Patents by Inventor Akifumi Kuroda
Akifumi Kuroda 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).
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Publication number: 20240046716Abstract: A detection process unit detects an error of at least any of a plurality of work vehicles. A report process unit causes, when an error of a work vehicle among the plurality of work vehicles is detected, specific information on the work vehicle to be reported at an operation terminal communicable with each of the plurality of work vehicles.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuto NISHII, Masaaki MURAYAMA, Akifumi KURODA, Shinya NISHIBEPPU, Masahito ADACHI
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Publication number: 20240040948Abstract: A setting process unit sets an inter-area route that causes a work vehicle to automatically run on a road that connects a plurality of fields, and sets, as an automatic run permission area that permits the automatic run of the work vehicle, a given range including the plurality of fields and the road which is for entering each of the plurality of fields.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akifumi KURODA, Yasuto NISHII, Masaaki MURAYAMA, Shinya NISHIBEPPU, Masahito ADACHI
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Publication number: 20240028037Abstract: An autonomous travel system causes a work vehicle to autonomously travel along an inter-field route preset for a road connecting a field and a field. A travel processor causes the work vehicle to be stopped at a route start position of the inter-field route and to resume autonomous travel when a user is within a predetermined distance from the work vehicle in the field corresponding to the stop position of the work vehicle. An announcement process unit causes the work vehicle to announce travel information about travel on the inter-field route in the field.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Applicant: Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuto NISHII, Masaaki Murayama, Akifumi Kuroda, Shinya Nishibeppu, Masahito Adachi
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Publication number: 20240004384Abstract: A detection process unit detects obstacles while the work vehicle is traveling on the road connecting the fields. A travel processor causes the work vehicle to perform avoidance travel when the obstacles are registered as the avoidance travel target that is a subject to be avoided by the work vehicle's avoidance travel, while it causes the work vehicle not to perform the avoidance travel when the obstacles are registered as the non-avoidance travel target that is a subject not to be avoided by the work vehicle's avoidance travel.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicant: Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuto NISHII, Masaaki Murayama, Akifumi Kuroda, Shinya Nishibeppu, Masahito Adachi
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Publication number: 20230070542Abstract: A route generating processor generates a target route R that includes a plurality of straight routes, along each of which a work vehicle is caused to automatically travel from a start position to an end position. A receiving processor receives a first setting operation to set the work vehicle, after reaching an end position of a first straight route, to travel rearward toward a start position of the first straight route, or a second setting operation to set the work vehicle, after reaching the end position of the first straight route, to make a turn traveling, in a front, up to a second straight route.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2022Publication date: March 9, 2023Applicant: Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinya Nishibeppu, Akifumi Kuroda
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Patent number: 11442468Abstract: A parallel travel work system for an autonomous travel work vehicle, an accompanying travel work vehicle accompanying the autonomous travel work vehicle, and a remote controller for communicating with the autonomous travel work vehicle. The remote controller creates a first preset travel path for the autonomous travel work vehicle and a second preset travel path for the accompanying travel work vehicle travels. The autonomous travel work vehicle is equipped with: a position calculator for calculating a position of the autonomous travel work vehicle using a satellite positioning system, a steering actuator for operating a steering device of the autonomous travel work vehicle, a transceiver for communicating with the remote controller, and a control device for controlling the position calculator, the steering actuator and the transceiver. With the control device, the autonomous travelling of the autonomous travel work vehicle is carried out along the first preset travel path.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2020Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: Yanmar Power Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kouhei Ogura, Akifumi Kuroda, Keiji Matsumoto, Hideaki Aoki
