Patents by Inventor Hiromi Tokura

Hiromi Tokura 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: 20160259316
    Abstract: A management system for a work machine includes: a work machine that has a communication terminal device with a communication function, a power source supplying power to the communication terminal device, and a switch interposed between the power source and the communication terminal device; and a management device that is capable of communication with the communication terminal device and transmits to the communication terminal device a request instruction for execution of a process for enabling the communication, wherein the communication terminal device, upon receipt of the request instruction from the management device, continues to receive power supply from the power source until after a lapse of a predetermined period of time since the switch turns from the on position to the off position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Yuhei Ohta, Shinya Komori, Tsuyoshi Imamura, Hiromi Tokura
  • Patent number: 9309650
    Abstract: A working machine includes: an operation state detection unit configured to detect a physical amount output according to an operation of an operation lever; a time integration unit configured to calculate a time integration value by performing time integration of the physical amount; a determination unit configured to cause the time integration value and a predetermined operating angle of an excavating and loading mechanism associated with the operation of the operation lever to correspond to each other, and to determine that the operation of the operation lever has been performed, at a time the time integration value becomes a predetermined integration value or more; and a counting unit configured to count number of times of a series of excavating and loading work.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Nagato, Tsuyoshi Imamura, Hiromi Tokura
  • Publication number: 20150299989
    Abstract: A working maching includes: an operation state detection unit configured to detect a physical amount output according to an operation of an operation lever; a time integration unit configured to calculate a time integration value by performing time integration of the physical amount; a determination unit configured to cause the time integration value and a predetermined operating angle of an excavating and loading mechanism associated with the operation of the operation lever to correspond to each other, and to determine that the operation of the operation lever has been performed, at a time the time integration value becomes a predetermined integration value or more; and a counting unit configured to count number of times of a series of excavating and loading work.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Nagato, Tsuyoshi Imamura, Hiromi Tokura