Patents by Inventor Kohei HIROMATSU

Kohei HIROMATSU 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: 20240085553
    Abstract: An obstacle detection device (3) receives information on observation point cloud data formed of a plurality of reflection points (14) observed within a measurement range including a water surface (10), and includes: a plane detection unit (31) to detect planes extending near the plurality of reflection points (14) included in the observation point cloud data; a pseudo water surface detection unit (32) to detect a pseudo water surface; a wave peak detection unit (34) to detect a reflection point (14) corresponding to a wave peak (16); and an obstacle detection unit (3e) to take the reflection points (14) corresponding to the pseudo water surface and the reflection point (14) corresponding to the wave peak (16), as reflection points (14) included in water surface point cloud data, and to determine a reflection point (14) not included in the water surface point cloud data, as a reflection point (14) of an obstacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kohei HIROMATSU, Michinori YOSHIDA, Yasushi SUGAMA
  • Patent number: 11505923
    Abstract: A construction machine that can display various work devices including a bucket on a display device without causing a sense of discomfort is provided. A display controller is configured to deform a first drawing figure to create a first post-deformation drawing figure such that a triangle having vertexes at a first coupling point, a second coupling point and a first monitor point in the first drawing figure becomes congruent with a triangle having vertexes at the first coupling point, the second coupling point and the first monitor point in a coordinate system on an image on a display device, and arrange the first post-deformation drawing figure on a screen of the display device such that positions of the first coupling point, the second coupling point and the first monitor point in the first post-deformation drawing figure are arranged correspondingly to positions of the first coupling point, the second coupling point and the first monitor point, respectively, in the coordinate system on the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohei Hiromatsu, Shiho Izumi, Daito Sakai
  • Patent number: 11434623
    Abstract: A measurement controller (20): computes the position of a plane (S1) representing a side surface of a work implement (1A) in an image-capturing-device coordinate system (Co1) on the basis of an image of the side surface of the work implement captured by an image-capturing device (19) and an internal parameter of the image-capturing device; computes the coordinate values of a point on the work implement in the image-capturing-device coordinate system (Co1), the point corresponding to any pixel constituting the work implement on the captured image, on the basis of positional information on the pixel on the captured image and the position of the plane (S1); and converts the coordinate values of the point on the work implement in the image-capturing-device coordinate system, the point corresponding to the pixel, to coordinate values in a work-implement coordinate system (Co3) to output the coordinate values in the work-implement coordinate system (Co3) to a work-machine controller (50) of a hydraulic excavator (1
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Hayakawa, Kohei Hiromatsu, Daito Sakai, Shiho Izumi
  • Patent number: 11041288
    Abstract: A hydraulic excavator acquires operation content frequency data in a designated period based on output values output from a plurality of sensors sensing parameters that serve as indicators of operation contents performed via an operation device. A storage section stores a plurality of guide screens each corresponding to one of a plurality of work patterns of the hydraulic excavator. A work identifying section searches actual result data in the storage section for actual result data that matches or is similar to the operation content frequency data acquired by the data acquiring section in terms of operation contents and frequency thereof, and that identifies a current work pattern based on a work pattern allocated to actual result data related to a result of the search. A display device displays a guide screen corresponding to the work pattern identified by the work identifying section among the plurality of guide screens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohei Hiromatsu, Manabu Edamura, Shiho Izumi
  • Publication number: 20210156121
    Abstract: A measurement controller (20): computes the position of a plane (S1) representing a side surface of a work implement (1A) in an image-capturing-device coordinate system (Co1) on the basis of an image of the side surface of the work implement captured by an image-capturing device (19) and an internal parameter of the image-capturing device; computes the coordinate values of a point on the work implement in the image-capturing-device coordinate system (Co1), the point corresponding to any pixel constituting the work implement on the captured image, on the basis of positional information on the pixel on the captured image and the position of the plane (S1); and converts the coordinate values of the point on the work implement in the image-capturing-device coordinate system, the point corresponding to the pixel, to coordinate values in a work-implement coordinate system (Co3) to output the coordinate values in the work-implement coordinate system (Co3) to a work-machine controller (50) of a hydraulic excavator (1
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Naoki HAYAKAWA, Kohei HIROMATSU, Daito SAKAI, Shiho IZUMI
  • Publication number: 20210047805
    Abstract: A construction machine that can display various work devices including a bucket on a display device without causing a sense of discomfort is provided. A display controller is configured to deform a first drawing figure to create a first post-deformation drawing figure such that a triangle having vertexes at a first coupling point, a second coupling point and a first monitor point in the first drawing figure becomes congruent with a triangle having vertexes at the first coupling point, the second coupling point and the first monitor point in a coordinate system on an image on a display device, and arrange the first post-deformation drawing figure on a screen of the display device such that positions of the first coupling point, the second coupling point and the first monitor point in the first post-deformation drawing figure are arranged correspondingly to positions of the first coupling point, the second coupling point and the first monitor point, respectively, in the coordinate system on the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Kohei HIROMATSU, Shiho IZUMI, Daito SAKAI
  • Patent number: 10378186
    Abstract: When a work implement is actuated in such a manner that a work point is located at each of a plurality of positions on a datum line, a first work point position computing section calculates a position of the work point at each of the plurality of positions. A calibration value computing section calculates calibration values of angle conversion parameters (?bm, ?bm, ?am, ?am, ?bk, ?bk), dimension parameters (Lbm, Lam, Lbk), and line parameters (tilt tan ?, intercept Zline) using the fact that the positions of the work point at each of the plurality of positions calculated by the first work point position computing section can satisfy a linear equation indicating a datum line. A parameter update section reflects the calibration values calculated by the calibration value computing section in computation by a corresponding computing section that is one of the angle computing section and the first work point position computing section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohei Hiromatsu, Shiho Izumi, Yasuhiko Kanari, Daito Sakai
  • Publication number: 20190218749
    Abstract: A hydraulic excavator acquires operation content frequency data in a designated period based on output values output from a plurality of sensors sensing parameters that serve as indicators of operation contents performed via an operation device. A storage section stores a plurality of guide screens each corresponding to one of a plurality of work patterns of the hydraulic excavator. A work identifying section searches actual result data in the storage section for actual result data that matches or is similar to the operation content frequency data acquired by the data acquiring section in terms of operation contents and frequency thereof, and that identifies a current work pattern based on a work pattern allocated to actual result data related to a result of the search. A display device displays a guide screen corresponding to the work pattern identified by the work identifying section among the plurality of guide screens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Kohei HIROMATSU, Manabu EDAMURA, Shiho IZUMI
  • Publication number: 20180282977
    Abstract: When a work implement is actuated in such a manner that a work point is located at each of a plurality of positions on a datum line, a first work point position computing section calculates a position of the work point at each of the plurality of positions. A calibration value computing section calculates calibration values of angle conversion parameters (?bm, ?bm, ?am, ?am, ?bk, ?bk), dimension parameters (Lbm, Lam, Lbk), and line parameters (tilt tan ?, intercept Zline) using the fact that the positions of the work point at each of the plurality of positions calculated by the first work point position computing section can satisfy a linear equation indicating a datum line. A parameter update section reflects the calibration values calculated by the calibration value computing section in computation by a corresponding computing section that is one of the angle computing section and the first work point position computing section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Kohei HIROMATSU, Shiho Izumi, Yasuhiko Kanari, Daito Sakai