US 12,139,887 B2
Work machine, information processing apparatus, and information processing method
Susumu Aizawa, Kanagawa (JP); Yoshihisa Kiyota, Kanagawa (JP); and Shunsuke Otsuki, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 4, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/012,493.
Application 17/012,493 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2019/009351, filed on Mar. 8, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-042232 (JP), filed on Mar. 8, 2018; application No. 2018-043383 (JP), filed on Mar. 9, 2018; and application No. 2018-043384 (JP), filed on Mar. 9, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0399863 A1, Dec. 24, 2020
Int. Cl. E02F 9/26 (2006.01)
CPC E02F 9/261 (2013.01) 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A work machine comprising:
a traveling body;
an actuator configured to drive the traveling body to travel;
a sensor configured to acquire information relating to a status of a surrounding area of the work machine; and
a hardware processor configured to
transmit, to an external apparatus outside the work machine, the information acquired by the sensor or information generated based on the information acquired by the sensor, the generated information relating to the status of the surrounding area of the work machine; and
activate a monitoring unit in a sleep state in response to an instruction received from the external apparatus, while an engine of the work machine is stopped, the monitoring unit including at least the sensor and a first part of the hardware processor which first part is configured to transmit the information acquired by the sensor or the information generated based on the information acquired by the sensor.