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).

  • Publication number: 20190093315
    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: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Eiji ISHIBASHI, Akifumi INAMARU, Yasuhito YONEZAWA, Takahiro SHIMOJO
  • Publication number: 20190085529
    Abstract: When a current landscape includes an upward slope and a downward slope existing ahead of the upward slope, a controller determines a virtual design surface including a first design surface inclined at a smaller angle than the upward slope and a second design surface inclined with respect to the first design surface at a smaller angle than the downward slope. The controller generates a command signal that causes a work implement to move along the virtual design surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Eiji ISHIBASHI, Junji HARADA, Akifumi INAMARU, Seiji NAGANO, Yasuhito YONEZAWA
  • Publication number: 20190078298
    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: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Eiji ISHIBASHI, Kazuhiro HASHIMOTO, Akifumi INAMARU, Yosuke KOGAWA
  • Publication number: 20190078301
    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: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Eiji ISHIBASHI, Akifumi INAMARU, Kenji YAMAMOTO, Yasuhito YONEZAWA, Yosuke KOGAWA
  • Publication number: 20190078296
    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: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Eiji ISHIBASHI, Junji HARADA, Akifumi INAMARU, Seiji NAGANO, Yasuhito YONEZAWA
  • Publication number: 20190078297
    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: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Eiji ISHIBASHI, Akifumi INAMARU, Seiji NAGANO, Kenji YAMAMOTO, Yasuhito YONEZAWA, Yosuke KOGAWA, Takahiro SHIMOJO
  • Publication number: 20190071846
    Abstract: A controller calculates a virtual design surface including a first design surface extending from an excavation start position in a traveling direction of a work vehicle and a second design surface further extending from the first design surface in the traveling direction. The controller generates a command signal that causes the work implement to move along the virtual design surface. The controller changes a position of the first design surface so that the first design surface extends along the current landscape or is located below the current landscape when the first design surface is located above the current landscape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Eiji ISHIBASHI, Akifumi INAMARU, Yosuke KOGAWA
  • Publication number: 20180171598
    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: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Tsutomu IWAMURA, Masanobu SEKI, Masashi ICHIHARA, Kenjiro SHIMADA, Satoru SHINTANI, Yuki SHIMANO, Eiji ISHIBASHI
  • Patent number: 9222236
    Abstract: A bulldozer includes a blade pivotably attached to a vehicle body, a blade operation lever, and a blade control section. The blade operation lever outputs a lowering instruction signal, a holding instruction signal, and a raising instruction signal for the blade. The blade control section controls a height of the blade according the signal input. The blade control section can lower the blade to a predetermined position when the lowering instruction signal and the holding instruction signal are input in order after a transmission has been switched from a state, which is different from an advancing state, to the advancing state. The blade control section can raise the blade to a predetermined position when the raising instruction signal and the holding instruction signal are input in order after a transmission has been switched from a state, which is different from a reversing state, to the reversing state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji Ishibashi, Hidehiro Hashimoto, Kenji Yamamoto, Yasuhito Yonezawa, Fumio Imamura, Kenjiro Shimada
  • Patent number: 9091342
    Abstract: A control device controls a hydrostatic transmission vehicle having a hydrostatic transmission including a variable displacement pump and a variable displacement hydraulic motor. The control device is configured to set a set vehicle speed based on a forward/rearward travel command and a gear stage command instructed by an operator, to set a torque limit usable for the hydrostatic transmission based on an engine speed, to set a vehicle speed limit based on a pressure in the hydraulic circuit and the torque limit, to select a lower one of the set vehicle speed and the vehicle speed limit, and to control respective displacements of the variable displacement pump and the variable displacement hydraulic motor based on the selected vehicle speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji Ishibashi, Masayuki Mukaino, Shigeru Yamamoto, Yoshitaka Onodera, Takao Ishihara
  • Publication number: 20150066317
