WORK VEHICLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND WORK VEHICLE MANAGEMENT METHOD

• US 20180210449A1
• Filed: 06/13/2017
• Published: 07/26/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/20/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kubota Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kubota Corporation
• Inventors: SAKAGUCHI, Kazuo, SHIMAMOTO, Izuru, TAMATANI, Kenji, SUZUKAWA, Megumi, SHINKAI, Atsushi
• Granted Patent: US 10,303,175 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A01B 69/008 automatic
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/42 Determining position
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/49 whereby the further system is an inertial position system, e.g. loosely-coupled
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0061 for transition from automatic pilot to manual pilot and vice versa
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0219 ensuring the processing of the whole working surface
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0278 using satellite positioning signals, e.g. GPS

Abstract

A work vehicle management system includes a memory, first circuitry, second circuitry, third circuitry, and fourth circuitry. The memory is to store at least one halt record with respect to a halt status at a timing when a work vehicle is halted while traveling along a travel route in a work field. The first circuitry is configured to record the at least one halt record in the memory. The second circuitry is configured to extract the at least one halt record from the memory to display in a display the at least one halt record from which a resuming basis record is to be selected. The third circuitry is configured to generate resuming information based on the resuming basis record. The fourth circuitry is configured to control the work vehicle based on the resuming information to resume from the halt status.

Claims

1. A work vehicle management system comprising:

a memory to store at least one halt record with respect to a halt status at a timing when a work vehicle is halted while traveling along a travel route in a work field;

first circuitry configured to record the at least one halt record in the memory;

second circuitry configured to extract the at least one halt record from the memory to display in a display the at least one halt record from which a resuming basis record is to be selected;

third circuitry configured to generate resuming information based on the resuming basis record; and

fourth circuitry configured to control the work vehicle based on the resuming information to resume from the halt status.

2. The work vehicle management system according to claim 1, wherein the at least one halt record is displayed in the display on a time-series basis from a latest suspension record.

3. The work vehicle management system according to claim 1, wherein the halt status includes at least one of a work status, a status of the work vehicle, and a position of the work vehicle at the timing when the work vehicle is halted.

4. The work vehicle management system according to claim 1,

wherein the travel route includes straight line route sections and at least one U-turn route section connecting ends of the straight line route sections, and

wherein the halt status includes a first identification data by which the travel route is identified and a second identification data by which the straight line route section in which the work vehicle travels at the time of suspension is identified.

5. The work vehicle management system according to claim 1, further comprising:

fifth circuitry configured to display the resuming information in the display.

6. The work vehicle management system according to claim 5,

wherein the resuming information includes a work halt position where the work vehicle is positioned at the timing when the work vehicle is halted, and

wherein the work halt position in the work field is displayed as a symbol when the resuming information is displayed in the display.

7. The work vehicle management system according to claim 6,

wherein the third circuitry is configured to determine a work resuming position where the work vehicle is positioned to resume from the halt status, and

wherein the work resuming position in the work field is displayed as a symbol when the resuming information is displayed in the display.

8. The work vehicle management system according to claim 7, wherein the third circuitry is configured to change the work resuming position.

11. The work vehicle management system according to claim 1, wherein the work vehicle is to travel automatically along the travel route.

12. The work management system according to claim 1, wherein the memory, the first circuitry, the second circuitry, the third circuitry, and the fourth circuitry are provided in a single terminal.

9. A work vehicle management method comprising:

recording in a memory at least one halt with respect to a halt status at a timing when a work vehicle is halted while traveling along a travel route in a work field;

extracting the at least one halt record from the memory to display in a display the at least one halt record from which a resuming basis record is to be selected;

generating resuming information based on the resuming basis record; and

controlling the work vehicle based on the resuming information to resume from the halt status.

10. A work vehicle management system comprising:

a memory to store at least one halt record with respect to a halt status at a timing when a work vehicle is halted while traveling along a travel route in a work field;

recording means for recording the at least one halt record in the memory;

extracting means for extracting the at least one halt record from the memory to display in a display the at least one suspension record from which a resuming basis record is to be selected;

generating means for generating resuming information based on the resuming basis record; and

controlling means for controlling the work vehicle based on the resuming information to resume from the halt status.