Patents by Inventor Chikashi Shike

Chikashi Shike 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: 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
  • 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: 11687852
    Abstract: A management device includes a ticket issuance unit that issues a ticket indicating work related to a construction site, a position information acquisition unit that acquires position information of a communication terminal acquiring the ticket, and an output unit that outputs the position information of the communication terminal selecting the ticket regarding the same construction site among the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Chikashi Shike, Yuuichi Nemoto
  • Patent number: 11585073
    Abstract: A construction system includes: a position data acquisition unit configured to acquire position data of a bottom of water; a current-terrain data generation unit configured to generate current terrain data of the bottom of water based on the position data; a target-terrain data generation unit configured to generate target terrain data of the bottom of water based on the current terrain data; and a working equipment control unit configured to control a working equipment of a work vehicle based on the target terrain data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Chikashi Shike, Ryoichi Togashi, Akinori Onodera
  • Publication number: 20220108243
    Abstract: A work management device includes a present topography acquisition unit which acquires a present topography at a work site, a final design surface acquisition unit which acquires a final design surface at the work site, a work area acquisition unit which acquires a work area of an operation machine at the work site, a target operation volume acquisition unit which acquires a target operation volume per unit time of the operation machine, an intermediate design surface generation unit which generates an intermediate design surface for the operation machine on the basis of the final design surface, the present topography, the work area, and the target operation volume per unit time, and a notification processing unit which notifies the intermediate design surface to an operator of the operation machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Chikashi Shike, Takeshi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11250623
    Abstract: A topographic information transmission device which is provided in a construction site includes an image data reception unit that receives a plurality of pieces of image data in which a landform of the construction site is captured, a three-dimensional data creation unit that creates three-dimensional data of the construction site on the basis of the plurality of pieces of image data, an amount-reduction processing unit that performs an amount reduction process of reducing a total data amount of the created three-dimensional data, and a topographic information transmission unit that transmits amount-reduced three-dimensional data having undergone the amount reduction process to an information providing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Chikashi Shike, Yoshiyuki Onishi, Mitsuhiro Aoki
  • Patent number: 11157849
    Abstract: A construction management system includes a construction amount data calculation unit configured to calculate, based on a current landform and a design landform of a construction site, construction amount data of the construction site, an original unit data acquisition unit configured to acquire original unit data indicating a specific condition of a work device that constructs the construction site, a construction plan data calculation unit configured to calculate, based on the construction amount data and the original unit data, a construction plan corresponding to a target construction period, and a construction cost required when construction is executed using the construction plan, and a construction plan data output unit configured to cause an output device to output the construction cost corresponding to the target construction period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventor: Chikashi Shike
  • Patent number: 11131576
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a working device which is configured to excavate and unload soil, a load meter which is configured to measure weight of the soil loaded by the working device, a transport vehicle specifier which is configured to specify a transport vehicle to be loaded with the soil, a vehicle weight acquirer which is configured to acquire vehicle weight information on loadable weight of the transport vehicle, a load weight calculator which calculates load weight of the soil loaded on the transport vehicle, according to the weight measured by the load meter, and an output unit which is configured to output information on a remaining loading capacity of the transport vehicle obtained from the vehicle weight information and the load weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventor: Chikashi Shike
  • Publication number: 20210142557
    Abstract: A topographic information transmission device which is provided in a construction site includes an image data reception unit that receives a plurality of pieces of image data in which a landform of the construction site is captured, a three-dimensional data creation unit that creates three-dimensional data of the construction site on the basis of the plurality of pieces of image data, an amount-reduction processing unit that performs an amount reduction process of reducing a total data amount of the created three-dimensional data, and a topographic information transmission unit that transmits amount-reduced three-dimensional data having undergone the amount reduction process to an information providing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Chikashi Shike, Yoshiyuki Onishi, Mitsuhiro Aoki
  • Publication number: 20200399864
    Abstract: A construction system includes: a position data acquisition unit configured to acquire position data of a bottom of water; a current-terrain data generation unit configured to generate current terrain data of the bottom of water based on the position data; a target-terrain data generation unit configured to generate target terrain data of the bottom of water based on the current terrain data; and a working equipment control unit configured to control a working equipment of a work vehicle based on the target terrain data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Chikashi Shike, Ryoichi Togashi, Akinori Onodera
  • Patent number: 10822773
    Abstract: A construction machine includes: a vehicle body; a plurality of imaging devices provided to the vehicle body; a data processing unit configured to perform image processing on each piece of two-dimensional image data acquired by the plurality of imaging devices to generate three-dimensional image data; and a data output unit configured to output the two-dimensional image data to a display device associated with the vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventor: Chikashi Shike
