Patents Assigned to Komatsu Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20230341857
    Abstract: A work site management system includes: a traveling path generation unit that generates a traveling path; and a protection area setting unit that sets a protection area in which a target vehicle is to be present based on a position of a first unmanned vehicle traveling in a work site along the traveling path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicants: Komatsu Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Hiranaka, Shota Konishi, Shun Mizoo, Shun Maruyama, Takahiro Okano, Toru Takashima
  • Publication number: 20230341872
    Abstract: A management system of a work site includes: a priority storage unit that stores priority related to traveling continuation of an unmanned vehicle traveling in the work site; an input signal acquisition unit that acquires an input signal related to traveling stop of the unmanned vehicle; a decision unit that decides the traveling continuation or the traveling stop for each of a plurality of the unmanned vehicles traveling in the work site based on the priority and the input signal; and an output unit that outputs a traveling stop command to the unmanned vehicle for which the traveling stop is decided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicants: Komatsu Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Hiranaka, Shota Konishi, Shun Maruyama, Takahiro Okano, Toru Takashima, Shun Mizoo
  • Publication number: 20230339510
    Abstract: A management system for an autonomous travel vehicle includes: a work machine position acquisition unit that acquires a position of a work machine operated by an operator and having a travel device; and a target position determination unit that determines a target position of the autonomous travel vehicle based on the position of the work machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicants: Komatsu Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Hiranaka, Shota Konishi, Takahiro Okano, Toru Takashima, Shun Mizoo, Shun Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20230339466
    Abstract: A control system for an autonomous travel vehicle includes: a work machine position acquisition unit that acquires a position of a work machine; an autonomous travel vehicle position acquisition unit that acquires a position of the autonomous travel vehicle; a human information acquisition unit that acquires human information indicating whether or not a person is present inside the autonomous travel vehicle; and a command generation unit that changes control of the autonomous travel vehicle based on the human information and a positional relationship between the work machine and the autonomous travel vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicants: Komatsu Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Hiranaka, Shota Konishi, Toru Takashima, Shun Mizoo, Shun Maruyama, Takahiro Okano
  • Publication number: 20230341858
    Abstract: A work site management system includes: a traveling path generation unit that generates a traveling path; and a protection area setting unit that sets, for a target vehicle, a protection area in which entry of a second unmanned vehicle is prohibited based on a position of a first unmanned vehicle traveling in a work site along the traveling path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicants: Komatsu Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Hiranaka, Shota Konishi, Toru Takashima, Shun Mizoo, Shun Maruyama, Takahiro Okano
  • Patent number: 11795663
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a power source, a travel device, a power transmission device, and a control device. The power transmission device includes a hydrostatic continuously variable transmission having a relief valve capable of setting a relief pressure, and is configured to transmit power of the power source to the travel device. The control device includes a relief pressure setting unit configured to set the relief pressure of the relief valve in accordance with a target output value of the travel device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Yamada, Hiroaki Ikeda
  • Patent number: 11795868
    Abstract: This piston for a diesel engine includes: a bottom portion that has a deepest combustion chamber bottom in the combustion chamber; a circumferential protrusion that is provided around an entire circumference of a circumferential wall between the bottom portion and a top surface of the piston and protrudes toward an intersection (P0) of a center line of the piston and the top surface in a cross-sectional view that includes the center line; an inclination portion that inclines closer to the top surface toward an outer side in a radial direction from the circumferential protrusion; and a rising portion that rises from the inclination portion toward the top surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Onoda, Akira Ito, Tomohiro Shimazu, Satoru Mimura, Takashi Kuribara
  • Patent number: 11795658
    Abstract: A work machine loads materials onto a conveyance vehicle. A system for controlling the work machine includes a detection device that detects an operation of the conveyance vehicle, and a controller that controls the work machine. The work machine includes a work implement attached to a rotating body. The controller acquires operation data indicative of an operation of the conveyance vehicle from the detection device. The controller causes the rotating body to rotate toward a predetermined unloading position. The controller determines whether the conveyance vehicle is stopped at a predetermined loading position based on the operation data. The controller causes the work implement to wait on standby at the unloading position upon determining that the conveyance vehicle is operating. The controller controls the work machine to unload materials at the unloading position upon determining that the conveyance vehicle is stopped at the loading position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori Aizawa, Kenjiro Shimada
  • Patent number: 11795662
    Abstract: An engine control system controls a work machine including an engine, a fuel injection device that injects fuel into the engine, and a hydraulic pump that is driven by the engine. The rotation state amount specification unit specifies a rotation state amount related to rotation of the engine. The injection amount determination unit determines a fuel injection amount by the fuel injection device based on the rotation state amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadashi Iijima, Tomoyuki Matsuda, Keiichi Arai
  • Patent number: 11794577
    Abstract: The differential control device prohibits or limits a differential motion generated by the differential device. The sensor detects a turning angular velocity of the motor grader. Based on the turning angular velocity detected by the sensor, the controller controls the differential control device to perform the differential prohibition or limitation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventor: Naoto Takase
  • Patent number: 11799341
