Work Vehicle Auto-Run Control for Positional Deviation Correction

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional automatic run technologies for work vehicles allow operators to optionally set correction amounts, leading to unstable vehicle behavior and deteriorated work accuracy when correction amounts are larger than necessary.

Innovation Solution

An automatic run method, system, and program that cause a work vehicle to automatically follow a target route, receive correcting operations from an operator, and prohibit the vehicle's correcting action when the positional deviation exceeds a threshold value.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If the operator can optionally set the correction amount, then the ease of operation is improved, but the stability of the work vehicle's behavior deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveoperator's ability to set correction amountVSAvoidwork vehicle's behavior stability
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The system changes the parameter of correction amount from being freely settable by the operator to being automatically determined based on the actual positional deviation. The control unit calculates the appropriate correction amount by comparing the work vehicle's current position with the target route, thereby optimizing both operational ease and behavioral stability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Speed

If the correction amount is larger than necessary, then the correcting action response is improved, but the work accuracy deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecorrecting action response speedVSAvoidwork accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
SpeedVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements feedback control by continuously monitoring the work vehicle's actual position relative to the target route and automatically adjusting the correction amount. The control unit receives positional deviation information, calculates the appropriate correction, and applies it to the steering control, ensuring both rapid response and high precision without operator intervention.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Reliability

If the operator sets a large correction amount, then the correcting effect is improved, but the work efficiency deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecorrecting effectVSAvoidwork efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs self-correction by automatically determining and applying the appropriate correction amount based on real-time positional data. The control unit independently calculates the optimal correction without requiring operator input, thereby maintaining reliable correcting effects while improving work efficiency through automated decision-making.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentEP4254119B1Automatic control method, associated system and program
Publication Date: 2025.03.05 YANMAR HLDG CO LTD
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AI summary

[Problem] To provide an automatic run method, an automatic run system, and an automatic run program that are capable of suppressing a deteriorated work efficiency seen when correcting a positional deviation of a work vehicle. [Solution] A run processing unit 111 causes a work vehicle 10 to automatically run following a target route R. A reception processing unit 112 receives, from an operator, a correcting operation that corrects a positional deviation L between the work vehicle 10 and the target route R, and A offset processing unit 113 prohibits, when the positional deviation L is a threshold value Lth or over, the work vehicle 10's correcting action that is in response to the correcting operation.