Patents by Inventor Fumihiko Kamizono
Fumihiko Kamizono 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: 10705225Abstract: A preparation system for surveying operation of the present invention includes a mobile station disposed at a known observation point and a fixed station disposed at an unknown reference point. The preparation system includes an arithmetic step to determine the position coordinate of the unknown reference point based on positioning data received by the mobile station, positioning data received by the fixed station, and a position coordinate of the known observation point, and an assigning step to assign the unknown reference point whose position coordinate is determined as the known reference point.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2014Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha TOPCONInventors: Fumihiko Kamizono, Takashi Ogawa
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Patent number: 10372137Abstract: The invention provides a control system for a construction machine comprising: a laser surveying instrument, a construction machine and a direction detecting unit, wherein the construction machine has a working mechanical unit, a machine control device, a machine communication unit, two beam detectors and at least one target and a tilt sensor, wherein the laser surveying instrument has a laser rotary projecting device for projecting a laser beam in rotary irradiation, an electronic distance measuring instrument and a surveying communication unit, wherein each of the beam detectors transmits a photodetection result to the laser surveying instrument or the machine control device, wherein the laser surveying instrument or the machine control device calculates a left-right tilting of the construction machine based on the photodetection result and a distance measurement result of the target, and the machine control device controls an operation of the construction machine based on a detection result of the directioType: GrantFiled: February 17, 2017Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: TOPCON CorporationInventor: Fumihiko Kamizono
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Publication number: 20170242439Abstract: The invention provides a control system for a construction machine comprising: a laser surveying instrument, a construction machine and a direction detecting unit, wherein the construction machine has a working mechanical unit, a machine control device, a machine communication unit, two beam detectors and at least one target and a tilt sensor, wherein the laser surveying instrument has a laser rotary projecting device for projecting a laser beam in rotary irradiation, an electronic distance measuring instrument and a surveying communication unit, wherein each of the beam detectors transmits a photodetection result to the laser surveying instrument or the machine control device, wherein the laser surveying instrument or the machine control device calculates a left-right tilting of the construction machine based on the photodetection result and a distance measurement result of the target, and the machine control device controls an operation of the construction machine based on a detection result of the directioType: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventor: Fumihiko Kamizono
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Patent number: 9733076Abstract: A rotary laser emitting apparatus that rotates and emits a laser beam comprises an emission-side control unit that controls an entire operation of the apparatus, a laser emitting mechanism that emits the laser beam while rotating an irradiation optical axis that is an emission direction of the laser beam, and a rotating direction detecting unit that detects a rotating direction of the irradiation optical axis. The emission-side control unit generates a rotating posture signal showing the rotating direction of the irradiation optical axis detected by the rotating direction detecting unit and drives the laser emitting mechanism for superimposing the rotating posture signal on the laser beam.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2014Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha TOPCONInventors: Kaoru Kumagai, Junichi Kodaira, Fumihiko Kamizono
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Publication number: 20160124093Abstract: A preparation system for surveying operation of the present invention includes a mobile station disposed at a known observation point and a fixed station disposed at an unknown reference point. The preparation system includes an arithmetic step to determine the position coordinate of the unknown reference point based on positioning data received by the mobile station, positioning data received by the fixed station, and a position coordinate of the known observation point, and an assigning step to assign the unknown reference point whose position coordinate is determined as the known reference point.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2014Publication date: May 5, 2016Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha TOPCONInventors: Fumihiko KAMIZONO, Takashi OGAWA
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Patent number: 9273960Abstract: A laser surveying system includes a rotational light emitting unit to rotationally emit a laser beam, having a case and a beam emitter supported on the case with an optical axis of the laser beam rotatable relative to the case, and a light receiving unit to receive the laser beam from the rotational light emitting unit and perform surveying of a light-receiving position, wherein the laser surveying system is configured to determine whether or not the laser beam received by the light receiving unit has been properly emitted from the rotational light emitting unit on the basis of a rotational position of the optical axis of the laser beam relative to the case and an angle of site of the laser beam relative to a reference plane including the optical axis.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2014Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha TOPCONInventors: Kaoru Kumagai, Junichi Kodaira, Fumihiko Kamizono
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Patent number: 9255796Abstract: A laser surveying device includes a rotatable and tiltable laser head in a housing to rotate about a rotational axis set in a certain direction and project a laser beam around and a tilt angle detector to detect a tilt angle of the laser head relative to the housing. The tilt angle detector includes a pattern plate on which a certain pattern is formed, provided in one of the laser head and the housing, light receiving elements arranged in the other of the laser head and the housing at different positions opposite to positions of the pattern plate to receive light beams reflected by the pattern plate, and a determiner to determine a direction and an amount of tilt of the laser head on the basis of a light receiving amount of each of the light receiving elements.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2014Date of Patent: February 9, 2016Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha TOPCONInventors: Junichi Kodaira, Fumihiko Kamizono
