Patents by Inventor Manabu Edamura

Manabu Edamura 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: 11851854
    Abstract: An hydraulic excavator calculates an estimated excavation volume Va defined by a bucket claw tip position (first position) at an excavation start, a bucket claw tip position (second position) at an excavation end set in advance, a current landform, a first target surface, and a bucket width w. A second target surface is generated at a position superior to the first target surface when the estimated excavation volume Va exceeds a limit volume Vb; and the second target surface is generated at a position at which the excavation volume defined by the first position, the second position, the current landform, the second target surface, and the bucket width is closer to the limit volume Vb. The hydraulic actuators are controlled such that an operating range of a work implement is limited on the second target surface and to an area superior to the second target surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takaaki Chiba, Hisami Nakano, Hiroaki Tanaka, Manabu Edamura
  • Publication number: 20220259834
    Abstract: An hydraulic excavator calculates an estimated excavation volume Va defined by a bucket claw tip position (first position) at an excavation start, a bucket claw tip position (second position) at an excavation end set in advance, a current landform, a first target surface, and a bucket width w. A second target surface is generated at a position superior to the first target surface when the estimated excavation volume Va exceeds a limit volume Vb; and the second target surface is generated at a position at which the excavation volume defined by the first position, the second position, the current landform, the second target surface, and the bucket width is closer to the limit volume Vb. The hydraulic actuators are controlled such that an operating range of a work implement is limited on the second target surface and to an area superior to the second target surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Takaaki CHIBA, Hisami NAKANO, Hiroaki TANAKA, Manabu EDAMURA
  • Patent number: 11391011
    Abstract: A hydraulic excavator includes a controller (40) that executes region limiting control to forcibly raise a boom (8) in such a manner that a position of a tip end of a bucket (10) is kept on a target excavation surface and within a region above the target excavation surface if an operation device (45b, 46a) issues an action direction to an arm (9) or the bucket. The controller determines which is selected as a control mode over a raising speed of the boom at a time of executing region limiting control, a first mode or a second mode specified by a raising speed lower than a raising speed of the first mode if the tip end of the bucket is located below the target excavation surface, and controls the raising speed of the boom based on a result of determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryu Narikawa, Manabu Edamura, Kouji Ishikawa, Shiho Izumi
  • Patent number: 11261578
    Abstract: A hydraulic excavator (1) provided with a controller (40) having a machine control section (43) that executes machine control for moving a work implement (1A) following a predetermined condition at the time of operation of operation devices (45a, 45b, and 46c) includes a level-of-intervention input device (96) that is operated by an operator. The controller includes a correction amount calculating section (43m) that calculates a correction amount of a level of intervention indicating a degree of intervention by the machine control in an operation of the work implement instructed through operation of the operation devices, based on an operation amount of the level-of-intervention input device. The machine control section executes the machine control to intervene in the operation of the work implement instructed through the operation of the operation devices at a level of intervention corrected based on the correction amount calculated at the correction amount calculating section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Ishida, Manabu Edamura, Hidekazu Moriki
  • Patent number: 11230824
    Abstract: A work machine (1) includes a controller (40) having a notification control section (374) that exercises control as to whether to notify an operator of operation support information in accordance with a distance between a predetermined target surface, out of a plurality of discretionally set target surfaces, and a work implement (1A), the work machine including a current terrain profile acquisition device (96) that acquires a position of a current terrain profile, the controller including a target surface comparison section (62) that compares the position of the current terrain profile (800) with a position of the predetermined target surface (700) to determine a vertical position relationship between the current terrain profile and the predetermined target surface. The notification control section (374) changes content of the operation support information in accordance with a result of determination by the target surface comparison section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryu Narikawa, Hidekazu Moriki, Manabu Edamura, Shiho Izumi
  • Patent number: 11168459
    Abstract: Provided is a hydraulic excavator (1) that performs work by operating an arm (9) after moving a bucket (10) to a work start position. An operation determination section (81c) determines, based on an operation performed on an operation device, whether a front work device (1A) is engaged in a work preparation operation for moving the bucket to the work start position. When the operation determination section determines that the front work device is engaged in the work preparation operation at the time of operation of the operation device, an actuator control section (81) controls a bucket cylinder (7) such that the angle of a work tool with respect to a target surface coincides with a preset target angle (?TGT).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryu Narikawa, Manabu Edamura, Hiroshi Sakamoto, Shiho Izumi, Hidekazu Moriki
  • Patent number: 11149413
