US 11,788,253 B2
Shovel, and management apparatus and assist device for shovel
Yusuke Sano, Kanagawa (JP); and Chunnan Wu, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 19, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/575,860.
Application 16/575,860 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2018/011395, filed on Mar. 22, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 2017-056004 (JP), filed on Mar. 22, 2017; and application No. 2017-061956 (JP), filed on Mar. 27, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0011029 A1, Jan. 9, 2020
Int. Cl. E02F 9/26 (2006.01); E02F 9/20 (2006.01); G01G 19/08 (2006.01); E02F 3/43 (2006.01)
CPC E02F 9/2029 (2013.01) [E02F 3/437 (2013.01); E02F 9/2045 (2013.01); E02F 9/261 (2013.01); E02F 9/265 (2013.01); G01G 19/083 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A shovel comprising:
a lower traveling body;
an upper turning body mounted on the lower traveling body;
an attachment attached to the upper turning body, the attachment including a boom, an arm, and a bucket; and
a hardware processor mounted on the upper turning body and configured to derive a target excavation depth associated with a hardness of an excavation target based on the hardness of the excavation target,
wherein the hardware processor is configured to assist an excavating motion with the attachment to prevent the attachment from exceeding the derived target excavation depth.