Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Tsukamoto

Hiroyuki Tsukamoto 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: 11162244
    Abstract: An excavator includes a lower traveling body; an upper turning body mounted so as to turn with respect to the lower traveling body; a hydraulic pump connected to an engine; a front work machine including an end attachment, an arm, and a boom that are driven by hydraulic fluid from the hydraulic pump; a front work machine orientation detection part configured to detect an orientation of the front work machine; and a control unit configured to control a power of the hydraulic pump according to the orientation of the front work machine within a work area, based on a value detected by the front work machine orientation detection part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO(S.H.I.) CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Tsukamoto
  • Publication number: 20210085541
    Abstract: An electric mobility vehicle including a mobility body, wheels provided at both sides in a vehicle width direction of the mobility body, and a sensor attached to the mobility body. An area which is located outside the wheel in the vehicle width direction, and at least one of a part of the wheel, and a part of the fender of the wheel are positioned within a detection area of the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: WHILL, Inc.
    Inventors: Yusuke TAKEI, Seiya SHIMIZU, Hiroyuki TSUKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10907322
    Abstract: A shovel includes a lower traveling body that runs, an upper rotating body that is rotatably mounted on the lower traveling body, a plurality of hydraulic actuators that are operated by hydraulic oil discharged by a hydraulic pump driven by an engine, a determining unit that determines a type of work, and a control unit that controls the hydraulic actuators based on the type of work determined by the determining unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO(S.H.I.) CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Tsukamoto
  • Publication number: 20200399865
    Abstract: A shovel includes a traveling undercarriage, an upper turning structure, an attachment, an end attachment position detecting device, an object detecting device, and a processor. The upper turning structure is turnably mounted on the traveling undercarriage. The attachment is attached to the upper turning structure, and includes an end attachment at an end thereof. The end attachment position detecting device is configured to detect the position of the end attachment. The object detecting device is configured to detect the position of an object. The processor is configured to control the movement of at least one of the attachment and the upper turning structure, based on the relative positional relationship between the excavation completion position of the end attachment and the position of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventor: Hiroyuki TSUKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10858807
    Abstract: A shovel performing a work by being operated by a driver includes a lower running body, an upper turning body mounted on the lower running body and a control device that controls an operation of a hydraulic actuator in response to an operation applied to an operation lever. A cabin is provided in the upper turning body. An attaching part is provided in the cabin and is capable of attaching a multifunctional portable information terminal having a display and input function, a wireless communication function and a voice recognition function. The attaching part includes a connecting part connected to the multifunctional portable information terminal. The control device performs data communication with the multifunctional portable information terminal through the connecting part, and supplies electric power from an electric accumulation part of the shovel to the multifunctional portable information terminal through the connecting part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO(S.H.I.) CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Tsukamoto
  • Patent number: 10858810
    Abstract: A shovel management apparatus includes a temporary storing part and an abnormality information storing part. The temporary storing part temporarily stores detection information containing an operation input amount detected by an input amount detecting part of a shovel and physical amounts detected by a plurality of sensors in the shovel. The abnormality information storing part stores abnormality information. A controller performs an abnormality determination based on the detection information. The controller transfers, when an occurrence of an abnormality is determined at a first time, the detection information as the abnormality information, which is stored in a time period from a second time earlier than the first time to at least the first time, from the temporary storing part to the abnormality information storing part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO(S.H.I.) CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Tsukamoto
  • Publication number: 20200340208
    Abstract: A shovel includes a lower traveling body, an upper turning body turnably mounted on the lower traveling body, an object monitoring device attached to the upper turning body, an attachment attached to the upper turning body, a hook attached to the attachment, and a hardware processor. The hardware processor is configured to switch the operating mode of the shovel to a crane mode based on information obtained by the object monitoring device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Daisuke KITAJIMA, Hiroyuki TSUKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200325649
    Abstract: A shovel includes a lower traveling body, an upper turning body turnably mounted on the lower traveling body, a cab mounted on the upper turning body, an attachment attached to the upper turning body, a hardware processor, and a display device. The hardware processor is configured to move the end attachment of the attachment relative to an intended work surface in response to a predetermined operation input related to the attachment. The display device is configured to display information on the hardness of the ground.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroyuki TSUKAMOTO, Takashi NISHI
  • Publication number: 20200325650
    Abstract: A shovel includes a lower traveling body, an upper turning body turnably mounted on the lower traveling body, a cab mounted on the upper turning body, an attachment attached to the upper turning body, a hardware processor, and a display device. The hardware processor is configured to move the end attachment of the attachment relative to an intended work surface with the ground being pressed with a predetermined force by the working part of the end attachment, in response to a predetermined operation input related to the attachment. The display device is configured to display information on an irregularity of the ground.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroyuki TSUKAMOTO, Takashi NISHI
  • Publication number: 20200318321
    Abstract: A shovel includes a lower traveling body, an upper turning body turnably mounted on the lower traveling body, a cab provided on the upper turning body, an orientation detector configured to detect the relative relationship between the orientation of the upper turning body and the orientation of the lower traveling body, and an alarm device configured to output an alarm when a backward travel operation is performed while it is detected by the orientation detector that the orientation of the upper turning body and the orientation of the lower traveling body are in a predetermined relationship. The backward travel operation is an operation to cause the lower traveling body to travel in the backward direction of the upper turning body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Tomoki KUROKAWA, Hiroyuki TSUKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200299924
