Patents by Inventor Hiroki Nakazono

Hiroki Nakazono 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: 8777808
    Abstract: A working vehicle control apparatus includes: a selection device that selects a power mode or an economy mode; a determination device that determines whether or not a speed restriction condition and a load pressure have been established; an engine rotational speed restriction device that restricts a maximum rotational speed of the motor upon selection of the economy mode to a lower speed side than a maximum rotational speed of the motor upon selection of the power mode when it is determined that the speed restriction condition has been established; and a vehicle speed restriction device that restricts a maximum vehicle speed upon selection of the economy mode to a lower speed side than a maximum vehicle speed upon selection of the power mode when it is determined that a speed restriction condition has not been established.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Hyodo, Hiroki Nakazono, Hirofumi Oouchi, Atsushi Shimazu
  • Patent number: 8655557
    Abstract: A working vehicle motor control device includes: a rotational speed control device that controls a motor rotational speed in accordance with an operation amount of an accelerator pedal; a travel drive device that transmits rotation of the motor to wheels through a torque converter and a transmission; a speed ratio detection device that detects a speed ratio of an input shaft and an output shaft of the torque converter; and a speed restriction device that restricts a maximum rotational speed of the motor in accordance with a speed ratio detected by the speed ratio detection device. In the working vehicle motor control device, the speed restriction device restricts the maximum rotational speed when a detected speed ratio is in an acceleration region of the motor rotational speed to less than the maximum rotational speed when a detected speed ratio is in a non-acceleration region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Hyodo, Hiroki Nakazono, Masaki Yoshikawa, Tadayoshi Aoki, Isamu Aoki
  • Patent number: 8315783
    Abstract: There are provided: a pedal operation amount detection unit 12 that detects an operation amount s of the accelerator pedal 11; a speed ratio detection unit 14, 15 that detects a speed ratio e of an input shaft and an output shaft of the torque converter 2; a load pressure detection unit 16 that detects a load pressure P of the hydraulic pump 6; a speed stage detection unit 18 that detects a low speed stage of a transmission 3 capable of varying a speed stage between a low speed stage and a high speed stage; and a speed limiting unit 10 that limits a maximum speed of the engine 1 to a lower speed upon satisfaction of following speed limitation conditions: at least a pedal operation amount s is equal to or greater than a predetermined value s1, a speed ratio e is equal to or less than a predetermined value ea, a load pressure P is equal to or greater than a predetermined value Pa, and the low speed stage of the transmission has been detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Hyodo, Hiroki Nakazono, Nobuhiro Suzuki, Atsushi Shimazu, Masaki Yoshikawa, Kentaro Itoga, Kazuo Chonan, Tomoo Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20120100959
    Abstract: A working vehicle control apparatus includes: a selection device that selects a power mode or an economy mode; a determination device that determines whether or not a speed restriction condition and a load pressure have been established; an engine rotational speed restriction device that restricts a maximum rotational speed of the motor upon selection of the economy mode to a lower speed side than a maximum rotational speed of the motor upon selection of the power mode when it is determined that the speed restriction condition has been established; and a vehicle speed restriction device that restricts a maximum vehicle speed upon selection of the economy mode to a lower speed side than a maximum vehicle speed upon selection of the power mode when it is determined that a speed restriction condition has not been established.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Hyodo, Hiroki Nakazono, Hirofumi Oouchi, Atsushi Shimazu
  • Publication number: 20120095655
    Abstract: A working vehicle motor control device includes: a rotational speed control device that controls a motor rotational speed in accordance with an operation amount of an accelerator pedal; a travel drive device that transmits rotation of the motor to wheels through a torque converter and a transmission; a speed ratio detection device that detects a speed ratio of an input shaft and an output shaft of the torque converter; and a speed restriction device that restricts a maximum rotational speed of the motor in accordance with a speed ratio detected by the speed ratio detection device. In the working vehicle motor control device, the speed restriction device restricts the maximum rotational speed when a detected speed ratio is in an acceleration region of the motor rotational speed to less than the maximum rotational speed when a detected speed ratio is in a non-acceleration region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Hyodo, Hiroki Nakazono, Masaki Yoshikawa, Tadayoshi Aoki, Isamu Aoki
  • Publication number: 20120004814
    Abstract: An engine control device for work vehicle includes: a rotation speed control device that controls a rotation speed of an engine according to an operation amount of an accelerator pedal; a travel drive device that transmits a rotation of the engine to wheels through a torque converter and a transmission; a water temperature detection device that detects a physical quantity correlated with a cooling water temperature of the engine; a speed ratio detection device that detects a speed ratio of an input shaft and an output shaft of the torque converter; and a speed limit device that limits a maximum rotation speed of the engine to a limit rotation speed which is lower than an upper limit value if the water temperature detection device detects an overheat state in which the cooling water temperature is equal to or higher than a predetermined value when the speed ratio detected by the speed ratio detection device is in a limit speed ratio region where a torque converter efficiency is equal to or less than a predeter
