Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Sakamoto

Hiroshi Sakamoto 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: 20210040705
    Abstract: A construction machine that can make a depressing force of a bucket during compaction work to be uniform without requiring an operator to perform a complicated operation is provided. A controller 18 determines whether or not compaction work is in progress, calculates a front distance R that represents a distance between a rotational pivot of a boom 4 and a predetermined position B in a back surface of a bucket 6, determines a target velocity of the bucket such that a velocity with which the bucket approaches a leveling target surface decreases with increasing values of the front distance, and, during the compaction work, notifies the operator of details of an operation of operation devices 9a and 9b for achieving the target velocity of the bucket or controls hydraulic actuators 4a to 6a so as to achieve the target velocity of the bucket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Shinji ISHIHARA, Hiroshi SAKAMOTO, Hidekazu MORIKI, Ryu NARIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20210019534
    Abstract: An object recognition apparatus include a storage device and a processor. The storage device stores peripheral information and tolerance information. The tolerance information is information in which the degree of tolerance for the undetected object is represented for each class of the object. The peripheral information is acquired by a sensor device provided in the vehicle. The processor performs object recognition process for recognizing an object around the vehicle. In the object recognition process, the processor identifies the object and its class to be detected based on the peripheral information, and calculates the likelihood that is a parameter representing the probability of detection of the object. Further, the processor calculates a likelihood threshold corresponding to the object based on the tolerance information, and determines whether to output the identification result of the object based on the comparative between the likelihood and the likelihood threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroshi SAKAMOTO, Ryosuke FUKATANI, Hideyuki MATSUI, Junya UENO
  • Publication number: 20210018942
    Abstract: A work machine includes an operation intention determining section that determines whether or not an operator has an intention of operating an operation member based on a state change of the operation member, a current supply section that supplies a current to a solenoid valve device based on an operation of the operation member, and a current control section that permits supply of a standby current from the current supply section to the solenoid valve device when it has been determined by an operation position determining section that the operation member is disposed within a preset neutral range and it has been determined by the operation intention determining section that there is an intention of operating the operation member, the standby current being lower than a current of the time when a hydraulic actuator starts driving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki TSUCHIE, Hiroshi SAKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210010226
    Abstract: A work machine capable of assisting in an operator's operation to allow a work tool move along a design surface indicating a target shape of an object to be worked irrespectively of an angle of the design surface and a posture of a work implement is provided. A controller determines an excavation actuator in charge of an excavation action and determines an alignment actuator in charge of an alignment action for a work tool out of a plurality of actuators on the basis of the design surface set by a work execution target setting device and the posture of the work implement measured by a work implement posture/position measurement device, determines a target velocity of the excavation actuator on the basis of operation signals outputted from an operation device, and limits a target velocity of the alignment actuator in a direction in which the work tool approaches the design surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroaki TANAKA, Hisami NAKANO, Yuusuke SUZUKI, Hiroshi SAKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10794046
    Abstract: A hydraulic excavator (1) includes a controller (40) for generating, when the tip of a work implement (1A) is approaching a target surface (60) due to the pilot pressure output from an operating device (45a, 45b, 46a), a control signal for a boom cylinder (5) such that the tip of the work implement moves along the target surface and controlling the work implement (1A) by outputting the generated control signal to the flow control valve (15a) of the boom cylinder (5). The controller calculates the positional information of a finished shape (97) formed by the work implement, based on the topographic information input from a topographic measurement device (96) that measures the topography near the work machine and corrects the control signal based on the positional information of the finished shape such that the finished shape gets closer to the target surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya Imura, Kouji Ishikawa, Hiroshi Sakamoto, Yasuhiko Kanari
  • Patent number: 10777023
