Patents by Inventor Eiji Ishibashi

Eiji Ishibashi 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: 11041289
    Abstract: A controller acquires an excavation start position at which a work implement starts excavation. When a current landscape includes an upward slope and a downward slope existing ahead of the upward slope and the excavation start position is on the upward slope, the controller determines a first virtual design surface including a first design surface located below the current landscape and inclined at a smaller angle than the upward slope. The controller generates a command signal that causes the work implement to move along the first virtual design surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji Ishibashi, Junji Harada, Akifumi Inamaru, Seiji Nagano, Yasuhito Yonezawa
  • Publication number: 20210140142
    Abstract: A control system for a work vehicle includes an actual topography acquisition device, a storage device, a soil amount acquisition device, and a controller. The actual topography acquisition device acquires actual topography information indicating an actual topography of a work target. The storage device stores design topography information indicating a final design topography. The soil amount acquisition device generates a soil amount signal indicating a held soil amount of the work implement. The controller acquires the actual topography information from the actual topography acquisition device and acquires the design topography information from the storage device. The controller generates a command signal for moving the work implement at position that is between the actual topography and the final design topography and is a predetermined distance above the actual topography. The controller acquires the soil amount signal and changes the predetermined distance based on the held soil amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Eiji ISHIBASHI, Akifumi INAMARU, Yasuhito YONEZAWA, Takahiro SHIMOJO
  • Patent number: 11001993
    Abstract: A work vehicle control system includes an actual topography acquisition device, a storage device, a soil amount acquisition device, and a controller. The actual topography acquisition device acquires actual topography information, which indicates an actual topography of a work target. The storage device stores design topography information, which indicates a final design topography of the work target. The soil amount acquisition device generates a soil amount signal indicating a held soil amount of the work implement. The controller acquires the actual topography information from the actual topography acquisition device, the design topography information from the storage device, and the soil amount signal from the soil amount acquisition device. The controller determines an intermediate design topography positioned above the actual topography and below the final design topography in accordance with the held soil amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji Ishibashi, Seiji Nagano, Kenji Yamamoto, Kazuyuki Kirino, Yasuhito Yonezawa, Yosuke Kogawa
  • Publication number: 20210132617
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a work implement. A control system for the work vehicle includes a controller programmed to acquire actual topography data indicating an actual surface of a work target, and replace the actual surface with a design surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Junji HARADA, Eiji ISHIBASHI, Toshinori MATSUSHITA, Takahiro SHIMOJO
  • Patent number: 10968607
    Abstract: When correcting an error caused by deviation of an attitude detection device with respect to a work machine including a swing body which swings, a working implement being attached to the swing body, the attitude detection device outputting an attitude of the work machine, the error is corrected by using a first position which is a position of a part of the work machine when the work machine is in a first attitude and a second position which is a position of the part when the work machine is in a second attitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Iwamura, Masanobu Seki, Masashi Ichihara, Kenjiro Shimada, Satoru Shintani, Yuki Shimano, Eiji Ishibashi
  • Patent number: 10927525
    Abstract: A work vehicle control system includes an actual topography acquisition device, a storage device, and a controller. The actual topography acquisition device acquires actual topography information, which indicates the actual topography of a work target. The storage device stores design topography information, which indicates a final design topography that is a target topography of the work target. The controller acquires the actual topography information from the actual topography acquisition device. The controller acquires the design topography information from the storage device. The controller generates a command signal to move the work implement to a position that is between the actual topography and the final design topography, and a predetermined distance above the actual topography.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji Ishibashi, Akifumi Inamaru, Yasuhito Yonezawa, Takahiro Shimojo
  • Patent number: 10907325
    Abstract: A work vehicle control system includes an actual topography acquisition device, a storage device, and a controller. The actual topography acquisition device acquires actual topography information, which indicates an actual topography of a work target. The storage device stores design topography information, which indicates a final design topography that is a target topography of the work target. The controller acquires the actual topography information from the actual topography acquisition device. The controller acquires the design topography information from the storage device. When the actual topography positioned below the final design topography is sloped, the controller generates a command signal to move the work implement along a locus positioned below the final design topography and below the actual topography, and a sloped locus that is positioned below the final design topography and above the actual topography.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji Ishibashi, Akifumi Inamaru, Kenji Yamamoto, Yasuhito Yonezawa, Yosuke Kogawa
