Patents by Inventor Izuru SHIMAMOTO

Izuru SHIMAMOTO 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: 11567498
    Abstract: An agriculture support device includes a traveling creator to create a scheduled traveling route of an agricultural machine in an agricultural field, a display controller to display on an external terminal a virtual traveling status of the agricultural machine to travel on the scheduled traveling route created by the traveling creator, and a correction permitting controller to permit correction of the scheduled traveling route created by the traveling creator when the external terminal requests the correction. The display controller displays, on the external terminal, the virtual traveling status and a result traveling status of the agricultural machine that has traveled on the scheduled traveling route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akinori Unesaki, Izuru Shimamoto, Hirokazu Sasamoto, Yoshiharu Yoshimoto
  • Patent number: 11169279
    Abstract: A work-vehicle position measurement system includes a reference station and a work vehicle. The reference station is provided at a reference position to measure a measured position of the reference position by receiving a radio wave from a satellite and to transmit reference information including the measured position. The work vehicle includes circuitry configured to obtain a calculated position of the work vehicle based on satellite information from the satellite and the reference information transmitted from the reference station, to control the work vehicle to travel along a predetermined travel route in a work field based on the calculated position of the work vehicle, and to manage map data of the work field to correspond to the reference information of the reference position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Shinkai, Kazuo Sakaguchi, Izuru Shimamoto, Kenji Tamatani, Megumi Suzukawa, Akisato Hori
  • Patent number: 11168992
    Abstract: A travel route generation device for a field work vehicle includes a memory and circuitry. The circuitry is configured to generate, based on field data stored in the memory, a travel route. The circuitry is configured to determine a getting-off point in the travel route at which a driver gets off the field work vehicle. The circuitry is configured to determine a getting-on point in the travel route at which the driver gets on the field work vehicle. The circuitry is configured to define a first partial route in the travel route between the entrance and the getting-off point and a second partial travel route in the travel route between the getting-on point and the entrance as a manual travel route. The circuitry is configured to define a third partial travel route in the travel route between the getting-off point and the getting-on point as an automatic travel route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhisa Uoya, Izuru Shimamoto, Kenji Tamatani, Megumi Suzukawa, Atsushi Shinkai, Kazuo Sakaguchi
  • Patent number: 10989541
    Abstract: A travel route generation device includes circuitry configured to calculate positions of a starting point, an end point, and intermediate points from a start vehicle position, an end vehicle position, and intermediate vehicle positions, respectively, based on a distance from a contour point to a reference point. The circuitry is configured to define the shape of the target work region by calculating a line connecting the starting point, the intermediate points, and the end point, the line defining the shape of the target work region. The circuitry is configured to generate a travel route along which the work vehicle is to travel in the target work region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhisa Uoya, Izuru Shimamoto, Kenji Tamatani, Megumi Suzukawa, Atsushi Shinkai, Kazuo Sakaguchi
  • Patent number: 10905042
    Abstract: A controller for a master work vehicle, includes a wireless circuit, an acquisition circuit, a message generation circuit, and a display control circuit. The wireless circuit is to receive, from a slave work vehicle configured to travel automatically, first information indicating a state of work travel of the slave work vehicle. The master work vehicle is configured to work in cooperation with the slave work vehicle. The acquisition circuit is configured to acquire second information indicating a state of work travel of the master work vehicle. The message generation circuit is configured to generate a first message based on the first information and a second message based on the second information. The display control circuit is configured to control a display to display the first message and the second message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Shinkai, Megumi Suzukawa, Kenji Tamatani, Izuru Shimamoto, Takafumi Morishita, Kazuo Sakaguchi
  • Patent number: 10875404
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a display, communication circuitry, and circuitry. The display is to display information. The communication circuitry is configured to communicate with a cooperative work vehicle that is configured to work cooperatively with the work vehicle. The circuitry is configured to acquire from the cooperative work vehicle through the communication circuitry traveling work parameters manually set via operation tools provided on an operation panel in the cooperative work vehicle. The circuitry is configured to display in the display a setting confirmation screen based on the traveling work parameters acquired through the communication circuitry, the setting confirmation screen showing the operation panel in the cooperative work vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Shinkai, Kazuo Sakaguchi, Izuru Shimamoto, Kenji Tamatani, Megumi Suzukawa
  • Publication number: 20200319649
