Patents by Inventor Atsushi Nagato

Atsushi Nagato 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).

  • Patent number: 11508091
    Abstract: A calibration device for an imaging device includes an imaging data acquisition unit that acquires imaging data of a known external target installed at a known position outside a work range of work equipment, the imaging data being obtained by imaging of at least one imaging device provided in a work machine including the work equipment, an external target position acquisition unit that acquires a position of the known external target, and a calibration unit that calibrates the imaging device based on the position of the known external target, which is acquired by the external target position acquisition unit, and the imaging data of the known external target, which is acquired by the imaging data acquisition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Shogo Atsumi, Taiki Sugawara, Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi, Atsushi Nagato
  • Publication number: 20210209800
    Abstract: A calibration device for an imaging device includes an imaging data acquisition unit that acquires imaging data of a known external target installed at a known position outside a work range of work equipment, the imaging data being obtained by imaging of at least one imaging device provided in a work machine including the work equipment, an external target position acquisition unit that acquires a position of the known external target, and a calibration unit that calibrates the imaging device based on the position of the known external target, which is acquired by the external target position acquisition unit, and the imaging data of the known external target, which is acquired by the imaging data acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Shogo Atsumi, Taiki Sugawara, Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi, Atsushi Nagato
  • Publication number: 20190078294
    Abstract: A shape measurement system includes a target detection unit, attached to a work machine, configured to detect a target worked on by the work machine, and configured to output information about the target, a calculation unit configured to obtain shape information indicating a three-dimensional shape of the target, by using the information about the target detected by the target detection unit, and configured to output the shape information, and a changing unit configured to change a measurement condition used when the calculation unit obtains the shape information. The measurement condition is a range of the information about the target used when the calculation unit obtains the shape information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Atsushi Nagato, Taiki Sugawara, Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 9783952
    Abstract: A working machine includes: an operation state detection unit configured to detect a physical amount output according to an operation of an operation lever; a time integration unit configured to calculate a time integration value by performing time integration of the physical amount; a determination unit configured to cause the time integration value and a predetermined operating angle of an excavating and loading mechanism associated with the operation of the operation lever to correspond to each other, and to determine that the operation of the operation lever has been performed at a time the time integration value becomes a predetermined integration value or more; and a counting unit configured to count at a time operations of the excavating and loading mechanism determined by the determination unit are performed in a predetermined order, number of times of excavating and loading work.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Nagato, Masamichi Ueda
  • Patent number: 9476183
    Abstract: A work machine includes: an operation state detection unit detecting a physical amount output; a time integration unit calculating a time integration value; a determination unit determining that the operation of the operation lever is performed at a time the time integration value is not smaller than a predetermined integration value; a counting unit counting number of a series of the operations of the excavation-loading mechanism performed in a predetermined order as one series of the excavation-loading work; and a specific state detection unit detecting a specific operation state not related to the series of operations of the excavation-loading mechanism in a state in which an operation of the excavation-loading mechanism related to the series of excavation-loading work can be performed, and at a time the specific operation state is detected, the counting unit resets or corrects counting processing of the number of times of the series of excavation-loading work.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Nagato, Masamichi Ueda, Jun Sasaki
  • Patent number: 9309650
    Abstract: A working machine includes: an operation state detection unit configured to detect a physical amount output according to an operation of an operation lever; a time integration unit configured to calculate a time integration value by performing time integration of the physical amount; a determination unit configured to cause the time integration value and a predetermined operating angle of an excavating and loading mechanism associated with the operation of the operation lever to correspond to each other, and to determine that the operation of the operation lever has been performed, at a time the time integration value becomes a predetermined integration value or more; and a counting unit configured to count number of times of a series of excavating and loading work.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Nagato, Tsuyoshi Imamura, Hiromi Tokura
  • Patent number: 9303390
    Abstract: A work machine includes: a work state detection unit detecting a physical amount; a time integration unit calculating a time integration value; a determination unit associating the time integration value with a predetermined operating angle of an excavation-loading mechanism and determining that an operation of an operation lever is performed at a time the time integration value is not smaller than a predetermined integration value; a counting unit performing accumulation adding with number of times of loading as once at a time each operation is an excavation-loading work performed in an order of: an excavation operation; a forward swing operation; a soil discharge operation; and a backward swing operation; a default setting unit setting a bucket capacity; a workload calculation unit calculating a workload by multiplying the number of times of loading by the bucket capacity; and an output unit outputting the workload.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Nagato, Kiyokazu Sagawa, Ryo Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20150299989
    Abstract: A working maching includes: an operation state detection unit configured to detect a physical amount output according to an operation of an operation lever; a time integration unit configured to calculate a time integration value by performing time integration of the physical amount; a determination unit configured to cause the time integration value and a predetermined operating angle of an excavating and loading mechanism associated with the operation of the operation lever to correspond to each other, and to determine that the operation of the operation lever has been performed, at a time the time integration value becomes a predetermined integration value or more; and a counting unit configured to count number of times of a series of excavating and loading work.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Nagato, Tsuyoshi Imamura, Hiromi Tokura
  • Publication number: 20150292185
