Patents by Inventor Katsuki Awamori

Katsuki Awamori 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: 11971724
    Abstract: An unmanned vehicle control system includes: a determination unit that determines whether or not to output a heating request for a hydraulic oil based on hydraulic oil data supplied to a hydraulic actuator disposed in an unmanned vehicle and operated by the hydraulic oil; a vehicle receiver that receives a heating command for the hydraulic oil generated based on the heating request; and a heating processor that executes a heating process of the hydraulic oil based on the heating command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanori Ogihara, Misato Maeda, Katsuki Awamori
  • Publication number: 20220212597
    Abstract: A system of controlling an unmanned vehicle includes: a travel course data acquisition unit that acquires travel course data including blinker data for controlling a blinker provided in an unmanned vehicle; an operation data acquisition unit that acquires operation data of a blinker operation device provided in the unmanned vehicle; and a blinker control unit that controls the blinker based on the blinker data acquired by the travel course data acquisition unit when the operation data is acquired by the operation data acquisition unit at a time when the unmanned vehicle operates based on the travel course data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Shiga, Kouichi Yamashita, Katsuki Awamori, Daisuke Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20220057805
    Abstract: An unmanned vehicle control system includes: a determination unit that determines whether or not to output a heating request for a hydraulic oil based on hydraulic oil data supplied to a hydraulic actuator disposed in an unmanned vehicle and operated by the hydraulic oil; a vehicle receiver that receives a heating command for the hydraulic oil generated based on the heating request; and a heating processor that executes a heating process of the hydraulic oil based on the heating command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanori Ogihara, Misato Maeda, Katsuki Awamori
  • Patent number: 10800406
    Abstract: A mining machine includes a traveling device traveling a traveling path in a mine, a vehicle body supported by the traveling device, a non-contact sensor in a front section of the vehicle body which contactlessly detects an object in a detection area, and is arranged such that the traveling path in front of the vehicle body and an area beside the traveling path are included in the detection area, an obstacle detector detecting an obstacle in the traveling path in front of the vehicle body based on an output signal of the non-contact sensor, a distance detector a distance to a wall beside the traveling path based on an output signal of the non-contact sensor, and a traveling controller controlling the traveling device based on a detection result of at least one of the obstacle detection unit and the distance detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuki Awamori, Tomikazu Tanuki
  • Publication number: 20160185346
    Abstract: A mining machine includes a traveling device traveling a traveling path in a mine, a vehicle body supported by the traveling device, a non-contact sensor in a front section of the vehicle body which contactlessly detects an object in a detection area, and is arranged such that the traveling path in front of the vehicle body and an area beside the traveling path are included in the detection area, an obstacle detector detecting an obstacle in the traveling path in front of the vehicle body based on an output signal of the non-contact sensor, a distance detector a distance to a wall beside the traveling path based on an output signal of the non-contact sensor, and a traveling controller controlling the traveling device based on a detection result of at least one of the obstacle detection unit and the distance detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuki Awamori, Tomikazu Tanuki