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Publication number: 20220232750Abstract: This automatic travel system for a work vehicle has: an automatic travel control unit which, using a satellite positioning system, causes a work vehicle to automatically travel in accordance with a target path at a registered work site; and a standby position setting unit which sets a standby position of the work vehicle. The standby setting unit acquires an entry point at a time when the work vehicle has entered the registered work site from outside thereof, and sets the entry point as a standby position. The automatic travel control unit determines whether or not a condition for causing the work vehicle to stand by at the standby position has been met, and, in the case where the standby condition has been met, causes the work vehicle to travel automatically from the present position to the standby position and then to stand by at the standby position.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2020Publication date: July 28, 2022Applicant: Yanmar Power Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Taiki Shirafuji, Akifumi Kuroda
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Publication number: 20200348690Abstract: A parallel travel work system for an autonomous travel work vehicle, an accompanying travel work vehicle accompanying the autonomous travel work vehicle, and a remote controller for communicating with the autonomous travel work vehicle. The remote controller creates a first preset travel path for the autonomous travel work vehicle and a second preset travel path for the accompanying travel work vehicle travels. The autonomous travel work vehicle is equipped with: a position calculator for calculating a position of the autonomous travel work vehicle using a satellite positioning system, a steering actuator for operating a steering device of the autonomous travel work vehicle, a transceiver for communicating with the remote controller, and a control device for controlling the position calculator, the steering actuator and the transceiver. With the control device, the autonomous travelling of the autonomous travel work vehicle is carried out along the first preset travel path.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2020Publication date: November 5, 2020Applicant: Yanmar Power Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kouhei Ogura, Akifumi Kuroda, Keiji Matsumoto, Hideaki Aoki
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Patent number: 10747233Abstract: A parallel travel work system for an autonomous travel work vehicle, an accompanying travel work vehicle accompanying the autonomous travel work vehicle, and a remote controller for communicating with the autonomous travel work vehicle. The remote controller creates a first preset travel path for the autonomous travel work vehicle and a second preset travel path for the accompanying travel work vehicle travels. The autonomous travel work vehicle is equipped with: a position calculator for calculating a position of the autonomous travel work vehicle using a satellite positioning system, a steering actuator for operating a steering device of the autonomous travel work vehicle, a transceiver for communicating with the remote controller, and a control device for controlling the position calculator, the steering actuator and the transceiver. With the control device, the autonomous travelling of the autonomous travel work vehicle is carried out along the first preset travel path.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: YANMAR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kouhei Ogura, Akifumi Kuroda, Keiji Matsumoto, Hideaki Aoki
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Patent number: 10324461Abstract: A remote control apparatus capable of communicating with a control apparatus of an autonomously running work vehicle via a communication apparatus, the remote control apparatus comprising a communication apparatus, a control apparatus, a display apparatus, and cameras for obtaining images of the front and rear, wherein the display apparatus is provided with at least a remote control region for controlling the autonomously running work vehicle, a peripheral image region for displaying images captured by the cameras, and a work status display region, wherein the peripheral image region is provided with a frontal view and a rear view.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2015Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: YANMAR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kouhei Ogura, Wataru Nakagawa, Keiji Matsumoto, Akifumi Kuroda
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Publication number: 20190101931Abstract: A parallel travel work system for an autonomous travel work vehicle, an accompanying travel work vehicle accompanying the autonomous travel work vehicle, and a remote controller for communicating with the autonomous travel work vehicle. The remote controller creates a first preset travel path for the autonomous travel work vehicle and a second preset travel path for the accompanying travel work vehicle travels. The autonomous travel work vehicle is equipped with: a position calculator for calculating a position of the autonomous travel work vehicle using a satellite positioning system, a steering actuator for operating a steering device of the autonomous travel work vehicle, a transceiver for communicating with the remote controller, and a control device for controlling the position calculator, the steering actuator and the transceiver. With the control device, the autonomous travelling of the autonomous travel work vehicle is carried out along the first preset travel path.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2018Publication date: April 4, 2019Applicant: Yanmar Co,. Ltd.Inventors: Kouhei OGURA, Akifumi Kuroda, Keiji Matsumoto, Hideaki Aoki