  • Patent number: 10822771
    Abstract: A sensor outputs a signal indicating an excavation start position at which a work implement starts excavation. A controller determines an inclination angle of a virtual design surface so that an amount of soil between the virtual design surface extending from the excavation start position and a current landscape matches a predetermined target amount of soil. The controller generates a command signal that causes the work implement to move along the virtual design surface extending from the excavation start position in a direction inclined at the inclination angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji Ishibashi, Kazuhiro Hashimoto, Akifumi Inamaru, Yosuke Kogawa
  • Publication number: 20200308809
    Abstract: A work vehicle control system includes an actual topography acquisition device, a storage device, and a controller. The actual topography acquisition device acquires actual topography information, which indicates an actual topography of a work target. The storage device stores design topography information, which indicates a final design topography that is a target topography of the work target. The controller acquires the actual topography information from the actual topography acquisition device, and the design topography information from the storage device. The controller determines an intermediate design topography positioned above the actual topography and below the final design topography. The controller generates a command signal to move the work implement based on the intermediate design topography. The intermediate design topography includes a plurality of intermediate design surfaces divided in the traveling direction of the work vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Eiji ISHIBASHI, Akifumi INAMARU, Seiji NAGANO, Kenji YAMAMOTO, Kazuyuki KIRINO, Yasuhito YONEZAWA, Yosuke KOGAWA, Takahiro SHIMOJO
  • Patent number: 10787789
    Abstract: A work vehicle control system includes an actual topography acquisition device, a storage device, and a controller. The actual topography acquisition device acquires actual topography information, which indicates an actual topography of a work target. The storage device stores design topography information, which indicates a final design topography that is a target topography of the work target. The controller acquires the actual topography information from the actual topography acquisition device. The controller acquires the design topography information from the storage device. The controller generates a command signal to move the work implement along a locus that is more gently sloped than the actual topography when the actual topography positioned below the final design topography is sloped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji Ishibashi, Akifumi Inamaru, Seiji Nagano, Kenji Yamamoto, Yasuhito Yonezawa, Yosuke Kogawa, Takahiro Shimojo
  • Publication number: 20200299925
    Abstract: A work vehicle control system includes an actual topography acquisition device and a controller. The actual topography acquisition device acquires actual topography information, which indicates an actual topography of a work target. The controller acquires the actual topography information from the actual topography acquisition device. The controller generates a command signal to move the work implement along a locus positioned above the target topography by a predetermined distance when the actual topography is positioned below the target topography of the work target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Eiji ISHIBASHI, Akifumi INAMARU, Seiji NAGANO, Yosuke KOGAWA
  • Publication number: 20200291615
    Abstract: A work vehicle control system includes an actual topography acquisition device, a storage device, and a controller. The actual topography acquisition device acquires actual topography information which indicates an actual topography of a work target. The storage device stores design topography information which indicates a final design topography which is a target topography of the work target. The controller acquires the actual topography information from the actual topography acquisition device. The controller acquires the design topography information from the storage device. The controller generates a command signal to move the work implement along a first locus that follows a slope of the actual topography, and a second locus positioned above the actual topography and below the final design topography in front of the first locus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Eiji ISHIBASHI, Akifumi INAMARU, Seiji NAGANO, Kenji YAMAMOTO, Kazuyuki KIRINO, Yasuhito YONEZAWA, Yosuke KOGAWA
  • Publication number: 20200291616
    Abstract: A work vehicle control system includes an actual topography acquisition device, a storage device, a soil amount acquisition device, and a controller. The actual topography acquisition device acquires actual topography information, which indicates an actual topography of a work target. The storage device stores design topography information, which indicates a final design topography of the work target. The soil amount acquisition device generates a soil amount signal indicating a held soil amount of the work implement. The controller acquires the actual topography information from the actual topography acquisition device, the design topography information from the storage device, and the soil amount signal from the soil amount acquisition device. The controller determines an intermediate design topography positioned above the actual topography and below the final design topography in accordance with the held soil amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Eiji ISHIBASHI, Seiji NAGANO, Kenji YAMAMOTO, Kazuyuki KIRINO, Yasuhito YONEZAWA, Yosuke KOGAWA