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Publication number: 20150092198Abstract: A laser surveying system includes a rotational light emitting unit to rotationally emit a laser beam, having a case and a beam emitter supported on the case with an optical axis of the laser beam rotatable relative to the case, and a light receiving unit to receive the laser beam from the rotational light emitting unit and perform surveying of a light-receiving position, wherein the laser surveying system is configured to determine whether or not the laser beam received by the light receiving unit has been properly emitted from the rotational light emitting unit on the basis of a rotational position of the optical axis of the laser beam relative to the case and an angle of site of the laser beam relative to a reference plane including the optical axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2014Publication date: April 2, 2015Inventors: Kaoru Kumagai, Junichi Kodaira, Fumihiko Kamizono
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Publication number: 20150092182Abstract: A rotary laser emitting apparatus that rotates and emits a laser beam comprises an emission-side control unit that controls an entire operation of the apparatus, a laser emitting mechanism that emits the laser beam while rotating an irradiation optical axis that is an emission direction of the laser beam, and a rotating direction detecting unit that detects a rotating direction of the irradiation optical axis. The emission-side control unit generates a rotating posture signal showing the rotating direction of the irradiation optical axis detected by the rotating direction detecting unit and drives the laser emitting mechanism for superimposing the rotating posture signal on the laser beam.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2014Publication date: April 2, 2015Inventors: Kaoru Kumagai, Junichi Kodaira, Fumihiko Kamizono
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Publication number: 20140373370Abstract: A laser surveying device includes a rotatable and tiltable laser head in a housing to rotate about a rotational axis set in a certain direction and project a laser beam around and a tilt angle detector to detect a tilt angle of the laser head relative to the housing. The tilt angle detector includes a pattern plate on which a certain pattern is formed, provided in one of the laser head and the housing, light receiving elements arranged in the other of the laser head and the housing at different positions opposite to positions of the pattern plate to receive light beams reflected by the pattern plate, and a determiner to determine a direction and an amount of tilt of the laser head on the basis of a light receiving amount of each of the light receiving elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2014Publication date: December 25, 2014Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha TOPCONInventors: Junichi KODAIRA, Fumihiko KAMIZONO
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Patent number: 8887823Abstract: A surveying system comprises a plurality of rotary laser devices (1a, 1b), being installed at known points, for projecting laser beams (3a, 3b) in rotary irradiation and for forming laser reference planes (RPa, RPb) respectively, a photodetecting device (5), being installed on a movable support member (4), for receiving the laser beam and for detecting a height of each of the laser reference planes at their photodetecting position, a coordinate position measuring device (6) for detecting coordinate position of the support member, and a control device (7), wherein the rotary laser devices form the laser reference planes in such manner that at least a part of each effective range of the laser reference planes is overlapped on each other, the control device sets up a smoothing area within a range where the effective ranges are overlapped on each other, and in case the support member is judged to be within the smoothing area, based on a result of measurement by the coordinate position measuring device, the controType: GrantFiled: April 11, 2011Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha TOPCONInventors: Fumihiko Kamizono, Kunihiro Hayashi
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Patent number: 8619250Abstract: A rotary laser emitting apparatus includes a rotary body, a foundation configured to rotatably support the rotary body about an axis, a laser light emitting section contained in the rotary body and configured to emit laser light in a direction orthogonal to a rotation axis of the rotary body, a relative slope detecting mechanism configured to detect an amount of deviation of the rotation axis of the rotary body from the axis of the foundation as a relative slope signal, and a transmitting section configured to transmit the relative slope signal detected by the relative slope detecting mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2010Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha TOPCONInventors: Kunihiro Hayashi, Fumihiko Kamizono
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Patent number: 8407904Abstract: A rotary laser beam emitter includes a base unit including a reference reflector with a reference reflective face parallel to a reference plane, a rotary element rotatably supported on the base unit around a rotary axis, and a beam emitting unit contained in the rotary element and including a light source and an optical emission system emitting the laser beam from the light source in a direction parallel to the reference plane on the optical axis. When the rotary element is inclined relative to the rotary axis and the emitted laser beam is inclined to the reference plane, the optical emission system emits the laser beam from the light source to the reference reflective face and emit the laser beam reflected by the reference reflective face in a direction inclined to the optical axis of the laser beam so as to neutralize the inclined laser beam.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2010Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha TopconInventors: Kunihiro Hayashi, Fumihiko Kamizono
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Patent number: 8151474Abstract: The present invention relates to a surveying system, comprising a rotary laser irradiation device 1 installed at a known point and used for projecting two or more fan-shaped laser beams 3 with at least one of the fan-shaped laser beams tilted and for forming a laser reference plane, a photodetection device 4, which is mounted on a mobile support member 9, for receiving the laser beam and for calculating an elevation angle at a photodetecting position, and a monitor photodetection device 11 installed at a known position within the laser reference plane, wherein the monitor photodetection device has a monitor photodetection sensor for sensing and detecting the laser beam, a storage unit for storing a reference value of the laser reference plane, an arithmetic control unit for calculating positional changes over time of the laser reference plane based on the result of photodetection by the monitor photodetection sensor and on the reference value, and a transmitting unit for transmitting the positional changes ovType: GrantFiled: February 26, 2010Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha TOPCONInventors: Kaoru Kumagai, Kunihiro Hayashi, Fumihiko Kamizono
