US 12,338,601 B2
Shovel
Chunnan Wu, Kanagawa (JP); Yusuke Sano, Kanagawa (JP); Yasuhiro Yamamoto, Kanagawa (JP); Yoshiyasu Itsuji, Kanagawa (JP); and Kazunori Hiranuma, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/654,871.
Application 17/654,871 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2020/035425, filed on Sep. 18, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-169178 (JP), filed on Sep. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0195690 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. E02F 3/43 (2006.01); E02F 3/32 (2006.01); E02F 9/26 (2006.01); E02F 3/28 (2006.01); E02F 3/42 (2006.01)
CPC E02F 3/437 (2013.01) [E02F 3/32 (2013.01); E02F 3/43 (2013.01); E02F 3/439 (2013.01); E02F 9/262 (2013.01); E02F 3/28 (2013.01); E02F 3/425 (2013.01); E02F 9/265 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A shovel comprising:
a lower traveling structure;
an upper swing structure swingably mounted on the lower traveling structure; and
a hardware processor provided on the upper swing structure, and configured to recognize a position of a dump truck and create a target trajectory for a dumping operation, the target trajectory being a trajectory drawn by a predetermined part of the shovel during the dumping operation,
wherein the target trajectory is a virtual line segment connecting a dumping start point and a dumping end point over a bed of the dump truck, the dumping start point being a first predetermined interval apart from a rear gate of the dump truck, the dumping end point being a second predetermined interval apart from a front panel of the dump truck.