Patents by Inventor Fumiya YOSHIMURA
Fumiya YOSHIMURA 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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Publication number: 20240099176Abstract: An automatic travel system includes a prohibition boundary line setter to set a prohibition boundary line beyond which the vehicle is prohibited from entering, a turning circle setter to set a virtual turning circle as a target route for entry turning travel to enter a subsequent travel route, a transition turning travel controller to control tangent following travel using a vehicle body reference point that is calculated during travel to the virtual turning circle as a target orientation, and the entry turning travel using the virtual turning circle as a turning target route, an interference boundary line detector to detect the prohibition boundary line that is present in a moving direction of the vehicle in the tangent following travel, as an interference boundary line, and an interference avoidance travel controller to control travel for avoiding interference with the interference boundary line.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2021Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Takanori MORIMOTO, Kotaro YAMAGUCHI, Fumiya YOSHIMURA
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Publication number: 20240081167Abstract: An agricultural work assistance system includes a display to display a map representing an agricultural field, and a controller configured or programmed to define or function as an area setter to set a first area and a second area located inward of the first area in the map displayed by the display, and a route creator to create, in at least one of the first area or the second area, a travel route along which an agricultural machine is to travel. The route creator is configured or programmed to set at least a portion of the travel route as an automatic steering route on which the agricultural machine is to be automatically steered and a travel speed of the agricultural machine is to be changed manually.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Takanori MORIMOTO, Takafumi MORISHITA, Kenji TAMATANI, Fumiya YOSHIMURA, Ryota KIKUCHI, Ken SAKUTA
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Publication number: 20240069557Abstract: A cultivated land work vehicle includes a vehicle position computer, a travel controller to control travel of the body based on a vehicle position and target routes, and a replenishment mode executor to execute a replenishment travel mode to replenish the cultivated land work vehicle with agricultural material, during U-turn transition travel. In a first replenishment travel mode, reverse travel into the boundary area is performed after a starting point of the next travel route his reached, and forward travel to the starting point of the next travel route his performed after replenishment work is complete. In a second replenishment travel mode, reverse travel into the boundary area is performed before the starting point of the next travel route is reached, and forward travel to the starting point of the next travel route is performed after the replenishment work is complete.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2021Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Takanori MORIMOTO, Kotaro YAMAGUCHI, Fumiya YOSHIMURA
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Patent number: 11832548Abstract: In an agricultural machine, a route creator creates a planned traveling route for a traveling vehicle body in a work area where a working device works using a material. An area setter sets, outside the work area, a replenishment area to replenish the material. A charge amount acquirer acquires a charge amount of the material. A remaining amount calculator calculates a remaining amount of the material based on the charge amount acquired and a material consumption of the material consumed by the work. A position setter sets a replenishment position to replenish the material in the replenishment area set by the area setter based on the remaining amount calculated by the remaining amount calculator. A position changer changes the replenishment position when a change reception switch receives change of the replenishment position. A display displays the changed replenishment position.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Shinnosuke Ishikawa, Fumiya Yoshimura, Ken Sakuta
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Publication number: 20230380323Abstract: An agricultural machine includes a traveling vehicle body, a connector to connect a working device for agricultural work to the traveling vehicle body, a route creator to create a travel route along which the traveling vehicle body is to travel, a supply point setter to set, at a location off the travel route, a supply point where supply of material used during the agricultural work is to be received, a position detector to detect a position of the traveling vehicle body, an automatic operation controller to cause the traveling vehicle body to travel based on the position of the traveling vehicle body and the travel route and cause the traveling vehicle body to move to the supply point, and a notifier to provide a notification indicating that the traveling vehicle body is about to move to the supply point, while the automatic operation controller causes the traveling vehicle body to travel.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventors: Yu KOYAMA, Kohei OKURA, Ryota KIKUCHI, Fumiya YOSHIMURA
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Publication number: 20230380327Abstract: An agricultural work assistance apparatus includes a route creator to create a travel route along which an agricultural machine is to travel in a registered agricultural field, and a display to display a predicted work portion where the agricultural machine is predicted to perform agricultural work with a working device connected thereto while traveling based on the travel route and/or a predicted non-work portion where the agricultural machine is predicted not to perform agricultural work with the working device. An agricultural work assistance system includes an agricultural work assistance apparatus, and an agricultural machine. An agricultural machine includes an agricultural work assistance apparatus, a traveling vehicle body, a connector to connect a working device to the traveling vehicle body, and a position detector to detect a position of the traveling vehicle body.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventors: Ryo KUBOSHIMA, Ken SAKUTA, Kenji TAMATANI, Fumiya YOSHIMURA
