Patents Assigned to TCM
  • Publication number: 20110124989
    Abstract: An applicator head is provided for a reflectance modifying agent (RMA) applicator is moved across the skin by means of a floating ring having dispersed raised contact points to maintain a proper distance from the surface to be treated, reduce the influence of outside light during scanning, and limit smudging during deposition. During an application session, software on the computer uses a camera to sense aspects of color and texture on human features, calculates cosmetic enhancements, and uses the printer head to apply RMA precisely to the features to create those enhancements. Skin landmarks are used for registration. The head uses differential lighting by providing a sequence of directional lighting, with some exposures left dark to adjust for ambient light leakage. The exposures are co-synchronized in stacks, where each stack is a grouping of data about a particular instant of time during the scanning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2011
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: TCMS TRANSPARENT BEAUTY LLC
    Inventors: Albert D. Edgar, David C. Iglehart, Rick B. Yeager
  • Patent number: 7890152
    Abstract: An applicator head is provided for a reflectance modifying agent (RMA) applicator is moved across the skin by means of a floating ring having dispersed raised contact points to maintain a proper distance from the surface to be treated, reduce the influence of outside light during scanning, and limit smudging during deposition. During an application session, software on the computer uses a camera to sense aspects of color and texture on human features, calculates cosmetic enhancements, and uses the printer head to apply RMA precisely to the features to create those enhancements. Skin landmarks are used for registration. The head uses differential lighting by providing a sequence of directional lighting, with some exposures left dark to adjust for ambient light leakage. The exposures are co-synchronized in stacks, where each stack is a grouping of data about a particular instant of time during the scanning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: TCMS Transparent Beauty LLC
    Inventors: Albert D. Edgar, David C. Iglehart, Rick B Yeager
  • Patent number: 7864736
    Abstract: A method of roaming in a packet communication system during a call is disclosed. The method of roaming has a scanning process and a connection process. During the scanning process, one or more available access points (AP's) are scanned-for. The one or more available AP's are prioritized into a prioritized AP list based on at least one criterion in addition to a received signal strength indicator (RSSI). During the connection process, a decision is made to roam from an existing AP to a new AP. A connection is made to the new AP, wherein the new AP is selected from the prioritized AP list. Associated methods, systems, and data signals are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: TCM Mobile LLC
    Inventors: Haim Yashar, Carmi Peleg, Abraham Shani, Roman Kazarnovski
  • Publication number: 20100317486
    Abstract: A first motor 3 and a second motor 4 of variable displacement type are in parallel to each other connected to a hydraulic pump 2 in a closed circuit, through which the output torque from the first motor 3 is transmitted to an output shaft 6. A clutch control unit 10 controls a clutch device 15 as: when the engine speed is N1, which is the case where the accelerator pedal is fully depressed, the clutch is disengaged at the vehicle speed v1. When the engine speed is N3(<N1), which is the case where the accelerator pedal is half depressed, the clutch is disengaged at the vehicle speed v3(<v1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2008
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicants: TCM CORPORATION, HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Hyodo, Nobuhiro Suzuki, Koji Takano, Genichiro Ishimaru, Kazuo Ishida, Kazuo Chonan
  • Patent number: 7836536
    Abstract: A floor section is formed at the rear of a vehicle body, at one side of the vehicle body. A lifting floor device having a floor body lifted and lowered by a lifting drive device is placed above the vehicle body. The floor body has a cutout at the left side of the floor body, at the rear half thereof. The right side of the floor body is used as a passage for a physically handicapped person. A stairway device is provided between the floor body and the floor section as a passage for an able-bodied person, on the floor body side in the cutout, and the stairway device is pivotable in a vertical plane. A lifting table is placed behind the vehicle body, on the left side thereof so that the lifting table can face the rear end of the passage for a physically handicapped person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: TCM Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Motohashi, Akihiko Fujimoto, Koji Ichinose, Toru Kikuchi, Koichi Takemoto
  • Publication number: 20100138118
