Patents Assigned to Komatsu Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20260318046
    Abstract: A work machine surroundings monitoring system includes a first display image generation unit that generates a first display image indicating surroundings of a work machine on the basis of a camera image of a camera that captures an image of the surroundings of the work machine, a second display image generation unit that generates a second display image in a display mode different from that of the first display image on the basis of camera images of a plurality of cameras that capture images of the surroundings of the work machine, and a display control unit that generates a signal for displaying the first display image on a part of a display screen, displaying the second display image on a part of the display screen, and displaying a boundary image at a boundary between the first display image and the second display image on the display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2026
    Publication date: October 15, 2026
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Hirosuke Matsumoto, Shun Yasaku
  • Publication number: 20260319105
    Abstract: The movement amount estimation model that is a learning model learned to output a movement amount when vehicle body data is input is generated using, as a learning data set, at least the vehicle body data including a value related to the power of the traveling body of the work vehicle and the data indicating the movement amount of the work vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2024
    Publication date: October 15, 2026
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Ryota Ozaki, Takuto Motomura, Toyohisa Matsuda
  • Patent number: 12760650
    Abstract: This excavated matter conveyance system inside a driftway includes a first vehicle that is capable of traveling inside a driftway, a first conveyor that is supported by an upper portion of the first vehicle and is capable of conveying excavated matter in a first conveyance direction intersecting an upward-downward direction of the first vehicle, a second vehicle that is coupled to the first vehicle in a swingable manner, a second conveyor that is supported by an upper portion of the second vehicle and is capable of conveying the excavated matter in a second conveyance direction intersecting an upward-downward direction of the second vehicle, and movement apparatuses that are capable of relatively moving the first conveyor and the second conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2026
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Keigo Hiratsuka, Kazunari Kawai, Shinichi Terada, Masaaki Uetake
  • Patent number: 12760498
    Abstract: An exterior cover includes a left side panel and a right side panel opposite to each other in a left/right direction, a vent provided in left side panel, and a vent provided in right side panel. A battery is arranged between left side panel and right side panel, and supplies power to an electric motor. A hydraulic equipment is arranged forward of battery. A cooling device includes a cooling fan, and is arranged facing an area located between battery and hydraulic equipment in plan view in the left/right direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2026
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Masaho Yamaguchi, Takeshi Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 12759622
    Abstract: A control system for a work vehicle includes a first operation command unit that outputs a first operation command to operate a steering device of a work vehicle in a first steering direction, in a stopped state of the work vehicle, a state monitoring unit that monitors a state of the steering device, a restriction determination unit that determines whether to restrict operation of the steering device in the first steering direction, based on the state during output of the first operation command, and a restriction command unit that restricts the operation of the steering device in the first steering direction, based on the determination by the restriction determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2026
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Taichi Wada, Yosuke Kadono
  • Patent number: 12762733
    Abstract: A method for producing a complementary model includes acquiring distribution information and incomplete distribution information as a dataset for learning and training the complementary model using the dataset. The distribution information indicates a distribution of an amount of a transport object in a drop target of a work machine, and the incomplete distribution information is information from which some values of the distribution information are missing. The complementary model is trained using the dataset such that when the incomplete distribution information is used as an input value, the complementary model complements the missing values and outputs the distribution information an output value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2026
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Shun Kawamoto, Shintaro Hamada, Yosuke Kajihara
  • Publication number: 20260308890
    Abstract: A detection unit detects a slip of a traveling body of a work vehicle based on vehicle body data including at least a value related to power of the traveling body and a value related to a rotation speed of the traveling body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2024
    Publication date: October 8, 2026
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Ryota Ozaki, Takuto Motomura, Toyohisa Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20260307527
    Abstract: A management system 1 for a work machine 2 includes a processor 48. The processor 48 calculates a usage amount of electric power used to charge a battery 31 of the work machine 2, and causes a storage device 50 to store the usage amount. The electric power includes one or both of first electric power for emitting a first amount of carbon dioxide to generate a unit amount of electric power, and second electric power for emitting a second amount of carbon dioxide smaller than the first amount to generate a unit amount of electric power. The usage amount includes a first usage amount representing a usage amount of the first electric power used to charge the battery, and a second usage amount representing a usage amount of the second electric power used to charge the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2024
    Publication date: October 8, 2026
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventor: Ryoichi TOGASHI
  • Publication number: 20260309874
    Abstract: A measurement unit outputs a value related to a movement amount of a work vehicle based on vehicle body data including at least a value related to power of a traveling body of the work vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2024
    Publication date: October 8, 2026
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Ryota Ozaki, Takuto Motomura, Toyohisa Matsuda
  • Patent number: 12753574