    Abstract: A control device controls a hydrostatic transmission vehicle having a hydrostatic transmission including a variable displacement pump and a variable displacement hydraulic motor. The control device is configured to set a set vehicle speed based on a forward/rearward travel command and a gear stage command instructed by an operator, to set a torque limit usable for the hydrostatic transmission based on an engine speed, to set a vehicle speed limit based on a pressure in the hydraulic circuit and the torque limit, to select a lower one of the set vehicle speed and the vehicle speed limit, and to control respective displacements of the variable displacement pump and the variable displacement hydraulic motor based on the selected vehicle speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Eiji ISHIBASHI, Masayuki MUKAINO, Shigeru YAMAMOTO, Yoshitaka ONODERA, Takao ISHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20140257646
    Abstract: A bulldozer includes a blade pivotably attached to a vehicle body, a blade operation lever, and a blade control section. The blade operation lever outputs a lowering instruction signal, a holding instruction signal, and a raising instruction signal for the blade. The blade control section controls a height of the blade according the signal input. The blade control section can lower the blade to a predetermined position when the lowering instruction signal and the holding instruction signal are input in order after a transmission has been switched from a state, which is different from an advancing state, to the advancing state. The blade control section can raise the blade to a predetermined position when the raising instruction signal and the holding instruction signal are input in order after a transmission has been switched from a state, which is different from a reversing state, to the reversing state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji Ishibashi, Hidehiro Hashimoto, Kenji Yamamoto, Yasuhito Yonezawa, Fumio Imamura, Kenjiro Shimada
  • Patent number: 8725364
    Abstract: A control device controls a hydrostatic transmission vehicle having a hydrostatic transmission including a variable displacement pump and a variable displacement hydraulic motor. The control device is configured to set a set vehicle speed based on a forward/rearward travel command and a gear stage command instructed by an operator, to set a torque limit usable for the hydrostatic transmission based on an engine speed, to set a vehicle speed limit based on a pressure in the hydraulic circuit and the torque limit, to select a lower one of the set vehicle speed and the vehicle speed limit, and to control respective displacements of the variable displacement pump and the variable displacement hydraulic motor based on the selected vehicle speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiji Ishibashi, Masayuki Mukaino, Shigeru Yamamoto, Yoshitaka Onodera, Takao Ishihara
  • Patent number: 8532888
    Abstract: A control device controls a hydrostatic transmission vehicle having a hydrostatic transmission with a variable displacement pump and a variable displacement hydraulic motor. The control device is configured to set a set vehicle speed based on a forward/rearward travel command and a gear stage command instructed by an operator, to set an upper limit of the engine speed with respect to the set vehicle speed for limiting the upper limit of the engine speed to a predetermined partial engine speed set to be lower than a high idle engine speed when the set vehicle speed is in a preliminarily set low and intermediate speed range, and to control respective displacements of the variable displacement pump and the variable displacement hydraulic motor based on the set vehicle speed for allowing a vehicle speed to reach the set vehicle speed even when the engine is rotated at the partial engine speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiji Ishibashi, Masayuki Mukaino, Shigeru Yamamoto, Yoshitaka Onodera, Takao Ishihara
  • Publication number: 20110202243
    Abstract: A control device controls a hydrostatic transmission vehicle having a hydrostatic transmission with a variable displacement pump and a variable displacement hydraulic motor. The control device is configured to set a set vehicle speed based on a forward/rearward travel command and a gear stage command instructed by an operator, to set an upper limit of the engine speed with respect to the set vehicle speed for limiting the upper limit of the engine speed to a predetermined partial engine speed set to be lower than a high idle engine speed when the set vehicle speed is in a preliminarily set low and intermediate speed range, and to control respective displacements of the variable displacement pump and the variable displacement hydraulic motor based on the set vehicle speed for allowing a vehicle speed to reach the set vehicle speed even when the engine is rotated at the partial engine speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji Ishibashi, Masayuki Mukaino, Shigeru Yamamoto, Yoshitaka Onodera, Takao Ishihara
  • Publication number: 20110196585