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Publication number: 20120012350Abstract: A surveying system comprises a plurality of rotary laser devices (1a, 1b), being installed at known points, for projecting laser beams (3a, 3b) in rotary irradiation and for forming laser reference planes (RPa, RPb) respectively, a photodetecting device (5), being installed on a movable support member (4), for receiving the laser beam and for detecting a height of each of the laser reference planes at their photodetecting position, a coordinate position measuring device (6) for detecting coordinate position of the support member, and a control device (7), wherein the rotary laser devices form the laser reference planes in such manner that at least a part of each effective range of the laser reference planes is overlapped on each other, the control device sets up a smoothing area within a range where the effective ranges are overlapped on each other, and in case the support member is judged to be within the smoothing area, based on a result of measurement by the coordinate position measuring device, the controType: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2011Publication date: January 19, 2012Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCONInventors: Fumihiko Kamizono, Kunihiro Hayashi
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Patent number: 7966739Abstract: A rotary laser projecting device comprising a reference plane forming unit that projects two or more fan-shaped laser beams, a distance measuring unit that projects distance measuring light, a rotator for projecting the fan-shaped laser beams and the distance measuring light by rotary irradiation, a horizontal angle detecting unit, a photodetection unit for receiving the reflected fan-shaped laser beams and the reflected distance measuring light, a storage unit, and a control arithmetic unit is disclosed. The control arithmetic unit measures elevation angle of the object reflector from time difference of photodetection between the two or more laser beams, measures horizontal angle of the object based on the result of detection of the horizontal angle detecting unit when at least one of the reflected fan-shaped laser beams and the reflected distance measuring light is received and the distance measuring unit measures a distance to the object to be measured.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2008Date of Patent: June 28, 2011Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha TOPCONInventors: Fumihiko Kamizono, Kunihiro Hayashi
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Patent number: 7861423Abstract: A surveying instrument for measuring three-dimensional position of a measured object, has a detecting section for detecting a direction of the measured object by rotational emission of two or more fan-shaped laser beams in which at least one beam is inclined; an optical system including a tracking-light-emitting section for emitting a tracking light and a distance-measuring-light-emitting section for emitting a distance-measuring light; a tracking-light-receiving section for receiving the tracking light reflected by the measured object; and a driving section for driving the optical system in order to collimate the measured object according to an output of the detecting section and an output of the tracking-light-receiving section.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2009Date of Patent: January 4, 2011Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha TopconInventors: Kaoru Kumagai, Fumihiko Kamizono
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Publication number: 20100321673Abstract: A rotary laser emitting apparatus includes a rotary body, a foundation configured to rotatably support the rotary body about an axis, a laser light emitting section contained in the rotary body and configured to emit laser light in a direction orthogonal to a rotation axis of the rotary body, a relative slope detecting mechanism configured to detect an amount of deviation of the rotation axis of the rotary body from the axis of the foundation as a relative slope signal, and a transmitting section configured to transmit the relative slope signal detected by the relative slope detecting mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2010Publication date: December 23, 2010Inventors: Kunihiro HAYASHI, Fumihiko Kamizono
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Publication number: 20100313433Abstract: A rotary laser beam emitter includes a base unit including a reference reflector with a reference reflective face parallel to a reference plane, a rotary element rotatably supported on the base unit around a rotary axis, and a beam emitting unit contained in the rotary element and including a light source and an optical emission system emitting the laser beam from the light source in a direction parallel to the reference plane on the optical axis. When the rotary element is inclined relative to the rotary axis and the emitted laser beam is inclined to the reference plane, the optical emission system emits the laser beam from the light source to the reference reflective face and emit the laser beam reflected by the reference reflective face in a direction inclined to the optical axis of the laser beam so as to neutralize the inclined laser beam.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2010Publication date: December 16, 2010Inventors: Kunihiro HAYASHI, Fumihiko KAMIZONO
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Publication number: 20100229409Abstract: The present invention relates to a surveying system, comprising a rotary laser irradiation device 1 installed at a known point and used for projecting two or more fan-shaped laser beams 3 with at least one of the fan-shaped laser beams tilted and for forming a laser reference plane, a photodetection device 4, which is mounted on a mobile support member 9, for receiving the laser beam and for calculating an elevation angle at a photodetecting position, and a monitor photodetection device 11 installed at a known position within the laser reference plane, wherein the monitor photodetection device has a monitor photodetection sensor for sensing and detecting the laser beam, a storage unit for storing a reference value of the laser reference plane, an arithmetic control unit for calculating positional changes over time of the laser reference plane based on the result of photodetection by the monitor photodetection sensor and on the reference value, and a transmitting unit for transmitting the positional changes ovType: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2010Publication date: September 16, 2010Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha TOPCONInventors: Kaoru Kumagai, Kunihiro Hayashi, Fumihiko Kamizono