US 12,116,751 B2
Shovel
Ryuji Shiratani, Chiba (JP); and Tomoki Kurokawa, Chiba (JP)
Assigned to SUMITOMO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SUMITOMO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/448,910.
Application 17/448,910 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2020/014205, filed on Mar. 27, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-066681 (JP), filed on Mar. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0010522 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. E02F 3/43 (2006.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); E02F 3/32 (2006.01); E02F 9/22 (2006.01); E02F 9/26 (2006.01)
CPC E02F 3/439 (2013.01) [B60Q 9/00 (2013.01); E02F 3/32 (2013.01); E02F 9/262 (2013.01); E02F 9/2235 (2013.01); E02F 9/2285 (2013.01); E02F 9/2292 (2013.01); E02F 9/2296 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A shovel comprising:
a lower traveling body;
an upper turning body turnably mounted on the lower traveling body;
an attachment attached to the upper turning body;
an attachment actuator configured to move the attachment; and
processing circuitry configured to control the shovel to autonomously operate such that a level difference between two adjacent finished surfaces becomes equal to or less than a predetermined value, the two adjacent finished surfaces being a surface of an area already formed by a finishing task and a surface of an area to be formed by a current or future finishing task.