and the operational information of the work machine and a correlation between the personal information that can identify the operator and the identification information.

5. The control non-transitory computer readable media for a work machine according to claim 4, causing the computer to execute processing of totalizing the operational information for a predetermined period to generate a correlation between the operator and the operational information.

6. A control system for a work machine, comprising a terminal device connected to a control device via a communication line, the control device controlling operational information acquired by the work machine and configured to acquire a correlation between identification information for identifying operability for the work machine and the operational information of the work machine, and generate a correlation between personal information that can identify an operator who operates the work machine and the operational information by using the correlation between the identification information and the operational information and a correlation between the personal information that can identify the operator and the identification information.

7. The control system for a work machine according to claim 6, wherein the operational information for a predetermined period is totalized to generate the correlation between the personal information that can identify the operator and the operational information.

8. The control method for a work machine according to claim 6, wherein the control device is used by a business operator that provides a service for an administrator of the work machine, and the terminal device is used by an administrator of the work machine.

9. The control method for a work machine according to claim 6, wherein the correlation between the personal information that can identify the operator and the identification information is stored in the terminal device.

10. A control system for a work machine, the control system using a work machine that acquires operational information, a control device that controls the operational information, a terminal device that controls personal information that can identify an operator and identification information, and a report output device that outputs the operational information including the personal information that can identify the operator, the control system comprising:

a storage unit configured to store a correlation between the identification information for identifying operability for the work machine and the operational information; and

an output unit configured to output the correlation to outside of the work machine,

wherein the control device receives the correlation and further transmits the correlation to the terminal device, and

wherein the terminal device is connected to the control device via a communication line and includes a computer program configured to execute processing of receiving the correlation and generating a correlation between the operational information and the personal information that can identify the operator by using the received correlation and a correlation between the personal information that can identify the operator and the identification information, and by the processing, the operational information including the personal information that can identify the operator is output to the report output device.