US 12,356,879 B2
Support system for working vehicle
Yuki Kubota, Sakai (JP); Yoshiaki Hiruta, Sakai (JP); Tsuyoshi Gono, Sakai (JP); and Ryosuke Kinugawa, Sakai (JP)
Assigned to KUBOTA CORPORATION, Osaka (JP)
Filed by KUBOTA CORPORATION, Osaka (JP)
Filed on May 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/200,607.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-084666 (JP), filed on May 24, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0403967 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. A01B 69/00 (2006.01); A01B 69/04 (2006.01)
CPC A01B 69/008 (2013.01) 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A support system for a working vehicle, the support system comprising:
a working vehicle including a vehicle body, a controller, and a communicator, the vehicle body being operable to travel selectively under manual steering using a steering device or under automatic steering using the steering device, the controller being configured or programmed to define a planned travel line for the automatic steering based on a reference line and to control the automatic steering, the communicator being configured or programmed to receive a replacement line to replace the reference line defined by the controller; and
a server to transmit the replacement line to the communicator; wherein
the controller is configured or programmed to:
include a status acquirer to acquire a status of a device provided in or on the working vehicle; and
switch between a first mode and a second mode in accordance with the status acquired by the status acquirer, the first mode being a mode in which the controller replaces the reference line with the replacement line transmitted from the server, the second mode being a mode in which the controller does not replace the reference line with the replacement line transmitted from the server.