Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Yamauchi

Hiroshi Yamauchi 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: 20250091806
    Abstract: A first acquisition processing unit acquires tag status information including information indicating whether a transport target is present at a position corresponding to a tag and information indicating whether an automatic traveling device is present at the position corresponding to the tag. A second acquisition processing unit acquires AGV status information indicating whether the automatic traveling device is transporting the transport target. A determination processing unit determines whether the automatic traveling device is capable of traveling through the position corresponding to the tag on the basis of the tag status information and the AGV status information. A generation processing unit generates a travel route of the automatic traveling device on the basis of a determination result of the determination processing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: THINH NGUYENQUANG, AKIHIRO YAMAKAWA, HIROSHI YAMAUCHI, MASAHIRO SAKAKIBARA, KAZUSHI KUWAHATA, HIROKI OSAWA
  • Publication number: 20250068184
    Abstract: A traveling system includes a registration processing unit that registers map data including arrangement information of a plurality of tags, a setting processing unit that sets arrangement information of a plurality of control points in a travelable area of a second automatic traveling device in the map data, and a generation processing unit that generates a first traveling route along which the first automatic traveling device travels by sequentially following the tags and a second traveling route along which the second automatic traveling device travels by sequentially following the control points such that the first automatic traveling device and the second automatic traveling device do not interfere with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: THINH NGUYENQUANG, AKIHIRO YAMAKAWA, HIROSHI YAMAUCHI, MASAHIRO SAKAKIBARA, KAZUSHI KUWAHATA, HIROKI OSAWA
  • Publication number: 20250068170
    Abstract: A traveling system includes a generation processing unit that generates a sectional traveling route that has a predetermined length and forms a part of a traveling route from a current position to a destination position of a first automatic traveling device such that the sectional traveling route of the first automatic traveling device does not overlap with the sectional traveling route generated for the other second automatic traveling device and a setting processing unit that sets a first tag included in the sectional traveling route generated for the first automatic traveling device and a second tag arranged within a predetermined range from the first tag as prohibition points to prohibit traveling of the second automatic traveling device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: THINH NGUYENQUANG, Akihiro Yamakawa, Hiroshi Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 12202708
    Abstract: The present invention provides a dynamic lift-off control device and a crane with which it is possible to quickly perform dynamic lift-off of a suspended load while suppressing vibration of the load. This dynamic lift-off control device D comprises: a boom (14); a winch (13); a load weight measurement means (22); and a controller (40) serving as a control unit, the controller (40) controlling operations of the boom (14) and the winch (13), deriving, when performing dynamic lift-off of the suspended load by hoisting the winch (13), an amount of change in a derricking angle of the boom (14) on the basis of the time change in the measured load weight, and raising the boom (14) so as to compensate for the amount of change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: TADANO LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Minami, Hiroshi Yamauchi, Shohei Nakaoka
  • Patent number: 12180450
    Abstract: A scaffolding material for stem cell culture, which has a dispersion component ?d of the surface free energy of 24.5 or more and less than 45.0, and a dipole component ?p of the surface free energy of 1 or more and less than 20.0. According to the scaffolding material for stem cell culture, the scaffolding material can have suitable hydrophilicity and strength, high fixation of stem cells after seeding, and highly efficient cell proliferation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Haneda, Yuriko Manabe, Ryoma Ishii, Hiroki Iguchi, Hiroshi Yamauchi, Takahiro Omura
  • Patent number: 12172872
    Abstract: A crane in which a boom that is capable of derricking and extending/retracting is provided to a swiveling base includes: an operable-range-setting unit that sets an operable range in which a load being transported can be transported, the operable range being set according to the weight of the load; a path generation unit that generates, within the set operable range, a plurality of nodes through which the load can pass and a plurality of paths connecting adjacent nodes; and a transport path determination unit that determines a transport path of the load on the basis of a priority sequence for actuating a plurality of actuators of the crane, the transport path satisfying a prescribed condition, and being determined from the generated plurality of nodes and plurality of paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: TADANO LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 12157875