    Abstract: In a worker management system comprising a terminal device, a worker detection system, and a site management device, the terminal device transmits a worker signal, which includes terminal GNSS positional information represented by a GNSS coordinate system of the terminal device, to the site management device. The worker detection system transmits worker detected positional information, which indicates a position of the worker detected by a surrounding monitoring sensor mounted on the work machine, to the site management device. The site management device relates the terminal GNSS positional information to the worker detected positional information, and when both information for the same worker is available, it selects a position indicated by the worker detected positional information, and when only the terminal GNSS positional information is available, it selects a position indicated by the terminal GNSS positional information, as a current position of the worker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mariko Mizuochi, Hiroshi Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20200277758
    Abstract: A controller (40) of a hydraulic excavator (1) includes: a first distance calculation section (43f) calculating a first distance D1 that is a distance between a bucket toe and a target surface on a virtual straight line Lv extended vertically from the bucket toe, based on position information on the bucket toe and position information on the target surface (700); and a second distance calculation section (43g) calculating a second distance D2 that is a distance between the target surface and a current landform on the virtual straight line Lv, based on the position information on the bucket toe and the position information on the target surface and position information on the current landform 800. A display device (53a) displays the first distance D1 and the second distance D2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Manabu EDAMURA, Shiho IZUMI, Hiroshi SAKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200277751
    Abstract: Target speeds of an arm cylinder and a boom cylinder are computed in response to a distance D between a bucket tip end and a target surface in such a manner that an operating range of a work device is limited on and above the target surface at a time of operating an operation device. A second flow control valve that supplies a hydraulic operating fluid from a second hydraulic pump to the boom cylinder is controlled on the basis of the target speed of the boom cylinder while a first flow control valve that supplies a hydraulic operating fluid from a first hydraulic pump to the arm cylinder and a third flow control valve that supplies the hydraulic operating fluid from the second hydraulic pump to the arm cylinder are controlled on the basis of the target speed of the arm cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Takaaki CHIBA, Hiroaki TANAKA, Hisami NAKANO, Hiroshi SAKAMOTO, Yusuke SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20200277757
    Abstract: A mode selecting device configured to select a work mode of a hydraulic excavator, a work determining section configured to determine whether work contents of the hydraulic excavator are work contents other than those of the selected work mode on the basis of a detection result of pilot pressure sensors, a minimum alarm region determining section configured to determine one of a plurality of minimum alarm regions preset on the periphery of the hydraulic excavator on the basis of a selection result of the mode selecting device and a determination result of the work determining section, and an alarm determining section configured to output an alarm signal to a buzzer when the relative position of an obstacle, the relative position being computed by an obstacle position calculating section, is inside an alarm region set so as to include the minimum alarm region determined by the minimum alarm region determining section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Kazushige KUROKAMI, Hiroshi SAKAMOTO, Shigeki TOKITA
  • Publication number: 20200246349
    Abstract: A compound represented by the following general formula (I) [the symbol in the formula are as defined in the description], a salt thereof, or the like is a RET inhibitor or RET tyrosine kinase inhibitor that can he used as an agent for the prevention or treatment of disorders including cancers and cancer metastasis having mutations in RET.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: CHUGAI SEIYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tatsushi KODAMA, Hiroshi SAKAMOTO, Toshiyuki TSUKAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200226849
    Abstract: In a worker management system comprising a terminal device, a worker detection system, and a site management device, the terminal device transmits a worker signal, which includes terminal GNSS positional information represented by a GNSS coordinate system of the terminal device, to the site management device. The worker detection system transmits worker detected positional information, which indicates a position of the worker detected by a surrounding monitoring sensor mounted on the work machine, to the site management device. The site management device relates the terminal GNSS positional information to the worker detected positional information, and when both information for the same worker is available, it selects a position indicated by the worker detected positional information, and when only the terminal GNSS positional information is available, it selects a position indicated by the terminal GNSS positional information, as a current position of the worker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Mariko MIZUOCHI, Hiroshi SAKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200217049
    Abstract: An operator of a hydraulic excavator and a worker working outside of the hydraulic excavator carry a worker tag that sends a radio-wave signal including a magnetic field ID, a tag ID, and positional information obtained by a GNSS receiving section in case the worker tag receives a magnetic field signal generated by a magnetic field detecting device mounted on the hydraulic excavator. Based on positional information of the hydraulic excavator that is obtained from an GNSS receiving device and positional information of the worker tag, the position of the worker tag is calculated. In case the worker tag is detected in a proximity notification target area, a notification command is generated for notifying the operator of the hydraulic excavator of the detection of the worker tag, and output to a notification device in the cabin of the hydraulic excavator. Thus, a worker who is in proximity to the work machine is accurately detected, and the operator is prevented from being excessively alerted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Mariko MIZUOCHI, Hiroshi SAKAMOTO, Kazushige KUROKAMI
