Patents by Inventor Masanobu Seki

Masanobu Seki 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: 20150330060
    Abstract: A calibration system for an excavator includes the excavator having an upper structure swingably attached to a chassis, a working machine having a boom, an arm, and a working tool, and a current position computation unit configured to compute a current position of a working point of the working tool; a calibration device configured to calibrate parameters based on parameters indicating dimensions and rotation angles of the boom, the arm, and the working tool; an external measurement device that measures a position of the working point; and an inclination information detection device that detects inclination information of the excavator in an anteroposterior direction. The calibration device corrects positions of the working point measured by the external measurement device, based on the inclination information of the excavator in the anteroposterior direction, and computes calibrated values of the parameters based on coordinates of the working point at corrected positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Masanobu Seki, Masashi Ichihara
  • Publication number: 20150308826
    Abstract: A measurement jig is attached to a target member in a form of a blade edge and is used for measuring a position of the target point in combination with a total station. The measurement jig includes a prism mirror that reflects a projected light from the total station, and an attachment member for attaching the prism mirror to the blade edge, in which a mirror center of the prism mirror is aligned with the target point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventor: Masanobu Seki
  • Patent number: 9157216
    Abstract: A hydraulic shovel calibration device is adapted to calibrate parameters in a hydraulic shovel including a current position computation unit configured to compute a current position of a working point included in a work tool of a hydraulic shovel based on a plurality of parameters that indicate dimensions and swing angles of a boom, an arm, and the work tool. The hydraulic shovel calibration device includes an input unit and a calibration computation unit. The input unit is configured and arranged to input working point position information indicating coordinates of a working point included in a work tool of the hydraulic shovel at a plurality of positions which are measured by an external measurement device. The calibration computation unit is configured to compute calibration values of the parameters based on the working point position information input into the input unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventor: Masanobu Seki
  • Patent number: 9020693
    Abstract: A hydraulic shovel calibration device includes an input unit, a first calibration computation unit, and a second calibration computation unit. The input unit is a unit where working point position information and antenna position information are input. The working point position information indicates coordinates of the working point at a plurality of positions which are measured by an external measurement device. The antenna position information indicates coordinates of the position of the antenna which are measured by the external measurement device. The first calibration computation unit computes calibration values of the work implement parameters by numerical analysis based on the working point position information input into the input unit. The second calibration computation unit calibrates the antenna parameters based on the antenna position information input into the input unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventor: Masanobu Seki
  • Patent number: 8880303
    Abstract: A vehicle control unit and a vehicle equipped with the vehicle control unit are provided, the vehicle control unit being capable of preventing a shift change from being permitted in a direction opposite to a vehicle traveling direction caused by an erroneous operation of a shift lever during a traveling mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Nichiyu Forklift Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Ishikawa, Katsumi Ueda, Masanobu Seki
  • Patent number: 8838329
    Abstract: A current position computation unit of a hydraulic shovel computes a current position of a working point included in a work tool based on a plurality of parameters that indicate the dimensions and swing angles of a boom, an arm, and the work tool. A vehicle body coordinate system computation unit of a calibration device computes coordinate conversion information based on first and second working point position information measured by an external measurement device. A coordinate conversion unit converts coordinates at a plurality of positions of the working point measured by the external measurement device in a coordinate system of the external measurement device to those in a vehicle body coordinate system using the coordinate conversion information. A calibration computation unit computes calibration values of the parameters based on the converted coordinates at the plurality of positions of the working point in the vehicle body coordinate system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventor: Masanobu Seki
  • Patent number: 8651589
    Abstract: A control device 10 of an industrial vehicle which performs the control of actuating a parking brake 7 during operator's absence in an industrial vehicle includes a seat switch 1, a vehicle speed sensor 2, and the parking brake 7 controlled by a parking brake solenoid 6, and a counter 11 which counts the elapsed time after the seat switch 1 detects the operator's absence. The control device sets the time corresponding to the time until the operator leaves the vehicle after the operator leaves the seat as a preset absence time. When the seat switch 1 has detected absence, a control signal which validates the parking brake 7 is output to the parking brake solenoid 6, thereby actuating the parking brake 7 if the vehicle speed shows a vehicle stopped state, and the elapsed time becomes equal to or more than the set absence time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Nichiyu Forklift Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Ishikawa, Katsumi Ueda, Masanobu Seki
  • Publication number: 20130166143
    Abstract: A hydraulic shovel calibration device includes an input unit, a first calibration computation unit, and a second calibration computation unit. The input unit is a unit where working point position information and antenna position information are input. The working point position information indicates coordinates of the working point at a plurality of positions which are measured by an external measurement device. The antenna position information indicates coordinates of the position of the antenna which are measured by the external measurement device. The first calibration computation unit computes calibration values of the work implement parameters by numerical analysis based on the working point position information input into the input unit. The second calibration computation unit calibrates the antenna parameters based on the antenna position information input into the input unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Inventor: Masanobu Seki
  • Publication number: 20130158789
    Abstract: A hydraulic shovel calibration device is adapted to calibrate parameters in a hydraulic shovel including a current position computation unit configured to compute a current position of a working point included in a work tool of a hydraulic shovel based on a plurality of parameters that indicate dimensions and swing angles of a boom, an arm, and the work tool. The hydraulic shovel calibration device includes an input unit and a calibration computation unit. The input unit is configured and arranged to input working point position information indicating coordinates of a working point included in a work tool of the hydraulic shovel at a pluralty of positions which are measured by an external measurement device. The calibration computation unit is configured to compute calibration values of the parameters based on the working point position information input into the input unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Inventor: Masanobu Seki
