US 12,112,103 B2
Work area zone boundary demarcation apparatus of autonomously navigating work machine
Hideaki Shimamura, Wako (JP)
Assigned to Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/287,677
Filed by Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Nov. 7, 2018, PCT No. PCT/JP2018/041305
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 22, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/095375, PCT Pub. Date May 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0397765 A1, Dec. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 30/20 (2020.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 30/20 (2020.01) [G05D 1/0044 (2013.01); G05D 1/0219 (2013.01); G05D 1/0221 (2013.01); G05D 1/0274 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A work zone boundary demarcation apparatus to demarcate boundaries that divide a work area to be serviced by at least one autonomously navigating work machine into multiple zones, comprising:
a computer having at least a processor, a memory, an input-output circuit and a simulation program loaded in the memory to simulate work of the work machine in the work area, wherein
the processor is configured to perform:
demarcating the boundaries that divide the work area into the multiple zones;
executing simulation of work of the work machine in the multiple zones divided by the boundaries;
equalizing work times of the work machine when dividing and servicing the work area by re-demarcating the boundaries when workloads of the multiple zones divided by the boundaries are determined not to be equal based on results of the simulation,
improving efficiency of the work machine by equalizing work times of the work machine using the boundaries as re-demarcated; and
displaying the multiple zones divided by the boundaries as re-demarcated.