    Abstract: A work machine includes: an operation state detection unit detecting a physical amount output; a time integration unit calculating a time integration value; a determination unit determining that the operation of the operation lever is performed at a time the time integration value is not smaller than a predetermined integration value; a counting unit counting number of a series of the operations of the excavation-loading mechanism performed in a predetermined order as one series of the excavation-loading work; and a specific state detection unit detecting a specific operation state not related to the series of operations of the excavation-loading mechanism in a state in which an operation of the excavation-loading mechanism related to the series of excavation-loading work can be performed, and at a time the specific operation state is detected, the counting unit resets or corrects counting processing of the number of times of the series of excavation-loading work.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Atsushi Nagato, Masamichi Ueda, Jun Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20150292178
    Abstract: A working machine includes: an operation state detection unit configured to detect a physical amount output according to an operation of an operation lever; a time integration unit configured to calculate a time integration value by performing time integration of the physical amount; a determination unit configured to cause the time integration value and a predetermined operating angle of an excavating and loading mechanism associated with the operation of the operation lever to correspond to each other, and to determine that the operation of the operation lever has been performed at a time the time integration value becomes a predetermined integration value or more; and a counting unit configured to count at a time operations of the excavating and loading mechanism determined by the determination unit are performed in a predetermined order, number of times of excavating and loading work.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Atsushi Nagato, Masamichi Ueda
  • Publication number: 20150240458
    Abstract: A work machine includes: a work state detection unit detecting a physical amount; a time integration unit calculating a time integration value; a determination unit associating the time integration value with a predetermined operating angle of an excavation-loading mechanism and determining that an operation of an operation lever is performed at a time the time integration value is not smaller than a predetermined integration value; a counting unit performing accumulation adding with number of times of loading as once at a time each operation is an excavation-loading work performed in an order of: an excavation operation; a forward swing operation; a soil discharge operation; and a backward swing operation; a default setting unit setting a bucket capacity; a workload calculation unit calculating a workload by multiplying the number of times of loading by the bucket capacity; and an output unit outputting the workload.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Nagato, Kiyokazu Sagawa, Ryo Sasaki
  • Patent number: 8104966
    Abstract: In a bush (10) which relatively-rotatably supports a journal shaft (1) around its central axis by housing the journal shaft (1) in a formed bearing hole (11), the bush 10 includes an oil supply groove (16) formed spirally to supply lube oil to an inner surface of the bearing hole (11) which contacts to the journal shaft (1) when the journal shaft relatively rotates. A ratio of an area of the oil supply groove (16) to the inner surface area of the bearing hole (11) is equal to or less than 30%. A product of a distance in the central axis direction and a distance in the circumferential direction of the journal shaft (1) between the oil supply groove (16) in next to each other on the inner surface of the bearing hole (11) is within 50 to 300 mm2 range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yamamoto, Motohide Sugihara, Atsushi Nagato
  • Publication number: 20090268996
    Abstract: In a bush (10) which relatively-rotatably supports a journal shaft (1) around its central axis by housing the journal shaft (1) in a formed bearing hole (11), the bush 10 includes an oil supply groove (16) formed spirally to supply lube oil to an inner surface of the bearing hole (11) which contacts to the journal shaft (1) when the journal shaft relatively rotates. A ratio of an area of the oil supply groove (16) to the inner surface area of the bearing hole (11) is equal to or less than 30%. A product of a distance in the central axis direction and a distance in the circumferential direction of the journal shaft (1) between the oil supply groove (16) in next to each other on the inner surface of the bearing hole (11) is within 50 to 300 mm2 range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2007
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yamamoto, Motohide Sugihara, Atsushi Nagato
  • Publication number: 20090031954
    Abstract: A susceptor capable of reducing unevenness in a film-thickness of an epitaxial film on an outer surface of a substrate wafer and a manufacturing apparatus of an epitaxial wafer are provided. The susceptor includes a wafer placement and a peripheral portion. The wafer placement is greater in size than the substrate wafer W and substantially disc-shaped. The peripheral portion is substantially in a ring-plate shape and includes: an inner circumference standing in a fashion surrounding a peripheral portion of the wafer placement; and an upper surface outwardly extending from an upper end of the inner circumference in parallel to the placement surface of the wafer placement. In the chemical vapor deposition control unit, an inner circumference has a curvature substantially similar to a curvature of the inner circumference of the peripheral portion, and the upper surface is leveled with the upper surface) of the peripheral portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2007
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Inventors: Kouichi Nishikido, Motonori Nakamura, Atsuhiko Hirosawa, Noboru Iida, Norihiko Sato, Atsushi Nagato, Toshiyuki Kamei
  • Publication number: 20070281084
    Abstract: A reactant gas is supplied to a gas inlet port 40B of a reaction chamber 20A from a plurality of gas flow paths 36A. The number of gas flow paths 36A is five or more within a range of one side of the gas inlet port 40B divided in two at the center thereof. The pitch between adjacent gas flow paths 36A is 10 mm or more. A baffle 38 having a plurality of slit holes 38A is disposed upstream of the gas flow paths 36A. The gas flow rates of the respective gas flow paths 36A are adjusted by recurrent calculation using layer growth sensitivity data that defines the relation between the gas flow rates of the respective gas flow paths 36A.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Applicant: SUMCO TECHXIV CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsuhiko Hirosawa, Noboru Iida, Norihiko Sato, Atsushi Nagato, Toshiyuki Kamei, Kouichi Nishikido, Motonori Nakamura
  • Patent number: 6334494
    Abstract: A pressure leading path in a impact type tool is branched halfway through a bypass passage for connecting a high pressure chamber H with a low pressure chamber (L). The branch includes a first fixed aperture leading to the high pressure chamber (H). The branch also includes a second fixed aperture leading to the low pressure chamber (H). The pressure leading path is connected to a primary side of a relief valve. An automatic shutoff mechanism is operated by hydraulic operating fluid relieved from the secondary side of relief valve. The automatic shutoff mechanism cuts off the air supply to the air motor driving the tool, and thus automatically shuts off the tool, when the pressure in the pressure leading path exceeds a predetermined value. The present invention permits control of pulsed torque with high precision in a simple construction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2002
    Assignee: Fuji Air Tools Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Atsushi Nagato