Patents by Inventor Kunitsugu Tomita

Kunitsugu Tomita 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: 11475388
    Abstract: A server device for generating and outputting work management information of at least one carrier. The server device comprises a storage device for storing a program for generating work management information, and a controller for reading the program from the storage device and generating work management information by executing the program. The controller performs: a process of acquiring position information about at least one carrier; a process of generating, based on the position information, work type information indicating whether the carrier is performing a predetermined work or moving; a process of calculating a required time for each work type information item of the carrier; a process of comparing the required time for each work type information item and extracting a work element with low work efficiency based on a first rule concerning required time; and a process of outputting the extracted work element with low work efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Isao Karube, Hidehiro Iizuka, Masami Kamibayashi, Ryota Niizeki, Kunitsugu Tomita, Hiroshi Watanabe, Hiroyuki Adachi
  • Patent number: 11454005
    Abstract: A controller (21) of a hydraulic excavator (1) performs a first determination of determining whether or not loading of an object to be worked onto a dump truck (2) by the hydraulic excavator has been conducted based on a posture of a work implement (12), calculates a first load that is a load of the object to be worked loaded onto the dump truck by the hydraulic excavator based on a thrust force of a boom cylinder (16) and on a determination result of the first determination, performs a third determination of determining whether or not the first load is to be integrated based on a determination result of a second determination of determining whether or not the loading of the object to be worked onto the dump truck by the hydraulic excavator has been conducted that is transmitted from a controller (40) of the dump truck and on the determination result of the first determination, and calculates a loaded weight on the dump truck by integrating the first load in a case where it is determined by the third determin
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Nakamura, Kunitsugu Tomita, Kazunori Hoshino, Shigeru Bandou
  • Patent number: 11427984
    Abstract: An excavation load calculated by an excavation load calculating section and an excavation distance calculated by an excavation distance calculating section are stored in a work result storage section in association with each other. A correspondence relation setting section sets correspondence relation between a target excavation load and a target excavation distance on the basis of a tendency of correspondence relation between the excavation load and the excavation distance stored in the work result storage section. The target excavation load is set on the basis of rated capacity information of a bucket. A target excavation distance calculating section calculates the target excavation distance on the basis of the correspondence relation set by the correspondence relation setting section and the target excavation load. The target excavation distance is displayed on a monitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joonyoung Roh, Kunitsugu Tomita, Satoshi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11306460
    Abstract: A controller 21 mounted on a work machine calculates a target carried load representing a target value for a carried load carried by the work machine on the basis of loadage of a transportation machine in case the loadage is changed, calculates a minimum integration load value depending on the magnitude of the calculated target carried load, and calculates the loadage by integrating the carried load in case it is determined that a work implement has performed a loading operation on the transportation machine and in case the calculated carried load is equal to or larger than the minimum integration load value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Nakamura, Kunitsugu Tomita, Youhei Toriyama, Joonyoung Roh
  • Patent number: 11299869
    Abstract: A loading amount accumulation device includes a loading amount storage section 403 storing a loading amount, a loading amount calculation section 402 accumulating load weight data about a transport object in a working front to the loading amount, and updating the loading amount by the value after being accumulated, a difference calculation section 404 calculating a difference between a loaded amount of a vessel and the loading amount, an accumulation success/failure determination section 405 comparing an absolute value of the difference and a value Dth, determining that accumulation has failed when the absolute value is larger than the value Dth, and outputting a result, a loading amount correction section 406, when the failure is output as the result, performing correction so as to set the loaded amount data as the loading amount, and updating the loading amount by the corrected loading amount, and an output section outputting the loading amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kunitsugu Tomita
  • Patent number: 11236488
    Abstract: A controller includes a storage device that stores a load overflow reference value defined by a mutual relation between a load value of a work target object, a posture of a work implement, and a movement state of the work implement. The controller calculates the posture of the work implement, and calculates a physical quantity (for example, a swing speed) indicating the movement state of the work implement. The controller estimates whether or not the work implement has caused a load overflow during the transportation of the work target object on the basis of the reference value stored in the storage device, the calculated load value of the work target object, the calculated posture of the work implement, and the calculated physical quantity indicating the movement state of the work implement. When the controller determines that the load overflow has occurred, the controller makes a notification to that effect on a monitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Nakamura, Kunitsugu Tomita
  • Publication number: 20220027829
    Abstract: A server device for generating and outputting work management information of at least one carrier. The server device comprises a storage device for storing a program for generating work management information, and a controller for reading the program from the storage device and generating work management information by executing the program. The controller performs: a process of acquiring position information about at least one carrier; a process of generating, based on the position information, work type information indicating whether the carrier is performing a predetermined work or moving; a process of calculating a required time for each work type information item of the carrier; a process of comparing the required time for each work type information item and extracting a work element with low work efficiency based on a first rule concerning required time; and a process of outputting the extracted work element with low work efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Isao KARUBE, Hidehiro IIZUKA, Masami KAMIBAYASHI, Ryota NIIZEKI, Kunitsugu TOMITA, Hiroshi WATANABE, Hiroyuki ADACHI