    Abstract: An agriculture support device includes a traveling creator to create a scheduled traveling route of an agricultural machine in an agricultural field, a display controller to display on an external terminal a virtual traveling status of the agricultural machine to travel on the scheduled traveling route created by the traveling creator, and a correction permitting controller to permit correction of the scheduled traveling route created by the traveling creator when the external terminal requests the correction. The display controller displays, on the external terminal, the virtual traveling status and a result traveling status of the agricultural machine that has traveled on the scheduled traveling route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Akinori UNESAKI, Izuru SHIMAMOTO, Hirokazu SASAMOTO, Yoshiharu YOSHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200305338
    Abstract: An agriculture support system includes an agriculture support device including a work creator to create a work plan of an agricultural operation to be performed by an agriculture machine, and a communicator to transmit the work plan from the work creator, and a display provided in the agriculture machine, including a machine information obtainer to obtain machine information of the agriculture machine, a plan obtainer to obtain the work plan transmitted from the communicator, an evaluator to compare the work plan with the machine information obtained by the machine information obtaining and to evaluate the work plan, and a display to display an evaluation result provided by the evaluator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Hirokazu SASAMOTO, Izuru SHIMAMOTO, Akinori UNESAKI, Yoshiharu YOSHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 10753747
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a memory, a sensor, circuitry, and a display. The memory is to store a target travel route in a work field. The sensor is to detect an actual travel track of the work vehicle to find a traveled portion of the target travel route, along which the work vehicle has traveled. The circuitry is configured to calculate an index value indicating a degree of a deviation of the actual travel track from the target travel route. The display is to display the traveled portion such that a display pattern to display the traveled portion is changed according to the index value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuo Sakaguchi, Izuru Shimamoto, Kenji Tamatani, Megumi Suzukawa, Atsushi Shinkai
  • Patent number: 10736256
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a touch-panel display, at least one first physical button, and the circuitry. The touch-panel display is to display at least one first touch button, at least one first function, and work information. The at least one function is displayed in the at least one first touch button to which the at least one first function is assigned. The work information includes a state of work which the work vehicle performs. The at least one first physical button is provided outside the touch-panel display. The at least one first function is assigned to the at least one first physical button. The circuitry is configured to change the at least one first function assigned to the at least one first touch button and the at least one first physical button in accordance with the work information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuo Sakaguchi, Izuru Shimamoto, Kenji Tamatani, Megumi Suzukawa, Atsushi Shinkai
  • Patent number: 10732628
    Abstract: A sensor management device includes first circuitry and second circuitry. The first circuitry is configured to output an instruction to position a target obstacle on a detectable region of at least one obstacle sensor provided on a work vehicle to detect an obstacle. The second circuitry is configured to determine, based on an output of the at least one obstacle sensor with respect to the target obstacle, whether the at least one obstacle sensor works normally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuo Sakaguchi, Izuru Shimamoto, Kenji Tamatani, Megumi Suzukawa, Atsushi Shinkai
  • Patent number: 10660255
    Abstract: A travel control apparatus for a work vehicle includes a display and circuitry. The display is to display a position of the work vehicle. The circuitry is configured to display in the display a guide index via which the work vehicle is manually guided to an automatic-travel permitted area in which the work vehicle is configured to automatically travel, and to determine whether or not the work vehicle is located in the automatic-travel permitted area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Shinkai, Kazuo Sakaguchi, Izuru Shimamoto, Kenji Tamatani, Megumi Suzukawa
  • Publication number: 20190249991
    Abstract: A travel route generation device includes circuitry configured to calculate positions of a starting point, an end point, and intermediate points from a start vehicle position, an end vehicle position, and intermediate vehicle positions, respectively, based on a distance from a contour point to a reference point. The circuitry is configured to define the shape of the target work region by calculating a line connecting the starting point, the intermediate points, and the end point, the line defining the shape of the target work region. The circuitry is configured to generate a travel route along which the work vehicle is to travel in the target work region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhisa UOYA, Izuru SHIMAMOTO, Kenji TAMATANI, Megumi SUZUKAWA, Atsushi SHINKAI, Kazuo SAKAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 10303175
    Abstract: A work vehicle management system includes a memory, first circuitry, second circuitry, third circuitry, and fourth circuitry. The memory is to store at least one halt record with respect to a halt status at a timing when a work vehicle is halted while traveling along a travel route in a work field. The first circuitry is configured to record the at least one halt record in the memory. The second circuitry is configured to extract the at least one halt record from the memory to display in a display the at least one halt record from which a resuming basis record is to be selected. The third circuitry is configured to generate resuming information based on the resuming basis record. The fourth circuitry is configured to control the work vehicle based on the resuming information to resume from the halt status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuo Sakaguchi, Izuru Shimamoto, Kenji Tamatani, Megumi Suzukawa, Atsushi Shinkai
