Patent ID: 11959254
Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC E  G  H | IPC E  G

Claim 0:
1. A shovel comprising:
a traveling lower body;
a revolving upper body rotatably installed on the traveling lower body;
an excavation attachment attached to the revolving upper body; and
a control device including a memory and a processor, wherein the processor sets a target trajectory as a trajectory to be followed by a predetermined part of the excavation attachment, based on information on a landform before excavation is started, and a target excavation volume;
wherein the processor calculates the target excavation volume every time before an individual excavation operation is performed, and resets the target trajectory based on information on a landform every time before the individual excavation operation is performed, and the calculated target excavation volume, and
wherein the target excavation volume is a volume of excavated matter to be taken in the bucket by the individual excavation operation, and is less than a maximum volume of the excavated matter that can be excavated in the individual excavation operation.