US 12,372,964 B2
Automatic driving method, work vehicle, and automatic driving system
Yasuto Nishii, Osaka (JP); Yuji Yamaguchi, Osaka (JP); and Masaaki Murayama, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to Yanmar Power Technology Co., Ltd., Osaka (JP)
Filed by Yanmar Power Technology Co., Ltd., Osaka (JP)
Filed on May 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/742,458.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-081078 (JP), filed on May 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0365537 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. G05D 1/02 (2020.01); A01D 41/127 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC G05D 1/0212 (2013.01) [A01D 41/1278 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automatic driving method for a work vehicle executing an automatic travel, based on a preset travel route, comprising:
a turn instruction step of instructing the work vehicle to turn according to a turn operation on a turn operation tool provided in the work vehicle;
an automatic travel control step of controlling the automatic travel of the work vehicle, based on the travel route; and
a permission operation step of permitting the turn operation on the turn operation tool during execution of the automatic travel according to an operation on a turn operation permission unit provided in the work vehicle, wherein
in the turn instruction step, during execution of the automatic travel, the turn operation on the turn operation tool is accepted in response to operation of the turn operation permission unit.