  • Patent number: 10219423
    Abstract: A travel route generation device includes a memory, an input interface, and circuitry. The memory is to store field data including shape information on a shape of a field in which a work vehicle is to work. A field operation parameter is input via the input interface. The field operation parameter includes headland information on a headland in the field. The circuitry is configured to generate, based on the field data and the field operation parameter, a travel route along which the work vehicle is to travel in the field. The circuitry is configured to estimate a work status of the work vehicle in the field. The circuitry is configured to display the shape of the field, the travel route, and the work status in a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuo Sakaguchi, Izuru Shimamoto, Kenji Tamatani, Megumi Suzukawa, Atsushi Shinkai
  • Patent number: 10194473
    Abstract: An access point device for a work machine is configured to connect a work machine and a mobile terminal via wireless communication. The access point includes a memory, a controller, and a communicator. The memory is to store data of the work machine. The controller is to set a request as a communication identifier to be received by a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal is configured to obtain the data stored in the memory in accordance with the request. The communicator is to transmit the communication identifier to the mobile terminal and to transmit the data stored in the memory to the mobile terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke Miura, Isao Tanaka, Izuru Shimamoto, Kazuo Sakaguchi, Yoshito Hayakawa
  • Publication number: 20180338408
    Abstract: A controller for a master work vehicle, includes a wireless circuit, an acquisition circuit, a message generation circuit, and a display control circuit. The wireless circuit is to receive, from a slave work vehicle configured to travel automatically, first information indicating a state of work travel of the slave work vehicle. The master work vehicle is configured to work in cooperation with the slave work vehicle. The acquisition circuit is configured to acquire second information indicating a state of work travel of the master work vehicle. The message generation circuit is configured to generate a first message based on the first information and a second message based on the second information. The display control circuit is configured to control a display to display the first message and the second message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Applicant: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi SHINKAI, Megumi SUZUKAWA, Kenji TAMATANI, Izuru SHIMAMOTO, Takafumi MORISHITA, Kazuo SAKAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20180210456
    Abstract: A travel route generation device includes circuitry configured to define a shape of a work field by calculating a first line connecting a starting point and one of intermediate points, and a second line connecting another of the intermediate points and an end point. The circuitry is configured to calculate a shape of an entrance passage in the work field though which a work vehicle is to enter a target work region in which the work vehicle is to work in the work field. The entrance passage has a shape of a substantially quadrangle including a first side extending along the first line from the starting point and a second side extending along the second line from the end point. The circuitry is configured to generate a travel route along which the work vehicle is to travel in the target work region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicant: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhisa UOYA, Izuru SHIMAMOTO, Kenji TAMATANI, Megumi SUZUKAWA, Atsushi SHINKAI, Kazuo SAKAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20180210449
    Abstract: A work vehicle management system includes a memory, first circuitry, second circuitry, third circuitry, and fourth circuitry. The memory is to store at least one halt record with respect to a halt status at a timing when a work vehicle is halted while traveling along a travel route in a work field. The first circuitry is configured to record the at least one halt record in the memory. The second circuitry is configured to extract the at least one halt record from the memory to display in a display the at least one halt record from which a resuming basis record is to be selected. The third circuitry is configured to generate resuming information based on the resuming basis record. The fourth circuitry is configured to control the work vehicle based on the resuming information to resume from the halt status.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicant: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo SAKAGUCHI, Izuru SHIMAMOTO, Kenji TAMATANI, Megumi SUZUKAWA, Atsushi SHINKAI
  • Publication number: 20180209799
    Abstract: A travel route generation device for a field work vehicle includes a memory and circuitry. The circuitry is configured to generate, based on field data stored in the memory, a travel route. The circuitry is configured to determine a getting-off point in the travel route at which a driver gets off the field work vehicle. The circuitry is configured to determine a getting-on point in the travel route at which the driver gets on the field work vehicle. The circuitry is configured to define a first partial route in the travel route between the entrance and the getting-off point and a second partial travel route in the travel route between the getting-on point and the entrance as a manual travel route. The circuitry is configured to define a third partial travel route in the travel route between the getting-off point and the getting-on point as an automatic travel route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicant: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhisa UOYA, Izuru SHIMAMOTO, Kenji TAMATANI, Megumi SUZUKAWA, Atsushi SHINKAI, Kazuo SAKAGUCHI