Patents by Inventor Akinori Baba
Akinori Baba 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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Patent number: 11433887Abstract: An unmanned vehicle control system includes: a specified command value calculation unit that calculates a specified command value for start of an unmanned vehicle; a corrected command value calculation unit that, when request data requesting a limitation of a travel speed of the unmanned vehicle is acquired, corrects the specified command value based on the request data to calculate a corrected command value; and a travel control unit that, when the request data is acquired, controls the start of the unmanned vehicle based on the corrected command value.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2019Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Akinori Baba, Ryuu Yamamura
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Patent number: 11237566Abstract: A control device for an unmanned vehicle includes a temperature data acquisition unit acquiring temperature data of hydraulic oil supplied to a first hydraulic actuator actuating a steering device of the unmanned vehicle, and a command output unit outputting a change command for changing a travel parameter of the unmanned vehicle based on the temperature data.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2018Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Masanori Ogihara, Ryuu Yamamura, Akinori Baba
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Publication number: 20210001847Abstract: An unmanned vehicle control system includes: a specified command value calculation unit that calculates a specified command value for start of an unmanned vehicle; a corrected command value calculation unit that, when request data requesting a limitation of a travel speed of the unmanned vehicle is acquired, corrects the specified command value based on the request data to calculate a corrected command value; and a travel control unit that, when the request data is acquired, controls the start of the unmanned vehicle based on the corrected command value.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2019Publication date: January 7, 2021Applicant: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Akinori Baba, Ryuu Yamamura
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Publication number: 20200125108Abstract: A control device for an unmanned vehicle includes a temperature data acquisition unit acquiring temperature data of hydraulic oil supplied to a first hydraulic actuator actuating a steering device of the unmanned vehicle, and a command output unit outputting a change command for changing a travel parameter of the unmanned vehicle based on the temperature data.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2018Publication date: April 23, 2020Inventors: Masanori Ogihara, Ryuu Yamamura, Akinori Baba
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Patent number: 9739038Abstract: A posture computing apparatus for a work machine includes a detection apparatus that is provided to the work machine and detects angular velocity and acceleration; a first posture angle computing unit that is provided to the detection apparatus and obtains a posture angle of the work machine from the angular velocity and the acceleration detected by the detection apparatus; a low-pass filter that allows the posture angle obtained by the first posture angle computing unit to pass therethrough to output the posture angle as a first posture angle; a second posture angle computing unit that outputs, as a second posture angle, a posture angle obtained from the angular velocity and the acceleration detected by the detection apparatus; and a selecting unit that outputs the first posture angle and the second posture angle in a switching manner, based on information about a change in an angle of the work machine.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2014Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Akinori Baba, Masashi Ichihara
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Patent number: 9702120Abstract: A posture computing apparatus for a work machine includes a detection apparatus that is provided to the work machine and detects angular velocity and acceleration; a first posture angle computing unit that is provided to the detection apparatus and obtains a posture angle of the work machine from the angular velocity and the acceleration detected by the detection apparatus; a low-pass filter that allows the posture angle obtained by the first posture angle computing unit to pass therethrough to output the posture angle as a first posture angle; a second posture angle computing unit that outputs, as a second posture angle, a posture angle obtained from the angular velocity and the acceleration detected by the detection apparatus; and a selecting unit that outputs the first posture angle and the second posture angle in a switching manner, based on information about a change in an angle of the work machine.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2014Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Akinori Baba, Masashi Ichihara
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Patent number: 9689140Abstract: A construction machine control system for a construction machine that includes a work machine including a boom, an arm, and a bucket includes: an adjusting device having a movable spool and being capable of adjusting an amount of operating oil supplied to a hydraulic cylinder that drives the work machine with movement of the spool; an operation command unit adjusting the spool; a storage unit storing a plurality of pieces of correlation data indicating a relation between a cylinder speed of the hydraulic cylinder and an operation command value of operating the hydraulic cylinder according to a type of the bucket; an acquiring unit acquiring type data indicating the type of the bucket; and a control unit selecting one piece of correlation data from the plurality of pieces of correlation data based on the type data and controlling the operation command value based on the selected correlation data.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2015Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Akinori Baba, Katsuhiro Ikegami, Takeshi Takaura, Masashi Ichihara, Yuki Shimano
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Patent number: 9605412Abstract: A control system includes: a data acquisition unit that acquires an operation command value and data on a cylinder speed in a state where an operation command of operating a hydraulic cylinder is output; a deriving unit that derives an operation start operation command value when the hydraulic cylinder in a stopped state starts operating and slow-speed operation characteristics indicating a relation between the operation command value and the cylinder speed in a slow-speed area based on the data acquired by the data acquisition unit; a storage unit that stores the operation start operation command value and the slow-speed operation characteristics derived by the deriving unit; and a work machine control unit that controls a work machine based on information stored in the storage unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2015Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Katsuhiro Ikegami, Yoshiki Kami, Akinori Baba, Takeshi Takaura