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Patent number: 10191492Abstract: An autonomous travel work vehicle (1), which is provided with a position calculation means that measures the device body position by means of a satellite positioning system, a steering actuator (40) that operates a steering device, an engine rotation control means, a transmission means (44), and a control device (30) that controls each of same, is caused to autonomously travel, along a set travel path stored in the control device (30), by an accompanying travel work vehicle (100) that works while accompanying the travel of the autonomous travel work vehicle (1) by means of attended operation and that is mounted with a remote operation device (112) that can operate the autonomous travel work vehicle, and the control device (30) halts autonomous travel when a signal disruption from the satellites, a large deviation from the set travel path, an abnormal sensor value, fuel exhaustion, or the like is detected.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2015Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: Yanmar Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kouhei Ogura, Akifumi Kuroda, Keiji Matsumoto, Hideaki Aoki
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Patent number: 10126754Abstract: For easy setting of a path of an autonomously-traveling autonomous travel work vehicle, provided is a method for setting a path for an autonomous travel work vehicle to run and operate by determining positions with the use of a satellite positioning system so as to drive and carry out an agricultural field operation. The method includes inputting a front-to-back length of a vehicle body, a width of an implement and an overlapping amount of implements (24) in a width direction, positioning a work vehicle at inflection points successively along an outer circumference of the agricultural field and determining positions with the use of the satellite positioning system, setting a work area, an operation start position and an operation end position, a direction for starting reference traveling, headlands (HB) on both ends of the work area (HA), and a travel path (R) within the agricultural field.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2015Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: Yanmar Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kouhei Ogura, Akifumi Kuroda, Keiji Matsumoto, Hideaki Aoki
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Publication number: 20170248946Abstract: A remote control apparatus capable of communicating with a control apparatus of an autonomously running work vehicle via a communication apparatus, the remote control apparatus comprising a communication apparatus, a control apparatus, a display apparatus, and cameras for obtaining images of the front and rear, wherein the display apparatus is provided with at least a remote control region for controlling the autonomously running work vehicle, a peripheral image region for displaying images captured by the cameras, and a work status display region, wherein the peripheral image region is provided with a frontal view and a rear view.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2015Publication date: August 31, 2017Applicant: YANMAR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kouhei OGURA, Wataru NAKAGAWA, Keiji MATSUMOTO, Akifumi KURODA
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Publication number: 20170177002Abstract: An autonomous travel work vehicle (1), which is provided with a position calculation means that measures the device body position by means of a satellite positioning system, a steering actuator (40) that operates a steering device, an engine rotation control means, a transmission means (44), and a control device (30) that controls each of same, is caused to autonomously travel, along a set travel path stored in the control device (30), by an accompanying travel work vehicle (100) that works while accompanying the travel of the autonomous travel work vehicle (1) by means of attended operation and that is mounted with a remote operation device (112) that can operate the autonomous travel work vehicle, and the control device (30) halts autonomous travel when a signal disruption from the satellites, a large deviation from the set travel path, an abnormal sensor value, fuel exhaustion, or the like is detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2015Publication date: June 22, 2017Applicant: YANMAR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kouhei OGURA, Akifumi KURODA, Keiji MATSUMOTO, Hideaki AOKI
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Publication number: 20170168501Abstract: For easy setting of a path of an autonomously-traveling autonomous travel work vehicle, provided is a method for setting a path for an autonomous travel work vehicle to run and operate by determining positions with the use of a satellite positioning system so as to drive and carry out an agricultural field operation. The method includes inputting a front-to-back length of a vehicle body, a width of an implement and an overlapping amount of implements (24) in a width direction, positioning a work vehicle at inflection points successively along an outer circumference of the agricultural field and determining positions with the use of the satellite positioning system, setting a work area, an operation start position and an operation end position, a direction for starting reference traveling, headlands (HB) on both ends of the work area (HA), and a travel path (R) within the agricultural field.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2015Publication date: June 15, 2017Applicant: YANMAR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kouhei OGURA, Akifumi KURODA, Keiji MATSUMOTO, Hideaki AOKI