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Publication number: 20230225237Abstract: A travel line creation system for an agricultural machine, includes a position acquirer to acquire position measurement points for the agricultural machine, a display, a first generator to associate the position measurement points with a field displayed by the display and generate creation points on the field by shifting the position measurement points inward in an agricultural field, a second generator to create a travel line including a loop which passes through the creation points and calculate each of virtual lines by connecting together adjacent ones of the creation points, and a setter to extract a pair of virtual lines adjacent to each other and extending in different directions and set, as a work point regarding a breakpoint in work performed by a working device, one of the creation points shared by the extracted pair of virtual lines.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2023Publication date: July 20, 2023Inventors: Takanori MORIMOTO, Ryota KIKUCHI, Kenji TAMATANI, Fumiya YOSHIMURA
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Publication number: 20230200283Abstract: An agricultural assistance system includes an input to receive size information of a working device linked to an agricultural machine and job setting(s) for an agricultural job performed on an agricultural field, a route creator to create a travel route for the agricultural machine on a map representing the agricultural field based on the size information and the job setting(s), a status detector to detect a status of the agricultural job, a recorder to, when the agricultural job is interrupted, record interruption data including the size information, the job setting(s), and a result of detection by the status detector associated with identification information of the working device, and a notifier to, if the size information is changed during interruption of the agricultural job, provide a notification indicating that the size information has been changed, when the agricultural job is to be resumed based on the interruption data.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2022Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventors: Ken SAKUTA, Fumiya YOSHIMURA, Masaya TATESHIMA, Ryo KUBOSHIMA
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Publication number: 20230069372Abstract: A travel control system includes a permission unit that permits outermost periphery automatic traveling if predetermined permission conditions are satisfied. The permission conditions include a first condition and a second condition. The first condition is that a reference value corresponding to a working width W1 of a work device 30 is larger than a lateral width W2 of the work device. The second condition is that the reference value is larger than a threshold value determined by a threshold value determination unit. The threshold value determination unit determines the threshold value based on a reference distance D1 between a front end position of a work vehicle 1 and a reference position SP at which the work device 30 is switched from a working state to a non-working state.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Inventors: Takanori Morimoto, Kotaro Yamaguchi, Ryota Kikuchi, Ken Sakuta, Fumiya Yoshimura
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Publication number: 20230018138Abstract: An agricultural machine includes a vehicle body, an obstacle detector to detect obstacles, an autonomous travel controller to perform autonomous travel of the vehicle body, the autonomous travel controller being configured or programmed to, when performing the autonomous travel, stop the vehicle body based on detection information about an obstacle detected by the obstacle detector, and a mode switch to switch a mode during the autonomous travel in an agricultural field between an effective mode in which the stopping of the vehicle body based on the detection information is allowed and an ineffective mode in which the stopping of the vehicle body based on the detection information is not allowed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Inventors: Koichi SHINTANI, Takanori MORIMOTO, Tomohiro KINOSHITA, Ken SAKUTA, Fumiya YOSHIMURA, Tsuyoshi HARADA, Sho WATANABE
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Publication number: 20220304216Abstract: A working machine includes a machine body, a lifting device to link a working device to the machine body, the lifting device being capable of moving up and down with the working device between a grounding state in which the working device is in contact with a ground and an ungrounding state in which the working device is out of contact with the ground, and an automatic travel controller to cause the machine body to perform automatic travel according to a planned travel route. The automatic travel controller includes a lifting controller to control the lifting device to move up with the working device from the grounding state to the ungrounding state, and cause the machine body to turn or travel rearward after the lifting controller controls the lifting device to move up with the working device from the grounding state to the ungrounding state.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2022Publication date: September 29, 2022Inventors: Fumiya YOSHIMURA, Kotaro YAMAGUCHI, Kenji TAMATANI, Takanori MORIMOTO, Ken SAKUTA