    Abstract: A shovel includes a lower traveling body, an upper turning body, an attachment including a boom, an arm, and an end attachment, a boom state detector configured to detect the state of the boom, an arm state detector configured to detect the state of the arm, an end attachment state detector configured to detect the state of the end attachment, and a hardware processor. The hardware processor is configured to obtain information on the position of the end attachment based on the respective outputs of the detectors, correlate the information on the position of the end attachment with information on the position of an underground object obtained based on the output of an underground object detector, and calculate the distance between the end attachment and the underground object. The hardware processor is further configured to control the shovel such that the distance is prevented from falling below a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Tomoki KUROKAWA, Hiroyuki TSUKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10781574
    Abstract: A shovel includes a traveling undercarriage, an upper turning structure, an attachment, an end attachment position detecting device, an object detecting device, and a processor. The upper turning structure is turnably mounted on the traveling undercarriage. The attachment is attached to the upper turning structure, and includes an end attachment at an end thereof. The end attachment position detecting device is configured to detect the position of the end attachment. The object detecting device is configured to detect the position of an object. The processor is configured to control the movement of at least one of the attachment and the upper turning structure, based on the relative positional relationship between the excavation completion position of the end attachment and the position of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO (S.H.I) CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO, LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Tsukamoto
  • Publication number: 20200291606
    Abstract: A shovel includes a lower traveling body, an upper swiveling body that is rotatably mounted on the lower traveling body, and a controller configured to perform straight facing control by which an actuator is operated to cause the upper swiveling body to face a target construction surface straight, based on information related to the target construction surface and information related to a direction of the upper swiveling body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Takeya IZUMIKAWA, Hiroyuki TSUKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200173143
    Abstract: A shovel includes a lower traveling body, an upper turning body turnably mounted on the lower traveling body, a cab mounted on the upper turning body, an operating apparatus installed in the cab, an actuator driven with the operating apparatus, and a processor configured to restrict the movement of the actuator. The processor is configured to determine the necessity of a restriction related to the movement of the actuator in accordance with whether the operating apparatus is operated with an operator's hand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Tomoki KUROKAWA, Hiroyuki TSUKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200106969
    Abstract: Provided is an imaging device including a light receiving portion including a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements arranged in a two-dimensional manner, and a spectral filter including a storage portion that stores a substance composed of a fluid or a gas, an inflow portion through which the substance flows into the storage portion, and an outflow portion through which the substance flows out from the storage portion, the spectral filter having a spectral characteristic corresponding to a refractive index of the substance, the spectral filter being each provided for one or more of the photoelectric conversion elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Madoka NISHIYAMA, Yoshiyuki WATANABE, Naoki OHKOUCHI, Hiroyuki TSUKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180371722
    Abstract: A shovel performing a work by being operated by a driver includes a lower running body, an upper turning body mounted on the lower running body and a control device that controls an operation of a hydraulic actuator in response to an operation applied to an operation lever. A cabin is provided in the upper turning body. An attaching part is provided in the cabin and is capable of attaching a multifunctional portable information terminal having a display and input function, a wireless communication function and a voice recognition function. The attaching part includes a connecting part connected to the multifunctional portable information terminal. The control device performs data communication with the multifunctional portable information terminal through the connecting part, and supplies electric power from an electric accumulation part of the shovel to the multifunctional portable information terminal through the connecting part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventor: Hiroyuki TSUKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180347151
    Abstract: A shovel includes a lower running body and an upper turning body that is turnably provided on the lower running body. An engine is mounted on the upper turning body. A hydraulic pump is driven by the engine to discharge an operating oil. A hydraulic actuator is mounted on the upper turning body. A control device controls operations of the shovel. An entering object detection device detects a position of an entering object in a monitoring area of said shovel and outputs a detection signal indicating the detection position of said entering object. The control device supplies, after a determination of an entry of the entering object into the monitoring area, the operating oil from the hydraulic pump to the hydraulic actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventor: Hiroyuki TSUKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10132056
    Abstract: A shovel that performs excavation in accordance with an arm excavation operation including an arm closing operation includes an excavation operation detection part, a position detection part, a maximum allowable pressure calculation part, and an arm cylinder pressure control part. The excavation operation detection part detects that the arm excavation operation has been performed. The position detection part detects the position of the shovel. The maximum allowable pressure calculation part calculates the pressure of the expansion-side oil chamber of an arm cylinder corresponding to an excavation reaction force at a time when the shovel is dragged by the excavation reaction force as a maximum allowable pressure, based on the position of the shovel. The arm cylinder pressure control part controls the pressure of the expansion-side oil chamber not to exceed the maximum allowable pressure when the arm excavation operation is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: SUMITOMO(S.H.I.) CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Tsukamoto
  • Publication number: 20180328003
    Abstract: An excavator includes a lower traveling body; an upper turning body mounted so as to turn with respect to the lower traveling body; a hydraulic pump connected to an engine; a front work machine including an end attachment, an arm, and a boom that are driven by hydraulic fluid from the hydraulic pump; a front work machine orientation detection part configured to detect an orientation of the front work machine; and a control unit configured to control a power of the hydraulic pump according to the orientation of the front work machine within a work area, based on a value detected by the front work machine orientation detection part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventor: Hiroyuki TSUKAMOTO
  • Patent number: D926087
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: WHILL, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tsukamoto, Masahiro Toriyama, Satoshi Sugie