    Abstract: A scaffolding material for culturing a cell, the scaffolding material for culturing a cell containing a synthetic resin, and having a nitrogen content of the synthetic resin of 0.1% by mass or more and 10% by mass or less. According to the scaffolding material for cell culture, the scaffolding material can have suitable hydrophilicity and strength, high fixation of cells after seeding, and highly efficient cell proliferation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Haneda, Yuriko Manabe, Ryoma Ishii, Hiroki Iguchi, Hiroshi Yamauchi, Takahiro Omura
  • Patent number: 12152228
    Abstract: A scaffolding material for cell culture, which has a dispersion component ?d of the surface free energy of 24.5 mJ/m2 or more and less than 45.0 mJ/m2, and a dipole component ?p of the surface free energy of 1.0 mJ/m2 or more and less than 20.0 mJ/m2. According to the scaffolding material for cell culture, the scaffolding material can have suitable hydrophilicity and strength, high fixation of cells after seeding, and highly efficient cell proliferation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Haneda, Yuriko Manabe, Ryoma Ishii, Hiroki Iguchi, Hiroshi Yamauchi, Takahiro Omura
  • Patent number: 12116557
    Abstract: A scaffolding material for culturing a stem cell, which contains a synthetic resin, and has a nitrogen content of the synthetic resin of 0.1% by mass or more and 10% by mass or less. According to the scaffolding material for stem cell culture, the scaffolding material can have suitable hydrophilicity and strength, high fixation of stem cells after seeding, and highly efficient cell proliferation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Haneda, Yuriko Manabe, Ryoma Ishii, Hiroki Iguchi, Hiroshi Yamauchi, Takahiro Omura
  • Publication number: 20240301340
    Abstract: A scaffolding material for culturing a stem cell, which contains a synthetic resin, and has a nitrogen content of the synthetic resin of 0.1% by mass or more and 10% by mass or less. According to the scaffolding material for stem cell culture, the scaffolding material can have suitable hydrophilicity and strength, high fixation of stem cells after seeding, and highly efficient cell proliferation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi HANEDA, Yuriko Manabe, Ryoma Ishii, Hiroki Iguchi, Hiroshi Yamauchi, Takahiro Omura
  • Patent number: 11981548
    Abstract: A crane includes a boom and a hook suspended from the boom by a wire rope and transports a load in a state in which the load W is suspended from the hook, and further includes a sensor that detects the position of an obstacle, and a control device that generates a transport path CR by arranging a plurality of node points in an area containing a lifting-up point and a lifting-down point of the load and connecting the node points. The control device generates a new transport path after increasing a number of node points arranged around the obstacle when the sensor detects movement of the obstacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: TADANO LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yamauchi, Yoshimasa Minami, Soichiro Fukamachi, Kazuma Mizuki, Shohei Nakaoka
  • Patent number: 11958724
    Abstract: The invention addresses the problem of providing a work vehicle that can prevent mistakes and confusion in primary settings even when a plurality of operators each operate a remote operation terminal. This work vehicle (crane 1) comprises a work device 40 that is operable using a remote operation terminal 13, wherein a primary setting of the work device 40 can be changed with the remote operation terminal 13 and when one of the plurality of remote operation terminals 13 changes a primary setting, the change is reflected in the other remote operation terminals 13.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: TADANO LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yamauchi, Hiroyuki Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20240061429
    Abstract: This traveling system includes: a setting processing unit that sets a travel route corresponding to each of the plurality of automatic traveling devices; a calculation processing unit that, when a first automatic traveling device interferes with a travel of other automatic traveling devices, calculates an evaluation value representing an influence level that the first automatic traveling device imposes on the travel of the other automatic traveling devices; and a change processing unit that, when the evaluation value calculated by the calculation processing unit is greater than or equal to a threshold, changes the travel route that is set to the first automatic traveling device by the setting processing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: THINH NGUYENQUANG, Hiroshi YAMAUCHI
  • Patent number: 11840427
    Abstract: A crane comprising a traveling body and a turning body turnably supported by the traveling body, the crane performing power feeding and communication between the traveling body and the turning body. The traveling body is provided with: a power supply; a lower controller which controls the traveling body and transmits power to the devices included in the traveling body; and a lower transmitter-receiver which wirelessly transmits and receives the power and data signal from the power supply. The turning body is provided with: an upper controller which controls the turning body and transmits power to the devices included in the turning body; and an upper transmitter-receiver which wirelessly transmits and receives the power and data signal to and from the lower transmitter-receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: TADANO LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Shindo, Hiroshi Yamauchi, Hiroki Mizobuchi, Naoki Ishihara, Shinsuke Kanda
  • Publication number: 20230391555