    Abstract: This invention provides a traveling system for an engineering machine, adapted to limit a maximum traveling speed of the machine without causing decreases in engineering work efficiency or in accelerating performance during a start of traveling, and to improve fuel efficiency by suppressing a loss of engine output horsepower under the limited state of the maximum traveling speed. During fourth-gear shift control process, capacities of first and second hydraulic motors 23, 24 are controlled in coordinative form and the second hydraulic motor 24 has its minimum tilting amount limited to a tilting amount limit q2cmin. In addition, when a tilting amount of the first hydraulic motor 23 reaches a minimum tilting amount q1min, the engine 10 has its maximum engine speed limited to a first engine speed limit Ncmax1 (e.g., 1,800 rpm).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicants: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD., TCM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidenobu Tsukada, Kazunori Nakamura, Tsuyoshi Nakamura, Yasuo Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20100101888
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a steering system for a construction vehicle, which is suited not only for traveling on general roadways but also for work at construction sites and can perform high-reliability steering control. [Solution] A steering system for a construction vehicle is provided with a directional control valve 5 for controlling a flow of pressure oil to body-articulating hydraulic cylinders 2 that perform steering and also with a steering-wheel-operated signal generation means 6 for outputting by operation of a steering wheel 7a a pilot signal to the directional control valve 5 for switching the valve 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicants: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., TCM Corporation
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Nakamura, Kentaro Itoga, Hiroyuki Azuma, Kazunori Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20100095664
    Abstract: There are provided: an HST hydraulic circuit that is formed through a closed circuit connection of a variable displacement hydraulic pump 2 and first and second variable displacement hydraulic motors 3 and 4; a charge pump 6 that replenishes the HST hydraulic circuit with hydraulic oil; a cooling circuit through which an excess of the hydraulic oil that has been replenished from the charge pump 6 to the HST hydraulic circuit is returned to a reservoir through the hydraulic pump 2, the first hydraulic motor 3, and the second hydraulic motor 4; a hydraulic source 7 that supplies hydraulic oil to an hydraulic device other than the first and second hydraulic motors; and a merge circuit through which a portion of hydraulic oil from the hydraulic source 7 is merged into an intermediate oil line 22 that lies downstream of the first hydraulic motor 3 and upstream of the second hydraulic motor 4 in the cooling circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicants: TCM Corporation, Hitachi Construction Machinery CO., Ltd
    Inventors: Koji Hyodo, Kazuo Ishida, Tsuyoshi Takeyama, Tadayoshi Aoki, Takehiko Katsuragi, Shoroku Kawahara
  • Publication number: 20100095663
    Abstract: There are provided: a first circuit for traveling HC1, formed through a closed circuit connection of a variable displacement hydraulic pump 2 and a variable displacement hydraulic motor 3, that includes a motor control unit 10, 11 that controls a displacement of the hydraulic motor 3; a second circuit for working HC2 that drives a work hydraulic actuator 114, 115 by pressure oil from a work hydraulic pump 4; and a maximum value control unit 10 that controls a maximum displacement of the hydraulic motor 3 in accordance with load pressure Pf in the second circuit HC2. The maximum value control unit 10 decreases the maximum displacement to a minimum limit q1 corresponding to a maximum load pressure Pr in the second circuit when load pressure Pf in the second circuit exceeds a predetermined value Ps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicants: TCM Corporation, Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Koji Hyodo, Kazuo Chonan, Yasuo Yamazaki, Nobuhiro Suzuki, Koji Takano, Genichiro Ishimaru, Nobuyuki Hidaka, Masaki Yoshikawa
  • Publication number: 20100076652
    Abstract: A speed change control system for industrial vehicle, includes: a speed ratio detecting unit that detects a speed ratio of speeds of an input shaft and of an output shaft of a torque converter; speed changer for operating based on the torque converter speed ratio that shifts up or down a speed stage of a transmission in response to the detected speed ratio; a braking detection unit that detects an operation of a braking device for traveling; and a downshift limit unit that permits a downshift to a 1st speed by the speed changer when a non-operation of the braking device is detected by the braking detection unit and limits a lowest speed stage upon downshift by the speed changer to a 2nd speed when an operation of the braking device is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicants: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd, TCM Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Hyodo, Tetsuji Tanaka, Eiichi Sakai