  • Patent number: 10668075
    Abstract: A compound represented by the following general formula (I) [the symbol in the formula are as defined in the description], a salt thereof, or the like is a RET inhibitor or RET tyrosine kinase inhibitor that can be used as an agent for the prevention or treatment of disorders including cancers and cancer metastasis having mutations in RET.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tatsushi Kodama, Hiroshi Sakamoto, Toshiyuki Tsukaguchi
  • Publication number: 20200131737
    Abstract: Provided is a work machine that, within the limit of not harming dynamic stability, can perform work utilizing the impact generated when a cylinder driving a front work implement collides with a stroke end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Yusuke SUZUKI, Hiroshi SAKAMOTO, Mariko MIZUOCHI, Hiroaki TANAKA
  • Patent number: 10633825
    Abstract: The construction machine includes: a work implement driven by a first hydraulic actuator and a second hydraulic actuator; a first directional control valve controlling a flow rate and a direction of a hydraulic fluid supplied to the first hydraulic actuator; a first speed-up directional control valve provided in a second pump line and controlling a flow rate and a direction of a hydraulic fluid supplied to the first hydraulic actuator; a second directional control valve controlling a flow rate and a direction of a hydraulic fluid supplied to the second hydraulic actuator; an excavation load sensor that detects an excavation load imposed on the work implement; and a first speed-up control section that drives the first speed-up directional control valve, and the first speed-up control section is configured to control a driving amount of the first speed-up directional control valve in response to the excavation load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Moriki, Hiroshi Sakamoto, Hiroaki Tanaka, Yasutaka Tsuruga
  • Patent number: 10626575
    Abstract: A control system for a construction machine includes an electric lever operating device that outputs a command to a hydraulic actuator, a travel control lever device that outputs a command to a travel device, and a controller that outputs a drive command to a solenoid proportional valve that decompresses hydraulic fluid supplied from a pilot hydraulic source. The control system includes a machine body state judgment part that judges the state of the machine body based on an electric signal from the electric lever operating device and an operation amount of the travel control lever device and a dead zone calculation part that calculates a dead zone for the electric signal from the electric lever operating device based on the state of the machine body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Hiroshi Sakamoto, Yoshiyuki Tsuchie, Hidekazu Moriki, Yasutaka Tsuruga
  • Patent number: 10604914
    Abstract: The control system for the hydraulic construction machine includes: a hydraulic actuator; a work device driven by the hydraulic actuator; a hydraulic pump supplying a hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic actuator; a pump flow rate control section controlling the delivery flow rate of the hydraulic pump; a pump horsepower control section controlling the horsepower of the hydraulic pump; and a target surface distance acquiring section measuring or computing a target surface distance that is the distance between a construction target surface on which the work device works and the work device. The pump flow rate control section is configured to perform control such that as the target surface distance decreases, the delivery flow rate decreases, and the pump horsepower control section is configured to perform control such that as the target surface distance decreases, the horsepower of the hydraulic pump increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Moriki, Ryu Narikawa, Hiroaki Tanaka, Hiroshi Sakamoto, Yasutaka Tsuruga
  • Patent number: 10570587
    Abstract: Provided is a controller (50) that includes a mechanical state acquisition section (400) that acquires information regarding a posture and an operation of a hydraulic excavator; a blind angle calculation section (500) that calculates a blind angle area from a seat in a cab (1f) of the hydraulic excavator based on the information indicating the posture and the operation of the hydraulic excavator and acquired by the mechanical state acquisition section (400); and a visibility level determination section (300) that determines a visibility level of an obstacle based on the blind angle area calculated by the blind angle calculation section (500) and a positional relationship calculated by a position relation calculation section (200). Further, a warning level determination section (600) of the controller (50) adjusts a warning level in accordance with the visibility level determined by the visibility level determination section (300).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazushige Kurokami, Hiroshi Sakamoto, Mariko Mizuochi
  • Patent number: D890200
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunya Kokubo, Takaaki Ishii, Yuuichi Kurosawa, Tadahiro Yamaguchi, Hiroyuki Azuma, Keiichirou Nakamura, Hiroshi Sakamoto, Shigeki Tokita
  • Patent number: D892835
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunya Kokubo, Takaaki Ishii, Yuuichi Kurosawa, Tadahiro Yamaguchi, Hiroyuki Azuma, Keiichirou Nakamura, Hiroshi Sakamoto, Shigeki Tokita