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Hyodo, Hiroki Nakazono, Atsushi Shimazu, Isamu Aoki, Hiroyuki Azuma
  • Patent number: 7899830
    Abstract: A music reproducing apparatus stores, in a storage device, playlist data that defines an order in which a plurality of music data sets are reproduced, displays the playlist data on a display unit, and reproduces music items in the order defined by the playlist data. The playlist data is formed of a plurality of item data sets each corresponding to a music data set. If a user defines an item data set corresponding to a music data set as one to be reproduced, the defined item is provided with a reproduction mark of “check” and displayed with the reproduction mark on the display unit. On the display unit there is also displayed a total reproduction time D13 in which the reproduction time of music data sets defined as those to be reproduced is summed. Furthermore, item data sets for music data sets that are defined as those to be reproduced but are not stored in the storage device are provided with an irreproducibility mark of “???” and displayed with the irreproducibility mark on the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Komano, Hiroki Nakazono, Shigehiko Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20100262353
    Abstract: There are provided: a pedal operation amount detection unit 12 that detects an operation amount s of the accelerator pedal 11; a speed ratio detection unit 14, 15 that detects a speed ratio e of an input shaft and an output shaft of the torque converter 2; a load pressure detection unit 16 that detects a load pressure P of the hydraulic pump 6; a speed stage detection unit 18 that detects a low speed stage of a transmission 3 capable of varying a speed stage between a low speed stage and a high speed stage; and a speed limiting unit 10 that limits a maximum speed of the engine 1 to a lower speed upon satisfaction of following speed limitation conditions: at least a pedal operation amount s is equal to or greater than a predetermined value s1, a speed ratio e is equal to or less than a predetermined value ea, a load pressure P is equal to or greater than a predetermined value Pa, and the low speed stage of the transmission has been detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Hyodo, Hiroki Nakazono, Nobuhiro Suzuki, Atsushi Shimazu, Masaki Yoshikawa, Kentaro Itoga, Kazuo Chonan, Tomoo Takahashi
  • Patent number: 7547839
    Abstract: An automatic performance data processing apparatus which makes it possible to simply convert a plurality of automatic performance data into digital audio data in a batch. Each of a plurality of automatic performance data in an order designated by a playlist data stored in a storage device is sequentially reproduced. Audio signals generated by a tone generator that is supplied with tone generator driving events that occur in response to reproduction of each automatic performance data and that generates audio signals based on the supplied tone generator driving events are digitally recorded. The digitally recorded audio signals are stored in a storage medium as digital audio data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Nakazono, Shigehiko Mizuno
  • Patent number: 7385132
    Abstract: There are provided a first storage section that stores text files each including at least text data, and a second storage section that stores registration data including predetermined performance environment setting information and text file selection information specifying a text file associated with a performance environment set on the basis of the performance environment setting information. Registration data is selected from the second storage section, and the text file associated with the performance environment is selected, in accordance with the text file selection information of the selected registration data, from among the text files stored in the first storage section. The text data included in the selected text file is displayed on the basis of the selected text file. In an alternative, control is performed to display lyrics data included in currently-reproduced automatic performance data or text data included in the text file stored in the first storage section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Komano, Hiroki Nakazono
  • Publication number: 20080060501
    Abstract: In a storage section, there are stored a plurality of music data sets of a given first format. Reproduction definition information defines reproducing order of a group of desired music data sets among the plurality of music data sets stored in the storage section. On the basis of the reproduction definition information, the music data sets of the first format defined by the reproduction definition information are read out from the storage section and automatically supplied as objects to be converted into a second format different from the first format. Then, the supplied music data sets of the first format are converted into music data of the second format. In this way, the music data sets of the first format can be readily converted collectively into music data of the second format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Applicant: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroki Nakazono
  • Publication number: 20060213356
    Abstract: An automatic performance data processing apparatus which makes it possible to simply convert a plurality of automatic performance data into digital audio data in a batch. Each of a plurality of automatic performance data in an order designated by a playlist data stored in a storage device is sequentially reproduced. Audio signals generated by a tone generator that is supplied with tone generator driving events that occur in response to reproduction of each automatic performance data and that generates audio signals based on the supplied tone generator driving events are digitally recorded. The digitally recorded audio signals are stored in a storage medium as digital audio data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2006