  • Publication number: 20100071987
    Abstract: A speed change control system for an industrial vehicle includes: a speed ratio detecting unit that detects a speed ratio of speeds of an input shaft and of an output shaft of a torque converter; a torque converter speed ratio-based speed changer that shifts up or shifts down a speed stage of a transmission 3 in response to the detected speed ratio; a vehicle speed detection unit that detects a speed of the vehicle; a mode selection unit that selects any one of an L-mode and an H-mode; and a speed change control unit that permits an upshift provided that the vehicle speed is equal to or higher than a first predetermined value when the L-mode is selected whereas permits the upshift provided that the vehicle speed is higher than another predetermined value which is larger that the predetermined value when the H-mode is selected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicants: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., TCM Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Hyodo, Tetsuji Tanaka, Eiichi Sakai, Nobuhiro Suzuki, Koji Takano
  • Publication number: 20100069199
    Abstract: A gearshift controller for an industrial vehicle, includes: a speed ratio detection unit that detects a speed ratio of speeds of an input axis and of an output axis of a torque converter; a gearshift control unit that shifts up a speed stage when the detected speed ratio is equal to or more than a first predetermined value and shifts down the speed stage when the detected speed ratio is equal to or less than a second predetermined value, which is smaller than the first predetermined value; and an operation member with which a downshift to the first speed is instructed by operation thereof by an operator. When the downshift is instructed by the operation member, the gearshift control unit controls the speed stage to be kept at the first speed for a predetermined time period regardless of the speed ratio detected by the speed ratio detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicants: TCM Corporation, Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Hyodo, Tetsuji Tanaka, Eiichi Sakai, Genichiro Ishimaru, Tomoo Takahashi, Yasuo Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20100024412
    Abstract: There are provided: a travel circuit HC1 that is formed through a closed circuit connection of a variable displacement hydraulic pump 2 driven by an engine 1 and a variable displacement hydraulic motor 3; a work circuit HC2 that includes a work hydraulic pump 4 that is driven by the engine 1 and a work hydraulic actuator 114, 115 that operates by pressure oil from the work hydraulic pump 4; a relief valve 14 that relieves high pressure oil of the travel circuit HC1; a rotation speed control unit 10, 18 that controls the engine rotation speed in correspondence to an operation amount of an accelerator pedal 9; a state detection unit 21, 22 that detects a vehicle state of high load travel and high load work; and a speed limitation unit 10 that reduces an upper limit of engine rotation speed when the vehicle state of high load travel and high load work is detected by the state detection unit 21, 22.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicants: TCM CORPORATION, HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Hyodo, Nobuyuki Hidaka, Masaki Yoshikawa, Tsuyoshi Takeyama, Kazuo Chonan, Yasuo Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20100017076
    Abstract: An automatic transmission device for a wheel loader includes: a shift mechanism; a work detection device that detects that the wheel loader is performing an excavation work; and a shift control device that executes control so as to downshift a speed stage at the shift mechanism if the work detection device detects that the wheel loader is performing the excavation work.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2006
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicants: TCM Corporation, Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Tetsuji Tanaka, Masami Higaki, Hirofumi Ouchi, Eiichi Sakai
  • Patent number: 7637101
    Abstract: A hydraulic power transmission device in a work vehicle transmits motive power from two hydraulic motors disposed in parallel to each other. The hydraulic power transmission device includes: a case; a first motor shaft and a second motor shaft respectively disposed in a right-side area and in a left-side area inside the case, each linked to one of the two hydraulic motors; a counter shaft disposed in an area ranging between the first motor shaft and the second motor shaft in the case; an output shaft; a first transmission mechanism that transmits motive power from the first motor shaft to the output shaft via the counter shaft; a second transmission mechanism that transmits motive power from the second motor shaft to the output shaft; and a hydraulic clutch device disposed at the counter shaft, that transmits the motive power from the first motor shaft to the output shaft or cuts off transmission of the motive power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignees: TCM Corporation, Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Uezono, Seishi Morishita, Akira Takeshita, Kiyoyasu Hasegawa, Koji Hyodo, Koji Takano
