AUTOMATED TRAVEL SYSTEM FOR SPRAYING WORK

• Main Authors: SUZUKI, Akihiro, MIZUKURA, Yoshiharu, NAKAHATA, Akihiro, KITANO, Keita
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 12.07.2023
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; APPARATUS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF NOXIOUS ANIMALS OR NOXIOUSPLANTS; CATCHING, TRAPPING OR SCARING OF ANIMALS; CONTROLLING; FISHING; FORESTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; PARTS, DETAILS, OR ACCESSORIES OF AGRICULTURAL MACHINES ORIMPLEMENTS, IN GENERAL; PHYSICS; REGULATING; SOIL WORKING IN AGRICULTURE OR FORESTRY; SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES; TRAPPING

This automated travel system for spraying work has a target path generation unit for generating a target path (P) for a spraying work. A work vehicle (V) is provided with left and right liquid spraying units (4L, 4R) which have spraying patterns including: a four-direction spraying pattern in which each of the left and right liquid spraying units (4L, 4R) sprays a liquid to both the left and right directions; and a direction-restricted spraying pattern in which the number of spraying directions of the left and right liquid spraying units (4L, 4R) is restricted to 3 or less. The target path generation unit generates the target path P in a path setting to incorporate a four-direction spraying path (Pw1) for which the four-direction spraying pattern is set as a spraying pattern and direction-restricted spraying paths (Pw2 to Pw4) for which the direction-restricted spraying pattern is set as a spraying pattern.