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Applicant: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Nakazono, Shigehiko Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20060180010
    Abstract: In an electronic musical apparatus having a function of synthesizing audio data basing on MIDI data to generate audio data corresponding to the MIDI data and recording the audio data when the audio data is recorded, environment information indicating a generation environment of the audio data is generated and stored together with the audio data in a memory so that contents of the environment information can be displayed on a status information screen according to an instruction of a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2006
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Applicant: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroki Nakazono
  • Publication number: 20060171682
    Abstract: A music reproducing apparatus stores, in a storage device, playlist data that defines an order in which a plurality of music data sets are reproduced, displays the playlist data on a display unit, and reproduces music items in the order defined by the playlist data. The playlist data is formed of a plurality of item data sets each corresponding to a music data set. If a user defines an item data set corresponding to a music data set as one to be reproduced, the defined item is provided with a reproduction mark of “check” and displayed with the reproduction mark on the display unit. On the display unit there is also displayed a total reproduction time D13 in which the reproduction time of music data sets defined as those to be reproduced is summed. Furthermore, item data sets for music data sets that are defined as those to be reproduced but are not stored in the storage device are provided with an irreproducibility mark of “???” and displayed with the irreproducibility mark on the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2006
    Publication date: August 3, 2006
    Applicant: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Komano, Hiroki Nakazono, Shigehiko Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20060123980
    Abstract: In a storage section, there are stored a plurality of music data sets of a given first format. Reproduction definition information defines reproducing order of a group of desired music data sets among the plurality of music data sets stored in the storage section. On the basis of the reproduction definition information, the music data sets of the first format defined by the reproduction definition information are read out from the storage section and automatically supplied as objects to be converted into a second format different from the first format. Then, the supplied music data sets of the first format are converted into music data of the second format. In this way, the music data sets of the first format can be readily converted collectively into music data of the second format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2005
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Applicant: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroki Nakazono
  • Publication number: 20060060066
    Abstract: There are provided a first storage section that stores text files each including at least text data, and a second storage section that stores registration data including predetermined performance environment setting information and text file selection information specifying a text file associated with a performance environment set on the basis of the performance environment setting information. Registration data is selected from the second storage section, and the text file associated with the performance environment is selected, in accordance with the text file selection information of the selected registration data, from among the text files stored in the first storage section. The text data included in the selected text file is displayed on the basis of the selected text file. In an alternative, control is performed to display lyrics data included in currently-reproduced automatic performance data or text data included in the text file stored in the first storage section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2005
    Publication date: March 23, 2006
    Applicant: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Komano, Hiroki Nakazono
  • Patent number: 6880131
    Abstract: A storage medium stores a large number of data sets or files as grouped in a smaller number of data groups or directories, each data group containing a plurality of data sets. On a control panel is provided a display screen, and are also provided a plurality of group call buttons to be individually allocated for the respective data groups and a plurality of data set designating buttons to be individually allocated for the respective data sets. When the user actuates an intended one of the group call buttons, identifying names or marks of the data sets of the called group are listed in a display screen for a further selection of the intended data set from among the listed group by user's actuation of an intended one of the data set designating buttons. This enables an easy and speedy selection of a particular intended data set from among a large number of data sets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Nakazono, Shinichi Ito
  • Patent number: D652061
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignees: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., KCM Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Hiraoka, Ei Takahashi, Yoshihiro Ito, Kazunori Komatsu, Hiroki Nakazono, Takashi Takeyama, Tadayoshi Aoki, Akira Shimohira, Hirofumi Oouchi
  • Patent number: D652063
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignees: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., KCM Corporation
    Inventors: Akitaka Takeuchi, Wataru Isaka, Kazunori Komatsu, Ei Takahashi, Hiroki Nakazono, Koji Hyodo, Masaki Yoshikawa, Hirofumi Oouchi
  • Patent number: D652433
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignees: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., KCM Corporation
    Inventors: Akitaka Takeuchi, Wataru Isaka, Kazunori Komatsu, Ei Takahashi, Hiroki Nakazono, Hirofumi Oouchi