Patents by Inventor Nobuyuki Yoshii

Nobuyuki Yoshii 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).

  • Patent number: 11199844
    Abstract: A management system for a work vehicle configured to carry out a utility work while traveling autonomously includes a work field information acquisition section for acquiring work field information indicative of information relating to a work field where the work is to be carried out, a route information acquisition section for acquiring route information indicative of a traveling route along which the vehicle has traveled, a consumed electric power information acquisition section for acquiring electric power information indicative of consumed electric power, a tilt angle information acquisition section for acquiring tilt angle information indicative of a tilt angle of the work field relative to the horizontal plane, and a calculation section for calculating a cost required for the work, based on the work field information, the route information, the electric power information and the tilt angle information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Kensuke Uemoto, Katsuhiko Uemura, Nobuyuki Yoshii, Hideya Umemoto, Hitoshi Aoyama
  • Patent number: 11194336
    Abstract: A work vehicle configured to carry out a utility work while traveling autonomously includes an implement unit mounted on a vehicle body for carrying out the work, a work subject information acquisition section for accruing work subject information indicative of information on a work subject, a load calculation section for calculating a load of the work based on the work subject information, a storage section for storing driving conditions of the implement unit in advance, and a driving section configured to retrieve a driving condition stored in the storage section according to the load calculated by the load calculation section and to drive the implement unit based on the retrieved driving condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Kensuke Uemoto, Takeshi Komorida, Nobuyuki Yoshii, Katsuhiko Uemura, Shinichi Yamada
  • Patent number: 11119495
    Abstract: A work area determination system for an autonomous traveling work machine which is controlled autonomously based on self machine position information indicative of a self machine position, the work area determination system including an operation terminal capable of determining a work area. The operation terminal includes a positioning device for acquiring terminal position information indicative of a position of the operation terminal, a work area determination section that determines the work area based on the terminal position information, and a work area information outputting section for outputting work area information which is information relating to the determined work area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Uemura, Nobuyuki Yoshii, Takeshi Komorida, Kensuke Uemoto, Kentaro Shinkai
  • Publication number: 20190196483
    Abstract: A work area determination system for an autonomous traveling work machine which is controlled autonomously based on self machine position information indicative of a self machine position, the work area determination system including an operation terminal capable of determining a work area. The operation terminal includes a positioning device for acquiring terminal position information indicative of a position of the operation terminal, a work area determination section that determines the work area based on the terminal position information, and a work area information outputting section for outputting work area information which is information relating to the determined work area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Uemura, Nobuyuki Yoshii, Takeshi Komorida, Kensuke Uemoto, Kentaro Shinkai
  • Publication number: 20190179326
    Abstract: A work vehicle 1 configured to carry out a utility work while traveling autonomously includes an implement unit 53 mounted on a vehicle body for carrying out the work, a work subject information acquisition section 21 for accruing work subject information indicative of information on a work subject, a load calculation section 24 for calculating a load of the work based on the work subject information, a storage section for storing driving conditions of the implement unit 53 in advance, and a driving section 26 configured to retrieve a driving condition stored in the storage section 25 according to the load calculated by the load calculation section 24 and to drive the implement unit 53 based on the retrieved driving condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Kensuke Uemoto, Takeshi Komorida, Nobuyuki Yoshii, Katsuhiko Uemura, Shinichi Yamada
  • Publication number: 20190171216
    Abstract: A management system 100 for a work vehicle configured to carry out a utility work while traveling autonomously includes a work field information acquisition section 21 for acquiring work field information indicative of information relating to a work field where the work is to be carried out, a route information acquisition section 22 for acquiring route information indicative of a traveling route along which the vehicle has traveled while carrying out the work in the work field, a consumed electric power information acquisition section 23 for acquiring electric power information indicative of consumed electric power required for the work of an amount of electric power stored in a battery mounted on the work vehicle, a tilt angle information acquisition section 24 for acquiring tilt angle information indicative of a tilt angle of the work field relative to the horizontal plane, and a calculation section 25 for calculating a cost required for the work, based on the work field information, the route information,
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Kensuke Uemoto, Katsuhiko Uemura, Nobuyuki Yoshii, Hideya Umemoto, Hitoshi Aoyama
  • Patent number: 7922204
    Abstract: A vibration-isolating device for a steering wheel of a travelling working vehicle equipped with a wheel steering mechanism includes a first steering shaft (32) that transmits rotational displacement, the first steering shaft being operatively connected to the steering wheel (7); a second steering shaft (33) that transmits rotational displacement, the second steering shaft being operatively connected to the wheel steering mechanism (P, 23); and a vibration-isolating connecting mechanism (31) that operatively connects the first steering shaft (32) and the second steering shaft (33) to each other so that rotational displacement can be transmitted. When the angles of rotational displacement of the first steering shaft (32) and the second steering shaft (33) are within ranges of rotation angles for linearly driving the vehicle, rotational displacement cannot be transmitted between the first steering shaft (32) and the second steering shaft (33).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Yoshii, Kiyoshige Maezawa, Tadashi Nakamura, Hiroki Fukudome
  • Publication number: 20090152781
    Abstract: A vibration-isolating device for a steering wheel of a travelling working vehicle equipped with a wheel steering mechanism includes a first steering shaft (32) that transmits rotational displacement, the first steering shaft being operatively connected to the steering wheel (7); a second steering shaft (33) that transmits rotational displacement, the second steering shaft being operatively connected to the wheel steering mechanism (P, 23); and a vibration-isolating connecting mechanism (31) that operatively connects the first steering shaft (32) and the second steering shaft (33) to each other so that rotational displacement can be transmitted. When the angles of rotational displacement of the first steering shaft (32) and the second steering shaft (33) are within ranges of rotation angles for linearly driving the vehicle, rotational displacement cannot be transmitted between the first steering shaft (32) and the second steering shaft (33).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Yoshii, Kiyoshige Maezawa, Tadashi Nakamura, Hiroki Fukudome
  • Patent number: 6816928
    Abstract: A packet communication apparatus processes consecutively transmitted fixed-length packets. The apparatus includes a storage circuit, a first processing circuit which accesses the storage circuit for processing data obtained from each of the packets, and a second processing circuit which accesses the storage circuit for processing data stored in the storage circuit. The apparatus further includes an allocation circuit for executing access time allocation with respect to a packet processing time allowed for processing each of the packets. Specifically, the allocation circuit allocates a first time of the packet processing time to the first processing circuit for accessing the storage circuit and a second time of the packet processing time to the second processing circuit for accessing the storage circuit. The first time and the second time are prevented from overlapping with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Yoshii