Kubota Patente

A working vehicle includes a radiator that cools cooling water of an engine and a plurality of first cooling devices disposed on a front side of the radiator and slidably provided with respect to a vehicle body, in which the first cooling devices include an oil cooler that cools oil and a condenser that cools a refrigerant of an air-conditioning unit.

An agricultural pruning system includes a storage to store a plurality of trained artificial intelligence (AI) models, and a processor configured or programmed to select a trained AI model from among the plurality of trained AI models. Each of the plurality of trained AI models determines whether to remove or retain each of one or more canes of a fruit tree (200).

A cut-point generation method for agricultural pruning includes using a trained artificial intelligence (AI) model (25-1) to determine whether to remove or retain (25-4) each of one or more canes of a fruit tree (200), determining whether or not each of the one or more canes of the fruit tree includes a cut-point, and determining a cut-point location for each of the one or more canes of the fruit tree that is determined to include the cut-point.

A method and a system for training an artificial intelligence (AI) model for agricultural pruning includes generating a training group (S26-1) that corresponds to a portion of a fruit tree, generating a training data point based on the training group (S26-3), and training the AI model using the training data point (S26-4). The training data point includes a pruning decision for each of one or more canes included in the training group, and a measurement value concerning one or more attributes for each of the one or more canes included in the training group.

A working machine (1) includes a machine body (2), a traveling device (3) to support the machine body (2) such that the machine body (2) is allowed to travel, an operator's seat (4), a protector (8) provided on the machine body (2) to protect the operator's seat (4), and a position detector (40) to acquire position information from one or more positioning satellites. The protector (8) includes a roof (17) provided above the operator's seat (4). The position detector (40) is housed in the roof (17). (Fig. 2)

A rotational structure (40) includes a base (29), a detected body (49) fixed to the base (29), a pivot (41) supported on the base (29) such that the pivot (41) is rotatable about an axis (Y), a swing bracket (42) attached to the base (29) via the pivot (41) and configured to rotate relative to the base (29) by rotating together with the pivot (41), a sensor (47) to detect the detected body (49), and a sensor bracket (44) fastened to the swing bracket (42) to support the sensor (47).

A swinging body pivot mechanism (P) includes a pivot shaft (2), a first member (31) and a second member (32) coupled to each other via the pivot shaft (2) swingably relative to each other and a rotation stopper (3) attached to the pivot shaft (2). The rotation stopper (3) includes an insertion portion (3e) into which a rotation stopper pin portion (31b) of the first member (31) is inserted. The insertion portion (3e) includes a first width (Wr) in a direction along a first straight line (Dr) that is an imaginary line which extends in a direction matching a radial direction of the pivot shaft (2) and a second width (Wt) in a direction along a second straight line (Dt) that is an imaginary line which is perpendicular to an axis (2a) of the pivot shaft (2) and the first straight line (Dr). The first width (Wr) is defined such as to allow the rotation stopper pin portion (3 1b) inserted in the insertion portion (3e) to change a position thereof in the direction along the first straight line (Dr). The second width (Wt) is defined such that the rotation stopper (3) and the rotation stopper pin portion (31b) are restricted from moving relative to each other in the direction along the second straight line (Dt), the rotation stopper pin portion (31b) being inserted in the insertion portion (3e) and abutting the rotation stopper (3) at at least one of the opposite ends (3e1, 3e2) of the insertion portion (3e) in the direction along the second straight line (Dt).

A working machine (1) includes a machine body, an operator's seat provided on the machine body, an operator's seat protector to protect the operator's seat, a support body (41) to support the operator's seat protector, the support body (41) including a placement portion (42) for placement of the operator's seat protector thereon and a front leg portion (43L,43R) extending diagonally forward and downward from the placement portion (42) and attached to the machine body), a weight (46) provided at a rear portion of the machine body (2), and a connector member (47) to connect an upper portion of the weight (46) and the support body (41). The weight (46) is configured to support a portion of the support body (41).

A remote device (30) includes a remote manipulator (35) to remotely manipulate a remote working machine (1) configured to attach a working device (2) thereto, and a display (34) to display a captured image of an area in a direction of travel of the remote working machine (1) and a path object (90) indicating an expected travel path of the remote working machine (1) such that the path object (90) is superimposed on the captured image. The display (34) is configured to display the path object (90) in a manner that corresponds to a state of the working device (2).

A remote device (30) includes a remote manipulator (35) to remotely manipulate a remote working machine (1), and a display (34) to display a captured image of an area in a direction of travel of the remote working machine (1) and a path object (90) indicating an expected travel path of the remote working machine (1) such that the path object (90) is superimposed on the captured image. The display (34) is configured to display the path object (90) in a manner that corresponds to a manner in which a ground surface slopes.