  • Publication number: 20090312922
    Abstract: A clutch control device includes: a plurality of hydraulic clutches built into a transmission; a clutch switching pattern storage device in which a plurality of clutch switching patterns, each defining engage/release changeover timing with which the plurality of hydraulic clutches are engaged/released are stored in correspondence to individual speed change patterns adopted by the transmission; a clutch switching pattern selection device that selects a clutch switching pattern stored in the clutch switching pattern storage device in correspondence to a speed change pattern for the transmission at a time of speed change; and a hydraulic control device that executes hydraulic control for the plurality of hydraulic clutches in correspondence to the clutch switching pattern selected by the clutch switching pattern selection device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2006
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicants: TCM Corporation, Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Tetsuji Tanaka, Masami Higaki, Hideo Nakayama, Eiichi Sakai, Hidenobu Tsukada
  • Publication number: 20090223005
    Abstract: A floor section is formed at the rear of a vehicle body, at one side of the vehicle body. A lifting floor device having a floor body lifted and lowered by a lifting drive device is placed above the vehicle body. The floor body has a cutout at the left side of the floor body, at the rear half thereof. The right side of the floor body is used as a passage for a physically handicapped person. A stairway device is provided between the floor body and the floor section as a passage for an able-bodied person, on the floor body side in the cutout, and the stairway device is pivotable in a vertical plane. A lifting table is placed behind the vehicle body, on the left side thereof so that the lifting table can face the rear end of the passage for a physically handicapped person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2007
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicant: TCM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Motohashi, Akihiko Fujimoto, Koji Ichinose, Toru Kikuchi, Koichi Takemoto
  • Publication number: 20090093340
    Abstract: A shift control device for a work vehicle that has a stepped automatic transmission includes: a control device that controls an engine rotation rate at the work vehicle and the stepped automatic transmission; a forward/reverse switchover member that outputs a forward/reverse switchover command for the work vehicle; and an operation quantity detection device that detects an accelerator pedal operation quantity in the work vehicle is operated. As the forward/reverse switchover command is output via the forward/reverse switchover member, the control device executes forward/reverse switchover control for the stepped automatic transmission and also controls the engine rotation rate so as to decrease the engine rotation rate gradually to a target lower limit value selected to ensure that a reverse rotation of a turbine runner at a torque converter in the work vehicle does not occur.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2006
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Applicants: TCM Corporation, Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masami Higaki, Tetsuji Tanaka, Hideo Nakayama, Eiichi Sakai, Hidenobu Tsukada
  • Publication number: 20090047948
    Abstract: A dynamically adapted network environment is disclosed. The dynamically adapted network environment has one or more mobile objects (MO's) and one or more corresponding network neighborhoods. Each of the one or more MO's is the center of a corresponding network neighborhood which is adapted locally to accommodate a movement of its corresponding MO in a manner that sustains substantially seamless communication traffic. A method of enabling seamless wireless roaming of a mobile object (MO) on a wireless network is also disclosed. A network neighborhood is defined for the MO based at least on a location of the MO. Communication traffic associated with the MO is buffered for redirection to at least one predicted future network connection point (NCP) which is part of the network neighborhood.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2008
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: TCM MOBILE LLC
    Inventors: Eliyahu Turetsky, Roman Kazarnovski
  • Patent number: D605374
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: TCM Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Nishikawa, Koji Shiizaki, Hidenobu Himeji, Kenji Hane