  • Publication number: 20200283996
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a work implement. A control system for the work vehicle includes a controller. The controller obtains actual topography data indicative of an actual topography of a work site. The controller determines a target depth. The controller obtains positions of a plurality of division points positioned on the actual topography based on the actual topography data. The controller determines a plurality of reference points by displacing the plurality of division points in a vertical direction by the target depth. The controller determines a target design topography based on the plurality of reference points. The controller generates a command signal to operate the work implement in accordance with the target design topography.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Junji HARADA, Eiji ISHIBASHI
  • Publication number: 20200199844
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a work implement. A control system for the work vehicle includes an operating device and a controller. The operating device outputs an operation signal indicative of an operation by an operator. The controller communicates with the operating device and controls the work implement. The controller determines a first target design topography. The controller generates a command signal to operate a work implement in accordance with the first target design topography. The controller obtains a displacement amount of the work implement with respect to the first target design topography upon receiving the operation signal indicative of the operation of the work implement during work in accordance with the first target design topography. The controller determines a second target design topography based on the displacement amount. The controller generates a command signal to operate the work implement in accordance with the second target design topography.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Junji HARADA, Eiji ISHIBASHI
  • Publication number: 20200071909
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a work implement. A control system for the work vehicle includes an input device and a controller. The controller is configured to communicate with the input device, receive an input signal indicating an input operation by an operator from the input device, acquire vehicle information including a position of the work vehicle when the input signal is received, and orientation information of the work vehicle when the input signal is received, and determine a target design surface indicating a target trajectory of the work implement based on the vehicle information and the orientation information when the input signal is received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Junji HARADA, Eiji ISHIBASHI, Yasuhito YONEZAWA, Kazuyuki KIRINO
  • Publication number: 20200056353
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a travel device and a work implement. A control system for the work vehicle includes a controller. The controller controls the work implement according to a predetermined target value. The controller determines whether a slip of the travel device has occurred during control of the work implement. The controller changes the target value according to a result of determination of the slip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Eiji ISHIBASHI, Takahiro SHIMOJO
  • Publication number: 20190390443
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a work implement. A control system for the work vehicle includes a controller. The controller obtains first topographical data indicative of a topography of a work target before filling work. The controller obtains blade tip position data indicative of a blade tip position of the work implement during the filling work. The controller obtains second topographical data indicative of a compacted topography after the filling work. The controller determines a compression rate of the work target from the first topographical data, the blade tip position data, and the second topographical data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Shigeru YAMAMOTO, Eiji ISHIBASHI, Takahiro SHIMOJO
  • Publication number: 20190352886
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a work implement. A control system for the work vehicle includes a controller. The controller acquires actual topography data indicating an actual surface of a work target. The controller vertically displaces a target design surface using the actual surface as a reference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Junji HARADA, Eiji ISHIBASHI, Takahiro SHIMOJO
  • Publication number: 20190194912
    Abstract: A control system for a work vehicle includes a controller. The controller receives actual topography information of a work target. The controller determines a design surface that is positioned below the actual topography. The controller generates a command signal to move the work implement along the design surface. The controller determines if slip of the work vehicle has occurred. The controller raises the design surface when the blade tip of the work implement is positioned below an initial target surface when the slip occurs. The initial target surface is the design surface before the occurrence of the slip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Eiji ISHIBASHI, Takahiro SHIMOJO, Akifumi INAMARU, Toshihiro KAWANO, Yasuhito YONEZAWA, Yosuke KOGAWA