  • Publication number: 20200041329
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a working device which is configured to excavate and unload soil, a load meter which is configured to measure weight of the soil loaded by the working device, a transport vehicle specifier which is configured to specify a transport vehicle to be loaded with the soil, a vehicle weight acquirer which is configured to acquire vehicle weight information on loadable weight of the transport vehicle, a load weight calculator which calculates load weight of the soil loaded on the transport vehicle, according to the weight measured by the load meter, and an output unit which is configured to output information on a remaining loading capacity of the transport vehicle obtained from the vehicle weight information and the load weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventor: Chikashi Shike
  • Patent number: 10385542
    Abstract: A construction management system includes: an object detecting unit mounted on a work machine and configured to detect an object in a construction site and output information on the object; a shape detecting unit configured to output shape information indicating a three-dimensional shape of the object by using the information on the object detected by the object detecting unit; an information attaching unit configured to attach, to the shape information, time information indicating a time when the object is detected; and a management device configured to generate current state information on the construction site on the basis of the shape information to which a latest piece of the time information is attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Chikashi Shike, Ichiro Nakano, Akinori Onodera, Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi, Taiki Sugawara
  • Patent number: 10385543
    Abstract: A construction management system includes: an object detecting unit mounted on a work machine and configured to detect an object in a construction site and output information on the object; a shape detecting unit configured to output shape information indicating a three-dimensional shape of the object by using the information on the object detected by the object detecting unit; an information attaching unit configured to attach, to the shape information, time information indicating a time when the object is detected; and a management device configured to generate current state information on the construction site on the basis of the shape information to which a latest piece of the time information is attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Chikashi Shike, Ichiro Nakano, Akinori Onodera, Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi, Taiki Sugawara
  • Publication number: 20190138959
    Abstract: A management device includes a ticket issuance unit that issues a ticket indicating work related to a construction site, a position information acquisition unit that acquires position information of a communication terminal acquiring the ticket, and an output unit that outputs the position information of the communication terminal selecting the ticket regarding the same construction site among the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Chikashi Shike, Yuuichi Nemoto
  • Publication number: 20190139164
    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: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Chikashi SHIKE, Yuuichi NEMOTO
  • Patent number: 10275843
    Abstract: A construction planning 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 basic unit data acquisition unit configured to acquire basic unit data indicating conditions of a work machine carrying out a construction in the construction site; a construction plan data calculation unit configured to calculate construction plan data indicating a construction plan of the construction site based on the current topography data, the design topography data, and the basic unit data; and a construction plan data output unit configured to output the construction plan data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventor: Chikashi Shike
  • Publication number: 20190003153
    Abstract: A construction management system includes: an object detecting unit mounted on a work machine and configured to detect an object in a construction site and output information on the object; a shape detecting unit configured to output shape information indicating a three-dimensional shape of the object by using the information on the object detected by the object detecting unit; an information attaching unit configured to attach, to the shape information, time information indicating a time when the object is detected; and a management device configured to generate current state information on the construction site on the basis of the shape information to which a latest piece of the time information is attached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Chikashi Shike, Ichiro Nakano, Akinori Onodera, Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi, Taiki Sugawara
  • Publication number: 20180341901
    Abstract: An evaluation device incudes: a detected data acquisition unit to acquire detected data including the moving state of a work machine on the basis of movement data detected by a detector; an evaluation data generation unit to generate evaluation data of an operator on the basis of the detected data; a position data acquisition unit to acquire position data of the detector; a link processing unit to generate link data associating the evaluation data with the position data, and a link data output unit to output the link data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventor: Chikashi Shike
  • Publication number: 20180245311
    Abstract: A construction management system includes: an object detecting unit mounted on a work machine and configured to detect an object in a construction site and output information on the object; a shape detecting unit configured to output shape information indicating a three-dimensional shape of the object by using the information on the object detected by the object detecting unit; an information attaching unit configured to attach, to the shape information, time information indicating a time when the object is detected; and a management device configured to generate current state information on the construction site on the basis of the shape information to which a latest piece of the time information is attached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Chikashi Shike, Ichiro Nakano, Akinori Onodera, Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi, Taiki Sugawara