Patents by Inventor Tomoki ANDOU

Tomoki ANDOU 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: 20240026637
    Abstract: A control system for a work vehicle, which includes a vehicle body and work equipment that is changeable in height and pitch with respect to the vehicle body, includes a controller. The controller determines a switching point by referring to target displacement data indicating a target displacement of the height of the work equipment according to a movement amount of the work vehicle from a work start position. The controller determines whether or not the work vehicle has reached the switching point based on the movement amount of the work vehicle from the work start position. The controller outputs a command to change the pitch of the work equipment upon determining that the work vehicle has reached the switching point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Yusuke YAMAZAKI, Tomoki ANDOU, Souichi TSUMURA, Takuto MOTOMURA, Kenji OKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230383495
    Abstract: A system controls a work machine including a work implement. The system includes a sensor and a controller. The controller acquires current position data of the work machine, acquires actual topography data, acquire default target displacement data that defines a target displacement according to a movement amount of the work machine, acquires a work interval indicative of a distance between a previous start position of work by the work machine and a current start position behind the previous start position, generates modified data with the default target displacement data modified according to the work interval, refers to the modified data to determine the target displacement according to the movement amount of the work machine from the current start position, determines topography data with the actual topography data vertically displaced downward by the target displacement as a target profile, and moves the work implement according to the target profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Yusuke YAMAZAKI, Tomoki ANDOU, Souichi TSUMURA
  • Publication number: 20230304265
    Abstract: A work machine comprises a body, a ripper apparatus that is disposed behind the body, and an imaging device that is mounted to the body and images the ripper apparatus. The ripper apparatus includes a shank, a ripping tip that is attached to an end of the shank, a beam that supports the shank, and a ripper arm that interconnects the body and the beam. The imaging device images the ripper apparatus sideways and captures an image in a range including at least a portion of the shank, at least a portion of the beam, and at least a portion of the ripper arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Souichi TSUMURA, Tomoki ANDOU
  • Publication number: 20210246635
    Abstract: An amount of information of data of a captured image displayed on a display unit is increased. A display control unit sets a plurality of divided display sections for a display unit. The display control unit sets a first camera group and a second camera group including one or more of a plurality of cameras. The first camera group captures an image of a work performed with a blade. The second camera group captures an image of a work performed with a ripper. The display control unit displays data of captured images output from cameras included in one of the first and second camera groups in a corresponding plurality of divided display sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi TSUKAMOTO, Tomoki ANDOU, Masahiro IKEDA, Sueyoshi NISHIMINE, Yasuhiro KAWAMOTO, Atsuhito KAWAHARA, Souichi TSUMURA
  • Publication number: 20190142161
    Abstract: Providing an overturn preventing device which can easily determine whether or not the damper is properly mounted. The overturn preventing device is mounted between a top surface of a piece of furniture (an article) and a ceiling. The overturn preventing device includes a damper. The damper includes a cylinder, a rod, a piston and a rod cover. The cylinder encloses a hydraulic fluid (operating liquid) and a gas. The rod is reciprocably inserted into the cylinder. The piston is slidably housed in the cylinder. A proximal end of the rod is coupled to the piston. The rod cover has one of two ends coupled to a distal end side of the rod thereby to be reciprocable together with the rod. The opening side end of the rod cover is located on a side of the bottom side end of the cylinder relative to the opening side end of the cylinder when the piston is immersed in the operating liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2017
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Applicant: KYB CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirohito MORI, Yuusuke KAWANO, Masashi SUGURO, Tomoki ANDOU, Shougo ITOU