    Abstract: A control device controls a hydrostatic transmission vehicle having a hydrostatic transmission including a variable displacement pump and a variable displacement hydraulic motor. The control device is configured to set a set vehicle speed based on a forward/rearward travel command and a gear stage command instructed by an operator, to set a torque limit usable for the hydrostatic transmission based on an engine speed, to set a vehicle speed limit based on a pressure in the hydraulic circuit and the torque limit, to select a lower one of the set vehicle speed and the vehicle speed limit, and to control respective displacements of the variable displacement pump and the variable displacement hydraulic motor based on the selected vehicle speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji Ishibashi, Masayuki Mukaino, Shigeru Yamamoto, Yoshitaka Onodera, Takao Ishihara
  • Patent number: 7818110
    Abstract: A traveling control device and a traveling control program for a work vehicle in which a change in a control quantity due to an effect of vehicle body vibrations is small, fixing the desired control quantity is possible, and the control quantity can be matched with the operator's feel. A travel control program in which a first line on which the speed ratio reduces corresponding to a change in the operation stroke, a second line having hysteresis with respect to the first line and on which the speed ratio increases corresponding to a change in the operation stroke, and third lines on which the speed ratio changes corresponding to the change in the operation stroke and the change in speed ratio with respect to the change in the operation stroke is smaller than that of the first and the second line are set is installed in the control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiji Ishibashi, Yoshitaka Onodera, Hidehiro Hashimoto, Yoshiyuki Hirosawa, Toshihiko Fukasawa, Yutaka Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 7685900
    Abstract: A vehicle mounted with a continuous stepless transmission having a continuous stepless transmission and a controlling section for performing speed-changing operation of the continuous stepless transmission, the speed change ratio of the continuous stepless transmission being switchable by a speed change operation section, includes: a shift-mode-switching section which switches the mode of a speed change ratio switching, the speed change ratio switching being performed by the speed change operation section, between a first mode for switching the speed change ratio in stages among a plurality of preset speed change ratios and a second mode for switching the speed change ratio continuously or substantially continuously; in which the controlling section further includes a vehicle speed setting section which sets a target vehicle speed at least based on the speed change operation signal detected by operating the speed change operation section and a mode signal detected by switching the shift-mode-switching section
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Fukasawa, Eiji Ishibashi, Ikuzo Mochida, Hidehiro Hashimoto, Masato Oura
  • Publication number: 20070198158
    Abstract: Even when an operation device with a short operation stroke range is adopted, so that a change in a control quantity (speed ratio) due to an effect of vehicle body vibrations or similar is small and it is possible to fix the desired control quantity (speed ratio), and moreover the control quantity (speed ratio) can be obtained in accordance with the operator's feel when carrying out fine adjustments by increasing and decreasing an operation stroke. A controller 20 calculates the speed ratio in accordance with a relationship L1 shown in FIG. 3, and controls the speed ratio. A travel control program in which the following are set and that carries out the calculation is installed in the controller 20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2005
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Applicant: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiji Ishibashi, Yoshitaka Onodera, Hidehiro Hashimoto, Yoshiyuki Hirosawa, Toshihiko Fukasawa, Yutaka Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20070111851
    Abstract: A vehicle mounted with a continuous stepless transmission having a continuous stepless transmission and a controlling section for performing speed-changing operation of the continuous stepless transmission, the speed change ratio of the continuous stepless transmission being switchable by a speed change operation section, includes: a shift-mode-switching section which switches the mode of a speed change ratio switching, the speed change ratio switching being performed by the speed change operation section, between a first mode for switching the speed change ratio in stages among a plurality of preset speed change ratios and a second mode for switching the speed change ratio continuously or substantially continuously; in which the controlling section further includes a vehicle speed setting section which sets a target vehicle speed at least based on the speed change operation signal detected by operating the speed change operation section and a mode signal detected by switching the shift-mode-switching section
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2004
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Inventors: Toshihiko Fukasawa, Eiji Ishibashi, Ikuzo Mochida, Hidehiro Hashimoto, Masato Oura