US 12,071,741 B2
Shovel
Takumi Itoh, Kanagawa (JP); and Masaru Onodera, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/444,215.
Application 17/444,215 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2020/004045, filed on Feb. 4, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-018048 (JP), filed on Feb. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0355651 A1, Nov. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. E02F 3/32 (2006.01); E02F 3/43 (2006.01); E02F 9/22 (2006.01)
CPC E02F 3/435 (2013.01) [E02F 3/32 (2013.01); E02F 9/2267 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A shovel comprising:
a lower traveling structure;
an upper swing structure swingably mounted on the lower traveling structure;
an attachment attached to the upper swing structure and including a boom, an arm, and a bucket;
a space recognition device configured to recognize an object present in a three-dimensional space surrounding the shovel; and
processing circuitry configured to
detect one or more elevations and one or more depressions relative to an intended shape of a ground in a predetermined area based on information on the intended shape of the ground and output information of the space recognition device,
select a combination of an elevation and a depression from the detected one or more elevations and one or more depressions based on a predetermined condition, and
cause the shovel to automatically perform work of filling the depression with earth of the elevation by causing the upper swing structure and the attachment to automatically operate.