  • Patent number: 11169018
    Abstract: A controller (18) calculates, based on a target loading weight (P) that is a target value of a total weight of working objects to be loaded into a hauling vehicle, a set loading time number indicative of a loading time number required for the construction machine before the target loading weight (P) is reached and bucket shape information indicative of a shape of a bucket (7), an appropriate loading weight (Wa) that is an appropriate value of the weight of the working objects to be loaded into the hauling vehicle by a single time loading work by the construction machine, creates an appropriate amount illustration (30) that is an illustration of a state at which the working objects of the appropriate loading weight (Wa) are loaded into the bucket and that illustrates the state of the working objects, based on the appropriate loading weight (Wa) and the bucket shape information, and controls a display device (19) to display an illustration (29) of the bucket (7) and the appropriate amount illustration (30) in a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazunori Hoshino, Kunitsugu Tomita, Satoshi Nakamura, Yousuke Yamanobe, Youhei Toriyama
  • Patent number: 11085168
    Abstract: A hydraulic excavator (1) including a controller (21) having a load computing section (52) configured to compute a load of a work target material on the basis of thrust information about a boom cylinder (16) during the period when a front work implement (12) is performing a transporting operation of a work target material, the controller (21) further including: a velocity limiting value computing section (55) configured to compute a limiting value (Vlim) of a velocity of a boom cylinder (16) on the basis of posture information about the work implement (12) at a time of starting the transporting operation; a velocity command correction section (50) configured to correct a velocity command in such a manner that the velocity of the boom cylinder is equal to the limiting value (Vlim) when the velocity of the boom cylinder exceeds the limiting value and output the corrected velocity command; and a drive signal generation section (51) configured to generate and output a drive signal for the boom cylinder on the bas
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Nakamura, Kunitsugu Tomita, Kazunori Hoshino, Yousuke Yamanobe, Youhei Toriyama
  • Patent number: 11008732
    Abstract: A work assist system for a self-propelled hydraulic excavator includes a controller (18) configured to determine a region in which an assumed excavation amount is obtained from an object to be excavated by one excavation operation of the hydraulic excavator (1) as a region to be excavated S on the basis of the assumed excavation amount in the one excavation operation of the hydraulic excavator (1), and to calculate a work position Pw of the hydraulic excavator (1) at which the hydraulic excavator (1) performs a next excavation operation on the basis of the region to be excavated S. A distance Lw from the hydraulic excavator to the work position Pw is calculated by the controller (18) and this distance Lw is displayed on the monitor (21).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Nakamura, Akinori Ishii, Kunitsugu Tomita, Takahiro Inada, Saku Egawa
  • Patent number: 10794754
    Abstract: A loadage correction system includes a loading-weight measuring unit that measures a loading weight of a work object loaded by a loader, a loadage measuring unit that measures loadage of the work object loaded on a transporter from the loader, a communication unit that performs data transfer of measurement results obtained in the loading-weight measuring unit and the loadage measuring unit, a difference calculating unit that calculates a difference between the measurement results of the loading-weight measuring unit and the loadage measuring unit input from the loading-weight measuring unit and the loadage measuring unit, a difference storing unit that stores a difference calculation result, a correction-target determining unit that determines the loading-weight measuring unit or the loadage measuring unit, the measurement result of which needs to be corrected, from the loading-weight measuring unit and the loadage measuring unit, and a correction-value calculating unit that calculates a correction value for
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kunitsugu Tomita, Akinori Ishii
  • Publication number: 20200283992
    Abstract: A controller 21 mounted on a work machine calculates a target carried load representing a target value for a carried load carried by the work machine on the basis of loadage of a transportation machine in case the loadage is changed, calculates a minimum integration load value depending on the magnitude of the calculated target carried load, and calculates the loadage by integrating the carried load in case it is determined that a work implement has performed a loading operation on the transportation machine and in case the calculated carried load is equal to or larger than the minimum integration load value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Satoshi NAKAMURA, Kunitsugu TOMITA, Youhei TORIYAMA, Joonyoung ROH
  • Publication number: 20200277753
    Abstract: An excavation load calculated by an excavation load calculating section and an excavation distance calculated by an excavation distance calculating section are stored in a work result storage section in association with each other. A correspondence relation setting section sets correspondence relation between a target excavation load and a target excavation distance on the basis of a tendency of correspondence relation between the excavation load and the excavation distance stored in the work result storage section. The target excavation load is set on the basis of rated capacity information of a bucket. A target excavation distance calculating section calculates the target excavation distance on the basis of the correspondence relation set by the correspondence relation setting section and the target excavation load. The target excavation distance is displayed on a monitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Joonyoung ROH, Kunitsugu TOMITA, Satoshi NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 10711436
    Abstract: A work machine operation assistance device enables setting of a manipulation gain appropriate for a skill level and habits of an operator and/or actual work contents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kunitsugu Tomita
