Patents by Inventor Masaharu Ikuta

Masaharu Ikuta 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: 20080091520
    Abstract: A work management system which is adaptable for various display modes demanded by an operator and which can increase working efficiency, and a working machine which is equipped with the work management system. In a work management system for managing work situations of a working machine, the system comprises a focus selection button 110 for selectively changing over a working machine subject-display mode in which a working machine symbol 100 is displayed as a subject on a display screen 101 of a display unit and a large block 102 displayed as a work target area is moved corresponding to movement of the working machine, and a topography subject-display mode in which an optionally selected position of topography is fixedly displayed at a center of the screen and the working machine symbol 100 is moved with respect to the fixedly displayed large block 102.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2005
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Inventors: Keiji Hatori, Hiroshi Ogura, Hideto Ishibashi, Kazuhiro Sugawara, Masaharu Ikuta
  • Publication number: 20070195011
    Abstract: A work area setting and managing system which enables a operator to plan and manage work in a work area and set and store the work area at just the mobile work machine side at the work site is provided. The system is applied to a mobile work machine 11 performing land mine disposal work in the work area and provided with a GPS 3D position finding system and a tablet computer 62 having a display unit 63, input unit 64, and memory 65. This system is provided with a first means for displaying a work monitor screen 90 on a screen of the display unit, a second means for displaying a symbol of the mobile work machine on the work monitor screen based on positional coordinates of an attachment of the mobile work machine obtained by the GPS 3D position finding system, and a third means for preparing a work area based on an input operation of a operator using as the origin the symbol displayed on the work monitor screen and displaying a work area block model showing the work area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2005
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Inventors: Keiji Hatori, Kazuhiro Sugawara, Hiroshi Ogura, Hideto Ishibashi, Masaharu Ikuta