    Abstract: A transport system includes: a reception processor that receives a transport request to transport a first picking object corresponding to a first automatic transport device; and a determination processor that determines a destination of the first automatic transport device based on the number of automatic transport devices present in a first picking area that includes a first picking location for the first picking object and space availability at one or more picking locations in the first picking area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: THINH NGUYENQUANG, AKIHIRO YAMAKAWA, TAKASHI IWAMOTO, Hiroshi YAMAUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230393576
    Abstract: An automatic traveling system includes: a determination processor that determines whether or not the automatic traveling device successfully reads a target tag at a position of the target tag while traveling; and a traveling processor that controls traveling of the automatic traveling device on the basis of information on a first connection route connecting an installation position of a first tag immediately before the target tag that is determined not to be successfully read to an installation position of the target tag, and a second connection route connecting an installation position of a second tag immediately after the target tag to the installation position of the target tag, in a case where the determination processor determines that the target tag is not successfully read.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventor: Hiroshi YAMAUCHI
  • Publication number: 20220380128
    Abstract: A conveyance system according to this disclosure includes a movement request acceptor which accepts a movement request to an automatic conveying device; and a section travel-route setter which sets a section travel route with a predetermined length constituting a part of a travel route from a current position of a first automatic conveying device to a destination position so that the section travel route of the first automatic conveying device does not overlap the section travel route set for another second automatic conveying device on the basis of the movement request accepted by the movement request acceptor, in which the section travel-route setter repeatedly executes processing of setting a second section travel route with an end position of a first section travel route as a start position of the subsequent second section travel route while the automatic conveying device is traveling on the first section travel route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: THINH NGUYENQUANG, Hiroshi YAMAUCHI, AKIHIRO YAMAKAWA, MASAHIRO SAKAKIBARA, TAKASHI IWAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220106168
    Abstract: A crane in which a boom that is capable of derricking and extending/retracting is provided to a swiveling base includes: an operable-range-setting unit that sets an operable range in which a load being transported can be transported, the operable range being set according to the weight of the load; a path generation unit that generates, within the set operable range, a plurality of nodes through which the load can pass and a plurality of paths connecting adjacent nodes; and a transport path determination unit that determines a transport path of the load on the basis of a priority sequence for actuating a plurality of actuators of the crane, the transport path satisfying a prescribed condition, and being determined from the generated plurality of nodes and plurality of paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: TADANO LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi YAMAUCHI
  • Publication number: 20220098008
    Abstract: The present invention provides a dynamic lift-off control device and a crane with which it is possible to quickly perform dynamic lift-off of a suspended load while suppressing vibration of the load. This dynamic lift-off control device D comprises: a boom (14); a winch (13); a load weight measurement means (22); and a controller (40) serving as a control unit, the controller (40) controlling operations of the boom (14) and the winch (13), deriving, when performing dynamic lift-off of the suspended load by hoisting the winch (13), an amount of change in a derricking angle of the boom (14) on the basis of the time change in the measured load weight, and raising the boom (14) so as to compensate for the amount of change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: TADANO LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa MINAMI, Hiroshi YAMAUCHI, Shohei NAKAOKA
  • Publication number: 20220098012
    Abstract: Provided are a crane and a path generation system that can generate a transport path capable of avoiding an obstacle even. if the obstacle moves. The crane (1) includes a boom (7) and a hook (10) suspended from the boom (7) by a wire rope (8) and transports a load (W) in a state in which the load W is suspended from the hook (10), the crane (1) being equipped with a sensor (camera (55)) that detects the position of an obstacle (worker X), and a control device (20) that generates a transport path CR by arranging a plurality of node points P(n) in an area containing a lifting-up point (Ps) and a lifting-down point (Pe) of the load W and connecting the node points P(n). The control device (20) generates a new transport path (CR) after increasing the number of node points P(n) arranged around the obstacle (X) when the sensor (55) detects movement of the obstacle (X).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: TADANO LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi YAMAUCHI, Yoshimasa MINAMI, Soichiro FUKAMACHI, Kazuma MIZUKI, Shohei NAKAOKA