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Patent number: 9598841Abstract: A control system includes: a first pressure sensor disposed in a pilot oil passage between an operating device and a control valve and detecting pressure of pilot oil; a second pressure sensor disposed in the pilot oil passage between the control valve and a direction control valve and detecting the pressure of the pilot oil; a control valve controller controlling the control valve; a data acquisition unit acquiring data on a detection value of the first pressure sensor and a detection value of the second pressure sensor in a state where the pilot oil passage is opened by the control valve; and a correction unit correcting the detection value of the first pressure sensor or the second pressure sensor based on the data acquired by the data acquisition unit so that the detection value of the first pressure sensor is identical to the detection value of the second pressure sensor.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2015Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Katsuhiro Ikegami, Akinori Baba, Yoshiki Kami
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Patent number: 9598845Abstract: A posture computing apparatus for a work machine is an apparatus that obtains a posture angle of a work machine including a traveling body and a swing body that is mounted on the traveling body and that rotates relative to the traveling body. The posture computing apparatus includes a detection apparatus that is provided to the swing body and detects angular velocity and acceleration; an acceleration correcting unit that corrects the acceleration detected by the detection apparatus, based on a position where the detection apparatus is placed and information on the detection apparatus; and a posture angle computing unit that obtains a posture angle of the work machine from the acceleration corrected by the acceleration correcting unit and the angular velocity detected by the detection apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2014Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Akinori Baba, Masashi Ichihara
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Patent number: 9458597Abstract: A control system includes: a control valve control unit that controls a control valve; a data acquisition unit that acquires data on an operation command value and a cylinder speed in a state where an operation command for operating a hydraulic cylinder is output; and a deriving unit that derives operation characteristics in an operation direction of each of a plurality of hydraulic cylinders in relation to the operation command value based on the data acquired by the data acquisition unit. In acquisition of the data by the data acquisition unit, the control valve control unit controls a control valve of one pilot oil passage that is an acquisition object where the data is acquired among the plurality of pilot oil passages to open one pilot oil passage and controls control valves of the other pilot oil passages to close the other pilot oil passages.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2015Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: Kmoatsu Ltd.Inventors: Katsuhiro Ikegami, Satoshi Ito, Akinori Baba
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Publication number: 20160281331Abstract: A control system includes: a data acquisition unit that acquires an operation command value and data on a cylinder speed in a state where an operation command of operating a hydraulic cylinder is output; a deriving unit that derives an operation start operation command value when the hydraulic cylinder in a stopped state starts operating and slow-speed operation characteristics indicating a relation between the operation command value and the cylinder speed in a slow-speed area based on the data acquired by the data acquisition unit; a storage unit that stores the operation start operation command value and the slow-speed operation characteristics derived by the deriving unit; and a work machine control unit that controls a work machine based on information stored in the storage unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2015Publication date: September 29, 2016Inventors: Katsuhiro Ikegami, Yoshiki Kami, Akinori Baba, Takeshi Takaura
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Publication number: 20160273194Abstract: A control system includes: a first pressure sensor disposed in a pilot oil passage between an operating device and a control valve and detecting pressure of pilot oil; a second pressure sensor disposed in the pilot oil passage between the control valve and a direction control valve and detecting the pressure of the pilot oil; a control valve controller controlling the control valve; a data acquisition unit acquiring data on a detection value of the first pressure sensor and a detection value of the second pressure sensor in a state where the pilot oil passage is opened by the control valve; and a correction unit correcting the detection value of the first pressure sensor or the second pressure sensor based on the data acquired by the data acquisition unit so that the detection value of the first pressure sensor is identical to the detection value of the second pressure sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2015Publication date: September 22, 2016Inventors: Katsuhiro Ikegami, Akinori Baba, Yoshiki Kami
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Publication number: 20160265187Abstract: A construction machine control system for a construction machine that includes a work machine including a boom, an arm, and a bucket includes: an adjusting device having a movable spool and being capable of adjusting an amount of operating oil supplied to a hydraulic cylinder that drives the work machine with movement of the spool; an operation command unit adjusting the spool; a storage unit storing a plurality of pieces of correlation data indicating a relation between a cylinder speed of the hydraulic cylinder and an operation command value of operating the hydraulic cylinder according to a type of the bucket; an acquiring unit acquiring type data indicating the type of the bucket; and a control unit selecting one piece of correlation data from the plurality of pieces of correlation data based on the type data and controlling the operation command value based on the selected correlation data.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2015Publication date: September 15, 2016Inventors: Akinori Baba, Katsuhiro Ikegami, Takeshi Takaura, Masashi Ichihara, Yuki Shimano