  • Publication number: 20200208373
    Abstract: A controller includes a storage device that stores a load overflow reference value defined by a mutual relation between a load value of a work target object, a posture of a work implement, and a movement state of the work implement. The controller calculates the posture of the work implement, and calculates a physical quantity (for example, a swing speed) indicating the movement state of the work implement. The controller estimates whether or not the work implement has caused a load overflow during the transportation of the work target object on the basis of the reference value stored in the storage device, the calculated load value of the work target object, the calculated posture of the work implement, and the calculated physical quantity indicating the movement state of the work implement. When the controller determines that the load overflow has occurred, the controller makes a notification to that effect on a monitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Satoshi NAKAMURA, Kunitsugu TOMITA
  • Publication number: 20200115888
    Abstract: A controller (21) of a hydraulic excavator (1) performs a first determination of determining whether or not loading of an object to be worked onto a dump truck (2) by the hydraulic excavator has been conducted based on a posture of a work implement (12), calculates a first load that is a load of the object to be worked loaded onto the dump truck by the hydraulic excavator based on a thrust force of a boom cylinder (16) and on a determination result of the first determination, performs a third determination of determining whether or not the first load is to be integrated based on a determination result of a second determination of determining whether or not the loading of the object to be worked onto the dump truck by the hydraulic excavator has been conducted that is transmitted from a controller (40) of the dump truck and on the determination result of the first determination, and calculates a loaded weight on the dump truck by integrating the first load in a case where it is determined by the third determin
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Satoshi NAKAMURA, Kunitsugu TOMITA, Kazunori HOSHINO, Shigeru BANDOU
  • Publication number: 20200041331
    Abstract: A controller (18) calculates, based on a target loading weight (P) that is a target value of a total weight of working objects to be loaded into a hauling vehicle, a set loading time number indicative of a loading time number required for the construction machine before the target loading weight (P) is reached and bucket shape information indicative of a shape of a bucket (7), an appropriate loading weight (Wa) that is an appropriate value of the weight of the working objects to be loaded into the hauling vehicle by a single time loading work by the construction machine, creates an appropriate amount illustration (30) that is an illustration of a state at which the working objects of the appropriate loading weight (Wa) are loaded into the bucket and that illustrates the state of the working objects, based on the appropriate loading weight (Wa) and the bucket shape information, and controls a display device (19) to display an illustration (29) of the bucket (7) and the appropriate amount illustration (30) in a
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Kazunori HOSHINO, Kunitsugu TOMITA, Satoshi NAKAMURA, Yousuke YAMANOBE, Youhei TORIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200033183
    Abstract: A loadage correction system includes a loading-weight measuring unit that measures a loading weight of a work object loaded by a loader, a loadage measuring unit that measures loadage of the work object loaded on a transporter from the loader, a communication unit that performs data transfer of measurement results obtained in the loading-weight measuring unit and the loadage measuring unit, a difference calculating unit that calculates a difference between the measurement results of the loading-weight measuring unit and the loadage measuring unit input from the loading-weight measuring unit and the loadage measuring unit, a difference storing unit that stores a difference calculation result, a correction-target determining unit that determines the loading-weight measuring unit or the loadage measuring unit, the measurement result of which needs to be corrected, from the loading-weight measuring unit and the loadage measuring unit, and a correction-value calculating unit that calculates a correction value for
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Kunitsugu TOMITA, Akinori ISHII
  • Publication number: 20200018037
    Abstract: A hydraulic excavator (1) including a controller (21) having a load computing section (52) configured to compute a load of a work target material on the basis of thrust information about a boom cylinder (16) during the period when a front work implement (12) is performing a transporting operation of a work target material, the controller (21) further including: a velocity limiting value computing section (55) configured to compute a limiting value (Vlim) of a velocity of a boom cylinder (16) on the basis of posture information about the work implement (12) at a time of starting the transporting operation; a velocity command correction section (50) configured to correct a velocity command in such a manner that the velocity of the boom cylinder is equal to the limiting value (Vlim) when the velocity of the boom cylinder exceeds the limiting value and output the corrected velocity command; and a drive signal generation section (51) configured to generate and output a drive signal for the boom cylinder on the bas
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Satoshi NAKAMURA, Kunitsugu TOMITA, Kazunori HOSHINO, Yousuke YAMANOBE, Youhei TORIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200011031
    Abstract: A loading amount accumulation device includes a loading amount storage section 403 storing a loading amount, a loading amount calculation section 402 accumulating load weight data about a transport object in a working front to the loading amount, and updating the loading amount by the value after being accumulated, a difference calculation section 404 calculating a difference between a loaded amount of a vessel and the loading amount, an accumulation success/failure determination section 405 comparing an absolute value of the difference and a value Dth, determining that accumulation has failed when the absolute value is larger than the value Dth, and outputting a result, a loading amount correction section 406, when the failure is output as the result, performing correction so as to set the loaded amount data as the loading amount, and updating the loading amount by the corrected loading amount, and an output section outputting the loading amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventor: Kunitsugu TOMITA