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Patent number: 8838348Abstract: In a working vehicle, there is dissolved a risk that a black smoke is discharged, a knocking is generated and an engine stall is caused, if a lot of load is applied to a rotary tiller during various works while traveling at a low speed. In the working vehicle provided with an engine which is mounted to a travel machine body, a common rail type fuel injection device which injects fuel to the engine, and a continuously variable transmission which shifts power from the engine, an engine driving point Q (Q1?Q2) relating to a rotating speed N and a torque T of the engine is changed in such a manner that the rotation speed come to a high speed side rotating speed N2 dissolving an overload, and a change gear ratio of the continuously variable transmission is modified and regulates in such a manner that a vehicle speed V of the travel machine body does not change in the case that the overload acts on the engine of having a low speed N1 in the rotating speed N.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2011Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Yanmar Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Oouchida, Keiichirou Yuzaki, Akifumi Kuroda, Tadao Hirai, Koji Iwaki, Koji Sakata, Minoru Kamada
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Publication number: 20130173123Abstract: In a working vehicle 141, there is dissolved a risk that a black smoke is discharged, a knocking is generated and an engine stall is caused, if a lot of load is applied to a rotary tiller 24 during various works while traveling at a low speed. In the working vehicle 141 provided with an engine 70 which is mounted to a travel machine body 142, a common rail type fuel injection device 117 which injects fuel to the engine 70, and a continuously variable transmission 159 which shifts power from the engine 70, an engine driving point Q (Q1?Q2) relating to a rotating speed N and a torque T of the engine 70 is changed in such a manner that the rotation speed come to a high speed side rotating speed N2 dissolving an overload, and a change gear ratio of the continuously variable transmission 159 is modified and regulates in such a manner that a vehicle speed V of the travel machine body 142 does not change in the case that the overload acts on the engine 70 of having a low speed N1 in the rotating speed N.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2011Publication date: July 4, 2013Applicant: YANMAR CO., LTD.Inventors: Takeshi Oouchida, Keiichirou Yuzaki, Akifumi Kuroda, Tadao Hirai, Koji Iwaki, Koji Sakata, Minoru Kamada
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Patent number: 7344473Abstract: A hydraulic transmission (21) has an electric actuator (86) for changing its output/input rotation speed ratio. A controller (90) of the actuator memorizes a command current value to the actuator supposing that load is not applied on the hydraulic transmission, and calculates a value of load applied on the hydraulic transmission by calculating a difference between an actual command current value to the actuator and the memorized command current value. A command current value is compensated based on the value of load, and the actuator receives feedback to be controlled. A vehicle may have a differential mechanism (10), which combines rotation powers on input side and output side of the hydraulic transmission. A detector (82) detects rotation speed of a main speed change output shaft (27) serving as an output shaft of the differential mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2006Date of Patent: March 18, 2008Assignees: Yanmar Agricultural Equipment Co., Ltd., Yanmar Co., Ltd.Inventors: Fumio Ishibashi, Yukio Kubota, Yasuo Noma, Akifumi Kuroda
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Publication number: 20060172853Abstract: A hydraulic transmission (21) has an electric actuator (86) for changing its output/input rotation speed ratio. A controller (90) of the actuator memorizes a command current value to the actuator supposing that load is not applied on the hydraulic transmission, and calculates a value of load applied on the hydraulic transmission by calculating a difference between an actual command current value to the actuator and the memorized command current value. A command current value is compensated based on the value of load, and the actuator receives feedback to be controlled. A vehicle may have a differential mechanism (10), which combines rotation powers on input side and output side of the hydraulic transmission. A detector (82) detects rotation speed of a main speed change output shaft (27) serving as an output shaft of the differential mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2006Publication date: August 3, 2006Inventors: Fumio Ishibashi, Yukio Kubota, Yasuo Noma, Akifumi Kuroda