Patents by Inventor Hiroki Maemoto

Hiroki Maemoto 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: 20190079537
    Abstract: A virtual guide sensor processing unit of an automatic guided vehicle (AGV) computes the position of a virtual guide tape on the basis of the position of the AGV which a vehicle body coordinate value calculation processing unit has computed, and virtual guide tape layout data. A guide sensor switching processing unit outputs to a vehicle body deviation degree calculation processing unit the position of a magnetic guide tape which a magnetic guide sensor has detected, or the position of the virtual guide tape which the virtual guide sensor processing unit has computed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Toru Yoshida, Jun Araki, Michiaki Okubo, Hiroki Maemoto, Atsushi Nakajima, Hiroaki Akimoto