An automatic travel assistance system (100) includes an input interface (13a to 13d, 32) to receive input of vehicle information relating to a working vehicle (1), goal information relating to a goal point in a predetermined area, and area information relating to at least one obstacle in the area, the working vehicle (1) including a traveling device (5) to cause a vehicle body (3) to travel and having attached thereto a working device (2) to perform work, an information processor (11) configured or programmed to create a costmap of the area showing a cost distribution by assigning a cost of a first predetermined value to a location where the at least one obstacle is present and assigning costs each of which is less than the first predetermined value to locations where no obstacles are present such that the costs decrease with increasing distance from the at least one obstacle, each of the cost and the costs being a degree of difficulty for the vehicle body, the traveling device, and the working device to pass through the corresponding location, and a vehicle controller (12) configured or programmed to control travel of the working vehicle such that the vehicle body, the traveling device, and the working device pass through locations at each of which the corresponding assigned cost is equal to or less than a second predetermined value less than the first predetermined value, to cause the working vehicle to perform automatic travel toward the goal point.

A sharing system to share a charging station to charge electric vehicles, includes a charging plan calculator configured or programmed to, based on an amount of electricity that the charging station has, based on a work plan including work done by a subject vehicle which is an electric vehicle, and based on a remaining battery level of the subject vehicle, calculate a charging plan to ensure charging of the subject vehicle by the charging station, and a shared charging determiner configured or programmed to, based on the amount of electricity that the charging station has and based on the charging plan, determine whether shared charging is available or not, the shared charging including using the charging station to charge an external vehicle other than the subject vehicle.

An automatic travel assistance system (100) is provided to assist a working vehicle (1) in performing automatic travel. The working vehicle (1) includes a traveling device (5) and a working device (2) to perform work. The automatic travel assistance system (100) includes an input interface (13a, 32, 13b, 13c, 13d) to receive input of vehicle information, and area information. The automatic travel assistance system includes an information processor (11) configured to, based on the vehicle information and the area information, perform a first collision prediction and a second collision prediction that the vehicle body (3) or the working device (2) will collide with the obstacle (Q1, Q2), and plan a travel route (L3) for the working vehicle (1) such that the collision of the traveling device (5), the vehicle body (3), and the working device (2) attached to the vehicle body (3) with the obstacle (Q1, Q2) is avoided.

A service system (S) includes a generator (54) configured or programmed to generate an access token (AT) through encryption calculation using identification information (e.g., ECU serial number) of at least one to-be-serviced unit (e.g., ECU (20d)) and identification information (e.g., service tool serial number) of a service tool (100), the at least one to-be-serviced unit (DT) being a selected at least one of a plurality of electronic control units (21) provided in or on a vehicle (working vehicle (1)), the service tool (100) being configured or programmed to diagnostically check and/or reprogram the at least one to-be-serviced unit (DT). The service tool (100) is configured or programmed to acquire the access token (AT) and output the acquired access token (AT) to the at least one to-be-serviced unit (DT) to obtain authentication.

A work vehicle (1) includes a vehicle body (2), a front guard (30) attached to a front portion of the vehicle body, and a front loader (12) that is attached to the front portion of the vehicle body and can be raised or lowered. The front guard has a lower frame (31) attached to the vehicle body and an upper frame (41) that is attached to the lower frame (31) so as to be swingable around a shaft oriented in a vehicle width direction and a posture of which can be changed between a standing posture and a forward leaning posture by swinging with respect to the lower frame, and the upper frame has a vertical part (42) that extends upward, an upper portion of the vertical part is formed with an upper curved portion (42a) that is curved backward as it goes upward, and the upper curved portion has a first upper region (42a1) that is located on a movement trajectory of a part of the front loader when the front loader is lowered while the upper frame is located in the forward leaning posture and a second upper region (42a2) that is curved forward as it goes downward from the first upper region.

A work vehicle (1) includes a vehicle body (2), a front guard (30) attached to a front portion of the vehicle body, and a front loader (12) that is attached to the front portion of the vehicle body and can be raised or lowered. The front guard has a lower frame (31) attached to the vehicle body and an upper frame (41) that is attached to the lower frame (31) so as to be swingable around a shaft oriented in a vehicle width direction and a posture of which can be changed between a standing posture and a forward leaning posture by swinging with respect to the lower frame, and the upper frame has a vertical part (42) that extends upward, an upper portion of the vertical part is formed with an upper curved portion (42a) that is curved backward as it goes upward, and the upper curved portion has a first upper region (42a1) that is located on a movement trajectory of a part of the front loader when the front loader is lowered while the upper frame is located in the forward leaning posture and a second upper region (42a2) that is curved forward as it goes downward from the first upper region.

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A vehicle (10) includes a first battery housing (600) to house a plurality of first battery modules (61), a second battery housing (70) to house a plurality of second battery modules (71), and an air cooling system to cool the plurality of first battery modules and the plurality of second battery modules. The air cooling system includes a compressor (362), a condenser (531), a first evaporator coil (3551L) that includes a first side at which warm air is received and a second side at which cool air exits after having passed through the first evaporator coil, and a second evaporator coil (3551R) that includes a first side at which warm air is received and a second side at which cool air exits after having passed through the second evaporator coil.

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