US 11,920,324 B2
Control method and control system for work machine
Yukihisa Takaoka, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to KOMATSU LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/289,991
Filed by KOMATSU LTD., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Jan. 20, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/001720
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 29, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/195048, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 1, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-055090 (JP), filed on Mar. 22, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0395978 A1, Dec. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. B62D 12/02 (2006.01); E02F 9/20 (2006.01); E02F 9/26 (2006.01)
CPC E02F 9/2054 (2013.01) [E02F 9/2045 (2013.01); E02F 9/205 (2013.01); E02F 9/262 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method executed by one or more processors in order to control one or more work machines, the method comprising
acquiring movement data including a position of a lead machine, and
controlling the one or more work machines to follow the lead machine based on the movement data,
assessing a state of the lead machine, and
stopping the following by the one or more work machines in response to the state of the lead machine.