Blade control apparatus, work vehicle, and method of controlling a blade

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PATENT NO 9903096
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14428470

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The blade control apparatus includes outputting an instruction to operate a hydraulic cylinder, calculating a target height of the blade tip according to absolute position data, vehicle body inclination angle data, and designed surface data, acquiring target height data at a first point of time, calculating an actual height of the blade tip at the first point of time according to the absolute position data, the vehicle body inclination angle data, and the cylinder length data, and estimating an estimated height of the blade tip at a third point of time later than the first point of time, according to an instruction at a second point of time earlier than the first point of time, and actual height data of the blade tip at the first point of time or a point of time earlier than the first point of time.

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KOMATSU LTD2-3-6 AKASAKA MINATO-KU TOKYO 1078414 JAPAN

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Noborio, Daichi Chigasaki, JP 10 55
Tanaka, Masaya Hiratsuka, JP 107 895

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