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Publication number: 20220287219Abstract: A working machine includes a machine body, a steering device capable of changing an orientation of the machine body, a first wheel on the machine body, a second wheel on the machine body and separated from the first wheel in a machine-body width direction, a rotational difference generator to cause a rotational difference between the first and second wheels and that is a braking device, and a controller configured or programmed to include a first control unit to set a steering angle of the steering device based on a planned traveling route, and a second control unit to control the rotational difference generator based on the planned traveling route to cause a rotational difference between the first and second wheels. Based on the planned traveling route, the second control unit is configured or programmed to cause the braking device to perform setting about braking of either the first or second wheels by performing pumping control.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2022Publication date: September 15, 2022Inventors: Fumiya YOSHIMURA, Keisuke TAKEDA, Junki KUROISHI, Yusuke TAKAHASHI, Yuji OKUYAMA
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Publication number: 20220279698Abstract: A working machine includes a machine body, a linkage capable of linking a working device including a spreader to the machine body, an automatic travel controller to cause the machine body to perform automatic travel according to a planned travel route, a range acquirer to acquire a spreading work range that is a range where spreading work is done by the spreader in a front-rear direction thereof, and a work setter to set a work start position and a work end position for the spreader so that the work start position and the work end position are at different positions according to the spreading work range acquired by the range acquirer.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2022Publication date: September 8, 2022Inventors: Fumiya YOSHIMURA, Kotaro YAMAGUCHI, Kenji TAMATANI, Takanori MORIMOTO, Ken SAKUTA
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Publication number: 20220276656Abstract: A work vehicle includes a vehicle body including wheels, a controller to cause the vehicle body to perform automatic travel along a travel route set in advance, a driver seat mounted on the vehicle body, a driver seat protective body provided around the driver seat, first obstacle detectors provided at side portions of the driver seat protective body, and capable of detecting an obstacle; and second obstacle detectors provided at positions differing from positions of the first obstacle detectors in a front-back direction, and capable of detecting an obstacle. At a time of start of the automatic travel, the controller is configured or programmed to put each first obstacle detector in a detection state of detecting an obstacle, and, during automatic travel after the start of the automatic travel, the controller is configured or programmed to put each first obstacle detector in a non-detection state of not detecting the obstacle.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2022Publication date: September 1, 2022Inventors: Takuya NISHIKUBO, Fumiya YOSHIMURA, Koichi SHINTANI
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Publication number: 20220272889Abstract: A working machine includes a machine body capable of traveling, a position detector to detect a position of the machine body, and a controller to control the machine body based on the position of the machine body detected by the position detector and a planned travel route. The planned travel route includes a straight section on which the machine body travels straight, and the controller includes a threshold setter to set a threshold according to work, and causes the machine body to perform a recovery movement to make a deviation between the position of the machine body detected by the position detector and the planned travel route less than the threshold when the machine body is at a start point of the straight section or is about to enter the start point of the straight section.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2022Publication date: September 1, 2022Inventors: Fumiya YOSHIMURA, Kotaro YAMAGUCHI, Kenji TAMATANI, Takanori MORIMOTO, Ken SAKUTA
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Publication number: 20220266841Abstract: A working vehicle includes a vehicle body, a linkage provided on the vehicle body to link a working device, a controller to cause the vehicle body to perform automatic travel, a rear obstacle detector to detect obstacles behind the vehicle body, and a setting changer to change rear setting information regarding obstacle detection performed by the rear obstacle detector.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2022Publication date: August 25, 2022Inventors: Koichi SHINTANI, Fumiya YOSHIMURA, Takuya NISHIKUBO, Takafumi MORISHITA, Kotaro YAMAGUCHI
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Publication number: 20220183207Abstract: A work vehicle includes a traveling vehicle body, a coupler capable of coupling a working device including working implements to the traveling vehicle body, an automatic operation controller configured or programmed to automatically operate the traveling vehicle body based on a planned traveling route, and a work setting controller configured or programmed to set a work start position and a work end position for the working device at different positions based on the working implements.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2022Publication date: June 16, 2022Inventors: Shinnosuke ISHIKAWA, Fumiya YOSHIMURA, Tomohiro KINOSHITA
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Publication number: 20220167545Abstract: In an agricultural machine, a route creator creates a planned traveling route for a traveling vehicle body in a work area where a working device works using a material. An area setter sets, outside the work area, a replenishment area to replenish the material. A charge amount acquirer acquires a charge amount of the material. A remaining amount calculator calculates a remaining amount of the material based on the charge amount acquired and a material consumption of the material consumed by the work. A position setter sets a replenishment position to replenish the material in the replenishment area set by the area setter based on the remaining amount calculated by the remaining amount calculator. A position changer changes the replenishment position when a change reception switch receives change of the replenishment position. A display displays the changed replenishment position.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2022Publication date: June 2, 2022Inventors: Shinnosuke ISHIKAWA, Fumiya YOSHIMURA, Ken SAKUTA