Patents by Inventor Kazuaki Tsuda

Kazuaki Tsuda has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20220001844
    Abstract: A crane vehicle capable of preventing another vehicle from coming into contact with a tip end portion of a boom when entering an intersection includes a controller that detects an obstacle on a lateral side of a tip end portion of a boom by using left and right cameras when the vehicle enters an intersection or the like. When it is determined that a detected obstacle may come into contact with the tip end portion of the boom, the controller drives a brake device to stop a crane vehicle, and causes a speaker to output a warning sound. When it is determined that there is no risk of contact with the boom as the detected obstacle stops, or moves away from the crane vehicle by turning left or right, or passing an intersection, the controller releases the driving of the brake device to enable travelling of the crane vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Satoshi Tanii, Kazuaki Tsuda
  • Patent number: 9667923
    Abstract: There is provided a monitoring camera (32) at a tip of a boom, a monitor (70) configured to display a captured image of a hook suspended from the tip of the boom, an attitude angle calculation device (68) configured to calculate, based on hook image position information on a screen displayed on the monitor (70) and hook position information in a real space, an attitude angle of the camera, and the attitude angle calculation device (68) includes a hook position calculation unit (63) configured to calculate a hook position on the screen actually displayed on the monitor (70), a shift amount calculation unit (64) configured to calculate the distance between the hook position calculated by the hook position calculation unit (63) and a reference hook position of the hook on the screen displayed on the monitor (70) when it is assumed that the camera faces directly downward, and a camera inclination angle calculation unit (65) configured to calculate an inclination angle of the monitoring camera (32) based on the di
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: TADANO LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya Tanizumi, Iwao Ishikawa, Kazuaki Tsuda, Hiroshi Yamauchi, Keisuke Tamaki, Masayuki Munekiyo
  • Patent number: 9540218
    Abstract: Provided is a work plan verification device capable of improving work efficiency of movement work of a suspension load. The work plan verification device determines whether an operator indicates a movement position of the suspension load on an image (A) displayed on a monitor (30). When a determination is made that the movement position is indicated, a mark is displayed on the movement position (B). Subsequently, a determination is made that the suspension load is suspended on a boom. When the determination is made that the suspension load is suspended, a load factor (C1) which is moving determination information allowing an operator to determine whether the suspension load can be moved to the movement position (B) is calculated, and the calculated load factor is displayed on the image (A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: TADANO LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya Tanizumi, Iwao Ishikawa, Kazuaki Tsuda, Shuji Fujiwara, Masayuki Munekiyo
  • Publication number: 20160119589
    Abstract: There is provided a monitoring camera (32) at a tip of a boom, a monitor (70) configured to display a captured image of a hook suspended from the tip of the boom, an attitude angle calculation device (68) configured to calculate, based on hook image position information on a screen displayed on the monitor (70) and hook position information in a real space, an attitude angle of the camera, and the attitude angle calculation device (68) includes a hook position calculation unit (63) configured to calculate a hook position on the screen actually displayed on the monitor (70), a shift amount calculation unit (64) configured to calculate the distance between the hook position calculated by the hook position calculation unit (63) and a reference hook position of the hook on the screen displayed on the monitor (70) when it is assumed that the camera faces directly downward, and a camera inclination angle calculation unit (65) configured to calculate an inclination angle of the monitoring camera (32) based on the di
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Applicant: TADANO LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya TANIZUMI, Iwao ISHIKAWA, Kazuaki TSUDA, Hiroshi YAMAUCHI, Keisuke TAMAKI, Masayuki MUNEKIYO
  • Patent number: 9300954
    Abstract: At an end portion of a telescopic boom of a crane, a stereo camera which measures a distance from the end portion to an object is provided, and an image-processing controller which obtains three-dimensional position information of the object based on the crane as reference from measurement data to the object by the stereo camera is provided, and three-dimensional position information of an object in a surrounding area centering on the crane by the moving the telescopic boom is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: TADANO LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya Tanizumi, Iwao Ishikawa, Kazuaki Tsuda, Shuji Fujiwara, Masayuki Munekiyo
  • Publication number: 20150249821
    Abstract: At an end portion of a telescopic boom of a crane, a stereo camera which measures a distance from the end portion to an object is provided, and an image-processing controller which obtains three-dimensional position information of the object based on the crane as reference from measurement data to the object by the stereo camera is provided, and three-dimensional positon information of an object in a surrounding area centering on the crane by the moving the telescopic boom is obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Applicant: TADANO LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya Tanizumi, Iwao Ishikawa, Kazuaki Tsuda, Shuji Fujiwara, Masayuki Munekiyo
  • Publication number: 20150217976
    Abstract: Provided is a work plan verification device capable of improving work efficiency of movement work of a suspension load. The work plan verification device determines whether an operator indicates a movement position of the suspension load on an image (A) displayed on a monitor (30). When a determination is made that the movement position is indicated, a mark is displayed on the movement position (B). Subsequently, a determination is made that the suspension load is suspended on a boom. When the determination is made that the suspension load is suspended, a load factor (C1) which is moving determination information allowing an operator to determine whether the suspension load can be moved to the movement position (B) is calculated, and the calculated load factor is displayed on the image (A).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicant: TADANO LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya Tanizumi, Iwao Ishikawa, Kazuaki Tsuda, Shuji Fujiwara, Masayuki Munekiyo
  • Patent number: 7526435
    Abstract: An information offering system stores information on products and services along with attributes describing these products and services. Individual users are allowed to automatically register information on their products and services with the information offering system. By this method, the information offering system advertises products and services. Because the registration is done automatically by each offeror of a service or product, the efforts of a central administrator entering this information becomes unnecessary, thus making it possible to advertise more products and services efficiently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Abe, Izumi Muraki, Seiji Yoshizawa, Akitoshi Kaneko, Kazuaki Tsuda
  • Patent number: 6251016
    Abstract: A lottery on a network like the Internet can be more easily attained by preventing impersonation and validating participation. In a preferred embodiment, the opportunity to participate in the lottery is a reward for viewing an advertisement. When the advertisement is viewed a lottery ticket issuing number is displayed as an image file on the browser of the user viewing the advertisement. The image file is sent from the server providing the lottery service to the browser with HTML source to display the number. The image file on the lottery server is deleted after being sent, so that if the user requests re-display of the ticket issuing number display, the number cannot be obtained. The lottery server maintains a database of date and time stamped. requests for lottery ticket issuing numbers to prevent multiple requests during a single session. The user is requested to input the number displayed by the browser to find out whether it is a winning number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Kazuaki Tsuda, Hiroyuki Abe, Izumi Muraki, Seiji Yoshizawa, Akitoshi Kaneko