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Publication number: 20160251836Abstract: A posture computing apparatus for a work machine includes a detection apparatus that is provided to the work machine and detects angular velocity and acceleration; a first posture angle computing unit that is provided to the detection apparatus and obtains a posture angle of the work machine from the angular velocity and the acceleration detected by the detection apparatus; a low-pass filter that allows the posture angle obtained by the first posture angle computing unit to pass therethrough to output the posture angle as a first posture angle; a second posture angle computing unit that outputs, as a second posture angle, a posture angle obtained from the angular velocity and the acceleration detected by the detection apparatus; and a selecting unit that outputs the first posture angle and the second posture angle in a switching manner, based on information about a change in an angle of the work machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2014Publication date: September 1, 2016Applicant: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Akinori Baba, Masashi Ichihara
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Publication number: 20160237655Abstract: A posture computing apparatus for a work machine is an apparatus that obtains a posture angle of a work machine including a traveling body and a swing body that is mounted on the traveling body and that rotates relative to the traveling body. The posture computing apparatus includes a detection apparatus that is provided to the swing body and detects angular velocity and acceleration; an acceleration correcting unit that corrects the acceleration detected by the detection apparatus, based on a position where the detection apparatus is placed and information on the detection apparatus; and a posture angle computing unit that obtains a posture angle of the work machine from the acceleration corrected by the acceleration correcting unit and the angular velocity detected by the detection apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2014Publication date: August 18, 2016Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.Inventors: Akinori Baba, Masashi Ichihara
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Patent number: 9411325Abstract: An excavation control system includes a global coordinate computing device, a prediction correcting part, a cutting edge position data generating part, and a designed terrain data generating part. The global coordinate computing device generates revolving unit orientation data (Q) that indicates an orientation of a revolving unit. The prediction correcting part generates corrected revolving unit orientation data (R) by predictively correcting the revolving unit orientation data (Q) based on a delay time (t) and revolve angle speed data (D?) that indicates a revolve angle speed (?) of the revolving unit. The cutting edge position data generating part generates cutting edge position data (S) that indicates a position of a cutting edge based on reference position data (P1), the revolving unit orientation data (Q), and the corrected revolving unit orientation data (R).Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2013Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.Inventors: Akinori Baba, Tetsuya Nakayama, Masashi Ichihara
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Publication number: 20160138240Abstract: A control system includes: a control valve control unit that controls a control valve; a data acquisition unit that acquires data on an operation command value and a cylinder speed in a state where an operation command for operating a hydraulic cylinder is output; and a deriving unit that derives operation characteristics in an operation direction of each of a plurality of hydraulic cylinders in relation to the operation command value based on the data acquired by the data acquisition unit. In acquisition of the data by the data acquisition unit, the control valve control unit controls a control valve of one pilot oil passage that is an acquisition object where the data is acquired among the plurality of pilot oil passages to open one pilot oil passage and controls control valves of the other pilot oil passages to close the other pilot oil passages.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2015Publication date: May 19, 2016Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.Inventors: Katsuhiro Ikegami, Satoshi Ito, Akinori Baba
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Publication number: 20140297040Abstract: An excavation control system includes a global coordinate computing device, a prediction correcting part, a cutting edge position data generating part, and a designed terrain data generating part. The global coordinate computing device generates revolving unit orientation data (Q) that indicates an orientation of a revolving unit. The prediction correcting part generates corrected revolving unit orientation data (R) by predictively correcting the revolving unit orientation data (Q) based on a delay time (t) and revolve angle speed data (D?) that indicates a revolve angle speed (?) of the revolving unit. The cutting edge position data generating part generates cutting edge position data (S) that indicates a position of a cutting edge based on reference position data (P1), the revolving unit orientation data (Q), and the corrected revolving unit orientation data (R).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2013Publication date: October 2, 2014Inventors: Akinori Baba, Tetsuya Nakayama, Masashi Ichihara
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Patent number: 4562528Abstract: A backup control apparatus comprises a main control system (1) and a backup control system (2), coupled in parallel, and correcting circuits (61 to 64). If and when the main control system is in an abnormal state, the abnormal state of the main control system is determined by a switch control portion (3). A drive portion (5) coupled to the output of the main control system is switched by a switch portion (4) in response to the determined output to be coupled to the output of the backup control system. A tracking signal obtained from proportional integrating elements (17, 19) included in the main control system abruptly fluctuates as a function of the abnormal state of the main control system. The fluctuation of the tracking signal is mitigated by the correcting circuit including a dead time component or a first order lag component, whereupon the same is applied to proportional integrating elements (27, 29) included in the backup control system.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 1982Date of Patent: December 31, 1985Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Akinori Baba