    Abstract: A hydraulic excavator includes: a multijoint type front implement that is configured by coupling a plurality of driven members including a bucket; inertial measurement units that detect posture information about the plurality of driven members; and a calibration value computing section that computes calibration parameters used in calibration of detection results of the inertial measurement units; and a work position computing section that computes a relative position of the bucket to the machine body on the basis of the detection results of the inertial measurement units and the computation result of the calibration value computing section, and the calibration value computing section computes the calibration parameters on the basis of the detection results of the inertial measurement units in a plurality of postures of the front implement in which a reference point set on any of the plurality of driven members in advance matches a reference position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Ishihara, Hidekazu Moriki, Manabu Edamura, Hiroshi Sakamoto, Yasutaka Tsuruga, Yuuichirou Morita
  • Patent number: 11149411
    Abstract: A controller (40) of a hydraulic excavator (1) includes: a first distance calculation section (43f) calculating a first distance D1 that is a distance between a bucket toe and a target surface on a virtual straight line Lv extended vertically from the bucket toe, based on position information on the bucket toe and position information on the target surface (700); and a second distance calculation section (43g) calculating a second distance D2 that is a distance between the target surface and a current landform on the virtual straight line Lv, based on the position information on the bucket toe and the position information on the target surface and position information on the current landform 800. A display device (53a) displays the first distance D1 and the second distance D2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Manabu Edamura, Shiho Izumi, Hiroshi Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 11091900
    Abstract: The construction machine includes: a body (9, 10); work equipment (15) having a plurality of swingable work elements (8, 11, 12); a plurality of hydraulic actuators (5, 6, 7) for driving the work equipment; a plurality of ground angle sensors (13a to 13d) for detecting the ground angles of the work elements; and an excavation support device (400) including an information processing device (100). The information processing device includes: a load information acquiring section (130) for acquiring load information including the load direction in the swing center of at least one of the work elements according to signals from the ground angle sensors; and a working point position calculating section (150) for calculating the position of the working point of the work equipment according to the signals from the ground angle sensors and the load information from the load information acquiring section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Moriki, Hiroshi Sakamoto, Manabu Edamura
  • Patent number: 11053661
    Abstract: A work machine includes: a satellite communication antenna for detecting a position of an upper swing structure; angle sensors detecting postures of two work devices; position computing devices that calculate postures/positions of the two work devices on the basis of outputs from the satellite communication antenna and the angle sensors; a display device on which the position of at least one work device of the two work devices and a position of a target surface are displayed; a display selection switch that outputs a first input signal for displaying a work device selected by an operator from between the two work devices on the display device; and a display changeover section that displays the work device corresponding to the first input signal input from the display selection switch out of the two work devices and the position of the target work object of the work device on the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Kikuchi, Seiji Ishida, Manabu Edamura
  • 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: 20200277758
    Abstract: A controller (40) of a hydraulic excavator (1) includes: a first distance calculation section (43f) calculating a first distance D1 that is a distance between a bucket toe and a target surface on a virtual straight line Lv extended vertically from the bucket toe, based on position information on the bucket toe and position information on the target surface (700); and a second distance calculation section (43g) calculating a second distance D2 that is a distance between the target surface and a current landform on the virtual straight line Lv, based on the position information on the bucket toe and the position information on the target surface and position information on the current landform 800. A display device (53a) displays the first distance D1 and the second distance D2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Manabu EDAMURA, Shiho IZUMI, Hiroshi SAKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10760245
    Abstract: An area limit control part as a control section outputs a requested boost pilot pressure for driving a control valve, based upon a pilot pressure in accordance with an operating amount of an operating lever and a posture signal of a posture sensor. A drive permission determination part determines whether or not a drive of a hydraulic actuator is permitted based upon the pilot pressure in accordance with the operating amount of the operating lever. A pilot pressure selecting part selects the requested boost pilot pressure from the area limit control part in such a manner as to drive the control valve with the requested boost pilot pressure to the hydraulic actuator the drive of which is permitted, and not to drive the control valve to the hydraulic actuator the drive of which is not permitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuuichirou Morita, Manabu Edamura, Kouji Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20200224383
    Abstract: A hydraulic excavator (1) provided with a controller (40) having a machine control section (43) that executes machine control for moving a work implement (1A) following a predetermined condition at the time of operation of operation devices (45a, 45b, and 46c) includes a level-of-intervention input device (96) that is operated by an operator. The controller includes a correction amount calculating section (43m) that calculates a correction amount of a level of intervention indicating a degree of intervention by the machine control in an operation of the work implement instructed through operation of the operation devices, based on an operation amount of the level-of-intervention input device. The machine control section executes the machine control to intervene in the operation of the work implement instructed through the operation of the operation devices at a level of intervention corrected based on the correction amount calculated at the correction amount calculating section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Toshihiko ISHIDA, Manabu EDAMURA, Hidekazu MORIKI
