Patents by Inventor Kazuyoshi Kawamoto

Kazuyoshi Kawamoto 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: 11564347
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a cutter device for cutting plant in a field, a storage section for storing plant cut by the cutter device, an inclination angle sensor for detecting an inclination angle ((?d)) of the vehicle body, a display device for displaying the inclination angle detected by the inclination angle sensor, and a reporting device for reporting the inclination angle exceeding a permissible inclination angle ((?a)).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Kawamoto, Eiji Sato, Yuta Horibe, Takashi Kumashiro, Tomohisa Yamamoto, Akihito Mihara
  • Patent number: 11210532
    Abstract: An off-road vehicle that travels on the off-road ground includes: a sensor group configured to detect unevenness of the ground; a camera configured to capture the unevenness of the ground; a ground unevenness degree calculation unit configured to calculate a ground unevenness degree indicating an unevenness degree of the ground based on an input parameter; an input parameter setting unit configured to set, as the input parameter, data selected from among data detected by the sensor group and image data captured by the camera; an unevenness-position data generation unit configured to associate the actual vehicle position with the ground unevenness degree to generate ground unevenness-position data; and a data storage unit configured to store the ground unevenness-position data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Kawamoto, Akira Tominaga, Yuji Ishii
  • Publication number: 20210000007
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a cutter device for cutting plant in a field, a storage section for storing plant cut by the cutter device, an inclination angle sensor for detecting an inclination angle ((?d)) of the vehicle body, a display device for displaying the inclination angle detected by the inclination angle sensor, and a reporting device for reporting the inclination angle exceeding a permissible inclination angle ((?a)).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Kawamoto, Eiji Sato, Yuta Horibe, Takashi Kumashiro, Tomohisa Yamamoto, Akihito Mihara
  • Patent number: 10820492
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a cutter device for cutting plant in a field, a storage section for storing plant cut by the cutter device, an inclination angle sensor for detecting an inclination angle ((?d)) of the vehicle body, a display device for displaying the inclination angle detected by the inclination angle sensor, and a reporting device for reporting the inclination angle exceeding a permissible inclination angle ((?a)).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Kawamoto, Eiji Sato, Yuta Horibe, Takashi Kumashiro, Tomohisa Yamamoto, Akihito Mihara
  • Publication number: 20200193172
    Abstract: An off-road vehicle that travels on the off-road ground includes: a sensor group configured to detect unevenness of the ground; a camera configured to capture the unevenness of the ground; a ground unevenness degree calculation unit configured to calculate a ground unevenness degree indicating an unevenness degree of the ground based on an input parameter; an input parameter setting unit configured to set, as the input parameter, data selected from among data detected by the sensor group and image data captured by the camera; an unevenness-position data generation unit configured to associate the actual vehicle position with the ground unevenness degree to generate ground unevenness-position data; and a data storage unit configured to store the ground unevenness-position data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Kawamoto, Akira Tominaga, Yuji Ishii
  • Patent number: 10607091
    Abstract: An off-road vehicle that travels on the off-road ground includes: a sensor group configured to detect unevenness of the ground; a camera configured to capture the unevenness of the ground; a ground unevenness degree calculation unit configured to calculate a ground unevenness degree indicating an unevenness degree of the ground based on an input parameter; an input parameter setting unit configured to set, as the input parameter, data selected from among data detected by the sensor group and image data captured by the camera; an unevenness-position data generation unit configured to associate the actual vehicle position with the ground unevenness degree to generate ground unevenness-position data; and a data storage unit configured to store the ground unevenness-position data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Kawamoto, Akira Tominaga, Yuji Ishii
  • Patent number: 10524416
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes an imaging device for imaging a plant growing in a field and a control device for controlling a sowing device. The control device includes a growth state determination section for determining a growth state of the plant in the field based on result of imaging by the imaging device and a sowing instruction section for instructing the sowing device to carry out a seed sowing operation based on result of determination of the growth state determination section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Kawamoto, Shunsuke Fujii
  • Publication number: 20180314900
    Abstract: An off-road vehicle that travels on the off-road ground includes: a sensor group configured to detect unevenness of the ground; a camera configured to capture the unevenness of the ground; a ground unevenness degree calculation unit configured to calculate a ground unevenness degree indicating an unevenness degree of the ground based on an input parameter; an input parameter setting unit configured to set, as the input parameter, data selected from among data detected by the sensor group and image data captured by the camera; an unevenness-position data generation unit configured to associate the actual vehicle position with the ground unevenness degree to generate ground unevenness-position data; and a data storage unit configured to store the ground unevenness-position data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Kawamoto, Akira Tominaga, Yuji Ishii
  • Publication number: 20180177123
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes an imaging device for imaging a plant growing in a field and a control device for controlling a sowing device. The control device includes a growth state determination section for determining a growth state of the plant in the field based on result of imaging by the imaging device and a sowing instruction section for instructing the sowing device to carry out a seed sowing operation based on result of determination of the growth state determination section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Kawamoto, Shunsuke Fujii
  • Publication number: 20180160618
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a cutter device for cutting plant in a field, a storage section for storing plant cut by the cutter device, an inclination angle sensor for detecting an inclination angle ((?d)) of the vehicle body, a display device for displaying the inclination angle detected by the inclination angle sensor, and a reporting device for reporting the inclination angle exceeding a permissible inclination angle ((?a)).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Kawamoto, Eiji Sato, Yuta Horibe, Takashi Kumashiro, Tomohisa Yamamoto, Akihito Mihara
  • Patent number: 8499870
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes: a seat disposed between front wheels and rear wheels; an engine disposed between the right and left rear wheels rearward of the seat; a battery disposed in a container space positioned downward of the seat disposed frontward of the rear wheels; an air cleaner disposed in the container space and arranged proximally to the battery in a vehicle longitudinal direction; and an opening-closing lid unit for covering the air cleaner and the battery from outside in a vehicle transverse direction. An element of the air cleaner is disposed in the air cleaner so that the element is insertable and removable in the vehicle transverse direction, and a position of the air cleaner is set so that the element is accessible from outside the vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Taro Nakamura, Ryouzou Imanishi, Yoshimi Hirooka, Norimi Nakamura, Tatsuya Nose, Kazuyoshi Kawamoto
  • Publication number: 20110132678
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes: a seat disposed between front wheels and rear wheels; an engine disposed between the right and left rear wheels rearward of the seat; a battery disposed in a container space positioned downward of the seat disposed frontward of the rear wheels; an air cleaner disposed in the container space and arranged proximally to the battery in a vehicle longitudinal direction; and an opening-closing lid unit for covering the air cleaner and the battery from outside in a vehicle transverse direction. An element of the air cleaner is disposed in the air cleaner so that the element is insertable and removable in the vehicle transverse direction, and a position of the air cleaner is set so that the element is accessible from outside the vehicle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taro Nakamura, Ryouzou Imanishi, Yoshimi Hirooka, Norimi Nakamura, Tatsuya Nose, Kazuyoshi Kawamoto