    Abstract: A work machine includes a vehicle body, a blade supported so as to be rotatable about a pitch axis with respect to the vehicle body, a pitch actuator connected to the blade, a first sensor, and a controller. The pitch actuator causes the blade to perform a pitch motion about the pitch axis in a forward tilt direction and a backward tilt direction. The first sensor detects a first parameter relating to a penetration force of a blade tip of the blade in a downward direction. The controller determines whether the penetration force is insufficient based on the first parameter, and controls the pitch actuator to cause the blade to perform the pitch motion in the forward tilt direction upon determining that the penetration force is insufficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2026
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichiro Tanaka, Yuichi Nakano
  • Patent number: 12753582
    Abstract: A work machine monitoring system includes a measurement data acquisition unit that acquires measurement data of a ground on which a work machine travels by rotation of a rotating member included in the work machine, the rotating member contacting the ground, a boulder determination unit that determines presence or absence of a boulder on the ground in the measurement data, and a warning control unit outputs a warning from an output device based on presence or absence of the boulder on the ground in a traveling direction of the rotating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2026
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Yuya Murakami, Shun Kawamoto, Ryohei Emoto, Shoji Sonoyama, Shota Hirama
  • Patent number: 12755537
    Abstract: A foreign object recognition system includes a housing including a tank configured to store oil, an oil supply channel attached to the housing, and a foreign object recognition device. The tank includes a first space, a second space communicating with the first space, a strainer to separate out foreign objects contained in oil flowing from the second space into the oil supply channel, and a partition wall disposed between the first space and the second space and extending downward from above. The foreign object recognition device recognizes a foreign object located downward of the partition wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2026
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventor: Shinichi Naito
  • Patent number: 12754016
    Abstract: A management system for a work vehicle includes: a standard value calculation unit that calculates a standard value related to a detection value based on the detection value of a first attitude angle sensor when a work vehicle including the first attitude angle sensor stops at a predetermined position of a work site; and a diagnosis unit that determines presence or absence of abnormality of a second attitude angle sensor based on the standard value calculated by the standard value calculation unit and a detection value of the second attitude angle sensor when a work vehicle including the second attitude angle sensor stops at the predetermined position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2026
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Shiga, Daisuke Tanaka
  • Patent number: 12753571
    Abstract: A control device of a work machine includes work equipment including a work tool and is configured to perform an automatic loading control of holding a posture of the work tool in a target posture and moving a position of the work tool up to a target position, in which in the automatic loading control, when the posture of the work tool is out of a predetermined range from the target posture, the control device is configured to prioritize a control of the posture of the work tool over a control of the position of the work tool until the posture of the work tool falls within the predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2026
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Hatake, Yusuke Saigo
  • Patent number: 12753575
    Abstract: Provided is a power feeding unit mounted on a swivel joint, the power feeding unit including: a rotary transformer that is coupled to an upper swing body and a lower traveling body of a work vehicle, respectively; an oscillation circuit that is coupled to the upper swing body, converts electric power into an alternating current, and supplies the alternating current to the rotary transformer; and a smoothing circuit that is coupled to the lower traveling body and converts electric power output from the rotary transformer into a direct current, in which an electrode on a negative side of the smoothing circuit is electrically coupled to a housing of the lower traveling body, and an electrode on a positive side of the smoothing circuit is taken out from a lower portion of the swivel joint via a cable inserted through a pipe provided inside the swivel joint along an axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2026
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Masato Kageyama, Jun Nabata
  • Patent number: 12753570
    Abstract: A start angle determination unit determines a start angle which is an angle of a swing body at the start of loading of a loading machine. The movement control unit outputs an operation signal for driving the swing body until the angle of the swing body reaches the start angle after a bucket has reached a loading point above a loading target, and outputs an operation signal for driving the work equipment until a posture of the bucket with respect to the swing body reaches a preset target posture different from a posture of the bucket at the start of loading.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2026
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Hatake, Yusuke Saigo
  • Publication number: 20260299135
    Abstract: The acquisition unit acquires position data indicating the position of the work vehicle based on a global navigation satellite system (GNSS). The determination unit determines the accuracy of the position data based on the vehicle body data and the position data of the work vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2024
    Publication date: October 1, 2026
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Ryota Ozaki, Takuto Motomura, Toyohisa Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20260297903
    Abstract: A work machine includes a vehicle body, a work implement coupled to the vehicle body, and a base station provided to the vehicle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2024
    Publication date: October 1, 2026
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventor: Ryoichi TOGASHI
  • Publication number: 20260297905
    Abstract: When it is determined that automatic control is started, a control unit controls a revolving body and a work implement so that a lowest point of a work tool becomes an intermediate target height higher than a loading target and lower than a target point until the revolving body faces from a first orientation facing a start point to a second orientation in which the work implement does not interfere with the loading target in plan view from above. The control unit controls the revolving body and the work implement such that the lowest point of the work tool becomes a height of the target point until the revolving body faces from the second orientation to a third orientation facing the target point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2024
    Publication date: October 1, 2026
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke SAIGO, Kazuhiro HATAKE
  • Patent number: D1151736
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2025
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2026
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Takaya Kobayashi, Tomoshi Hirano, Shuuta Hara, Hayato Kinoshita, Naoki Hayashi