    Abstract: A stator includes a stator core including a plurality of teeth and a plurality of slots, a coil wound around the plurality of slots, and a spacer disposed on an end portion in an axial direction of the stator core. The coil includes a plurality of coil segments, each including a bent portion and a pair of legs. The spacer includes a coil support portion that is disposed between an end portion of each of the teeth and the bent portion of the coil segment and that has a support surface. A distance from the end portion of each of the teeth to the support surface on an inner side in a radial direction of the stator core is longer than a distance from the end portion of each of the teeth to the support surface on an outer side in the radial direction of the stator core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsuyoshi Koshiba, Takaaki Kimura, Kousuke Mikami, Teiichirou Chiba
  • Publication number: 20230331132
    Abstract: An unmanned vehicle control system includes a travel control unit that outputs a start command for starting the unmanned vehicle, and a dump body control unit that outputs a dump command for causing a dump body of the unmanned vehicle to perform a dumping operation when it is determined that the unmanned vehicle does not start in spite of the start command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventor: Yosuke Kadono
  • Patent number: 11787291
    Abstract: An operation device is an operation device of a work vehicle having a load-carrying platform, which includes a gearshift instruction part configured to change a speed of the work vehicle by being operated in a forward/rearward direction, an elevating/lowering instruction part disposed in front of the gearshift instruction part and configured to operate elevation of the load-carrying platform, and a partitioning part configured to partition a space between the gearshift instruction part and the elevating/lowering instruction part in the forward/rearward direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventor: Kota Kurihara
  • Patent number: 11788254
    Abstract: A system controls a work machine that loads materials onto a conveyance vehicle. The system includes a controller and a detection device. The controller controls the work machine in an automatic control mode in which work is performed automatically. The detection device detects a presence of a person in a peripheral region of the work machine. The automatic control mode includes a loading mode in which the work machine is caused to move to perform loading work for loading onto the conveyance vehicle, and an other mode other than the loading mode. The controller causes the automatic control mode to transition from the other mode to the loading mode when a predetermined transition condition is satisfied. The predetermined transition condition includes non-detection of a person by the detection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori Aizawa, Kenjiro Shimada
  • Patent number: 11787126
    Abstract: A bonding system includes a supporting jig having a mounting surface on bonding substrates which are mounted, a bonding device that sandwiches and welds the bonding substrates between itself and the mounting surface, an articulated robot to which the bonding device is attached, and a control unit that controls the articulated robot and the bonding device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignees: TOYOTA CUSTOMIZING & DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD., AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA UNIVERSITY, TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC., TEIJIN LIMITED, KOMATSU LTD., SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Furuyashiki, Hiroshi Yuchi, Satoshi Hirawaki, Yoshinori Yamamori, Takayuki Mori, Yoshihiro Iwano, Kazuaki Amaoka
  • Patent number: 11790465
    Abstract: A construction management system includes a position determination unit that determines whether or not a transport vehicle associated with a construction site is located within a notification area associated with the construction site, and an output unit that outputs an indication that the transport vehicle is located within the notification area to a communication terminal associated with the construction site when the position determination unit determines that the transport vehicle is located within the notification area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Chikashi Shike, Yuuichi Nemoto
  • Publication number: 20230324912
    Abstract: An unmanned vehicle control system includes a travel control unit that outputs a start command for starting the unmanned vehicle, and a management area setting unit that sets a management area where the unmanned vehicle is allowed to move when it is determined that the unmanned vehicle does not start in spite of the start command. The travel control unit outputs an escape command for causing the traveling device of the unmanned vehicle to perform an escape operation in a state where the unmanned vehicle is restricted from moving to the outside of the management area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventor: Yosuke Kadono
  • Publication number: 20230325341
    Abstract: Provided is a data transmission system for a work machine, including: a processing definition receiving unit configured to receive processing definition information indicating contents of processing of data collected from the work machine; a processing unit configured to determine a data format to be processed, based on the received processing definition information, and process the data collected from the work machine based on the determined data format; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the processed data to an external device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Tokoro, Shinsuke Kiyono, Motohide Sugihara, Yoshimasa Kawakami
  • Patent number: 11783248
    Abstract: A construction management system includes: a current topography data acquisition unit configured to acquire current topography data indicating a current topography of a construction site; a design topography data acquisition unit configured to acquire design topography data indicating a design topography of the construction site; a construction plan data calculation unit configured to calculate construction plan data including earth cutting plan data and earth banking plan data by collating the current topography data with the design topography data; and a construction plan data output unit configured to output the construction plan data to an output device. The construction plan data output unit causes an output device to output at least two of the design topography data, the cutting plan data, and the banking plan data in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Chikashi Shike, Yuichi Nemoto, Masahiro Kurihara
  • Patent number: 11780450
    Abstract: A tire management system assigns work to each of a plurality of vehicles and manages a loaded state of a tire mounted on each of the vehicles that perform the assigned work. The tire management system includes: an overload vehicle detection unit configured to detect an overloaded vehicle in which a tire load of the work assigned to each of the vehicles exceeds a predetermined tire load set in the tire itself of the vehicle; and a work contents changing processing unit configured to perform, when the overloaded vehicle is detected, processing of changing work contents of the overloaded vehicle such that the tire load of the overloaded vehicle becomes equal to or less than the predetermined tire load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsugio Sudou