  • Publication number: 20200217050
    Abstract: An hydraulic excavator calculates an estimated excavation volume Va defined by a bucket claw tip position (first position) at an excavation start, a bucket claw tip position (second position) at an excavation end set in advance, a current landform, a first target surface, and a bucket width w. A second target surface is generated at a position superior to the first target surface when the estimated excavation volume Va exceeds a limit volume Vb; and the second target surface is generated at a position at which the excavation volume defined by the first position, the second position, the current landform, the second target surface, and the bucket width is closer to the limit volume Vb. The hydraulic actuators are controlled such that an operating range of a work implement is limited on the second target surface and to an area superior to the second target surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Takaaki CHIBA, Hisami NAKANO, Hiroaki TANAKA, Manabu EDAMURA
  • Publication number: 20200141091
    Abstract: A work machine (1) includes a controller (40) having a notification control section (374) that exercises control as to whether to notify an operator of operation support information in accordance with a distance between a predetermined target surface, out of a plurality of discretionally set target surfaces, and a work implement (1A), the work machine including a current terrain profile acquisition device (96) that acquires a position of a current terrain profile, the controller including a target surface comparison section (62) that compares the position of the current terrain profile (800) with a position of the predetermined target surface (700) to determine a vertical position relationship between the current terrain profile and the predetermined target surface. The notification control section (374) changes content of the operation support information in accordance with a result of determination by the target surface comparison section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Ryu NARIKAWA, Hidekazu MORIKI, Manabu EDAMURA, Shiho IZUMI
  • Publication number: 20200048861
    Abstract: Provided is a hydraulic excavator (1) that performs work by operating an arm (9) after moving a bucket (10) to a work start position. An operation determination section (81c) determines, based on an operation performed on an operation device, whether a front work device (1A) is engaged in a work preparation operation for moving the bucket to the work start position. When the operation determination section determines that the front work device is engaged in the work preparation operation at the time of operation of the operation device, an actuator control section (81) controls a bucket cylinder (7) such that the angle of a work tool with respect to a target surface coincides with a preset target angle (?TGT).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Ryu NARIKAWA, Manabu EDAMURA, Hiroshi SAKAMOTO, Shiho IZUMI, Hidekazu MORIKI
  • Patent number: 10557251
    Abstract: The first engine speed or a work machine is higher than the minimum engine speed, and the second engine speed is higher than the first engine speed and lower than the maximum engine speed. The ratio of the change in the target engine speed to the change in the operation amount of the engine speed instructing device when the operation amount of the engine speed instructing device is changed from the operation amount for instructing the minimum speed to the operation amount for instructing the first engine speed is larger than the ratio of the change in the target engine speed to the change in the operation amount of the engine speed instructing device when the operation amount of the engine speed instructing device is changed from the operation amount for instructing the second engine speed to the operation amount for instructing the maximum speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya Imura, Shinji Nishikawa, Manabu Edamura, Kouji Ishikawa, Masatoshi Hoshino, Shinji Ishihara
  • Publication number: 20190345697
    Abstract: A hydraulic excavator includes: a multijoint type front implement that is configured by coupling a plurality of driven members including a bucket; inertial measurement units that detect posture information about the plurality of driven members; and a calibration value computing section that computes calibration parameters used in calibration of detection results of the inertial measurement units; and a work position computing section that computes a relative position of the bucket to the machine body on the basis of the detection results of the inertial measurement units and the computation result of the calibration value computing section, and the calibration value computing section computes the calibration parameters on the basis of the detection results of the inertial measurement units in a plurality of postures of the front implement in which a reference point set on any of the plurality of driven members in advance matches a reference position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Shinji ISHIHARA, Hidekazu MORIKI, Manabu EDAMURA, Hiroshi SAKAMOTO, Yasutaka TSURUGA, Yuuichirou MORITA
  • Publication number: 20190284783
    Abstract: The construction machine includes: a body (9, 10); work equipment (15) having a plurality of swingable work elements (8, 11, 12); a plurality of hydraulic actuators (5, 6, 7) for driving the work equipment; a plurality of ground angle sensors (13a to 13d) for detecting the ground angles of the work elements; and an excavation support device (400) including an information processing device (100). The information processing device includes: a load information acquiring section (130) for acquiring load information including the load direction in the swing center of at least one of the work elements according to signals from the ground angle sensors; and a working point position calculating section (150) for calculating the position of the working point of the work equipment according to the signals from the ground angle sensors and the load information from the load information acquiring section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Hidekazu MORIKI, Hiroshi SAKAMOTO, Manabu EDAMURA