  • Publication number: 20130158788
    Abstract: A current position computation unit of a hydraulic shovel computes a current position of a working point included in a work tool based on a plurality of parameters that indicate the dimensions and swing angles of a boom, an arm, and the work tool. A vehicle body coordinate system computation unit of a calibration device computes coordinate conversion information based on first and second working point position information measured by an external measurement device. A coordinate conversion unit converts coordinates at a plurality of positions of the working point measured by the external measurement device in a coordinate system of the external measurement device to those in a vehicle body coordinate system using the coordinate conversion information. A calibration computation unit computes calibration values of the parameters based on the converted coordinates at the plurality of positions of the working point in the vehicle body coordinate system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Inventor: Masanobu Seki
  • Patent number: 8364358
    Abstract: In a vehicle control unit for controlling a vehicle based on a detection signal obtained from a shift range detecting unit that detects a shift range selected by a shift operating unit, a vehicle speed detecting unit that detects a vehicle speed, and an engine rpm detecting unit that detects an engine rpm, when the detected vehicle speed is less than a reference vehicle speed, the shift range detecting unit detects that a shift switching operation is carried out from a neutral to a forward range or a reverse range, and the engine rpm detecting unit detects that the engine rpm is not less than a predetermined value until a time not less than a predetermined time is elapsed from when the shift switching operation is detected, a control for prohibiting a shift change of a transmission in accordance with the shift switching operation is carried out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Ishikawa, Katsumi Ueda, Masanobu Seki
  • Patent number: 8321113
    Abstract: A vehicle control device has a control device 10 mounted on a vehicle including an accelerator opening detecting sensor 2, a vehicle speed sensor 3, and braking means 7 capable of adjusting deceleration of the vehicle. The control device stores a plurality of deceleration tables 12 in which the deceleration is set according to a predetermined parameter. If the detected vehicle speed is equal to or less than a preset vehicle speed V1 and the detected accelerator opening is equal to or less than a preset accelerator opening when a target deceleration is selected by the deceleration selecting means 4 and 5, the selection of the deceleration is validated, a deceleration table 12 corresponding to the deceleration selected by the deceleration selecting means is read, and the braking means is actuated on the basis of braking parameters specified in the table, thereby executing deceleration control to provide the selected deceleration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Ishikawa, Katsumi Ueda, Masanobu Seki
  • Publication number: 20110320067
    Abstract: There is provided a vehicle control device and a vehicle mounted with this device, capable of properly setting a braking force to bring an operator's feeling into an optimal state. In a control device 10 mounted on a vehicle including an accelerator opening detecting sensor 2 which detects an accelerator opening, a vehicle speed sensor 3 which detects a vehicle speed, and braking means (solenoid control brake) 7 capable of adjusting deceleration of the vehicle, the control device includes a storage unit 10b which stores a plurality of deceleration tables 12 in which the deceleration is set according to a predetermined parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2008
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd
    Inventors: Naoki Ishikawa, Katsumi Ueda, Masanobu Seki
  • Publication number: 20110313627
    Abstract: A vehicle control unit and a vehicle equipped with the vehicle control unit are provided, the vehicle control unit being capable of preventing a shift change from being permitted in a direction opposite to a vehicle traveling direction caused by an erroneous operation of a shift lever during a traveling mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd
    Inventors: Naoki Ishikawa, Katsumi Ueda, Masanobu Seki
  • Publication number: 20100332093
    Abstract: A vehicle control unit and a vehicle equipped with the vehicle control unit are provided, the vehicle control unit being capable of preventing a breakdown of a vehicle caused by an erroneous operation upon carrying out a departure operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2008
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd
    Inventors: Naoki Ishikawa, Katsumi Ueda, Masanobu Seki
  • Publication number: 20100308644
    Abstract: There is provided a control device of an industrial vehicle and an industrial vehicle loaded with this device, capable of reliably detecting operator absence, thereby avoiding the danger of an accident occurring during this absence. In a control device 10 which performs the control of actuating a parking brake 7 during operator's absence in an industrial vehicle including a seat switch 1, a vehicle speed sensor 2, and the parking brake 7 controlled by a parking brake solenoid 6, the control device includes a counter 11 which counts the elapsed time after the seat switch 1 detects the operator's absence, and sets the time corresponding to the time until the operator leaves the vehicle after the operator leaves his/hear seat as a preset absence time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2008
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Ishikawa, Katsumi Ueda, Masanobu Seki
  • Patent number: 7819993
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a weight-saved foamed gypsum board having a gypsum core with high strength and excellent adhesion properties of the gypsum core with base papers for gypsum board, which method is capable of adjusting the sizes of pores in a gypsum core of a weight-saved gypsum board product into a desired range in a short time and at a low cost, even if the kinds and the compounding ratios of gypsum raw materials vary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Yoshino Gypsum Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanobu Seki, Yoshitsugu Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20100204872
    Abstract: Provided are a vehicle controller and a vehicle mounted with the vehicle controller capable of performing a control for realizing an operator's intention to stop or start a vehicle without performing a troublesome driving operation. In a controller 20 mounted to a vehicle and including a vehicle speed sensor 2 detecting a vehicle speed, a solenoid control brake 10 controlled by a solenoid control valve 9, and a brake pedal sensor 2 detecting an operation amount of a brake pedal 1 used to operate a service brake, when the vehicle speed detected by the vehicle speed sensor 2 is not more than a predetermined vehicle speed X km/h indicating a vehicle stop state and a brake ON signal detected by the brake pedal sensor 2 continues for a predetermined time Y or more, a control signal for enabling the solenoid control brake 10 is output to the solenoid control valve 9.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2008
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Ishikawa, Katsumi Ueda, Masanobu Seki
  • Patent number: 7430573
    Abstract: In a processor, an ALU or a decode portion comprises a sign reversal portion 101 for reversing the sign of a first input value, a sign determination portion 102 for determining the sign of a second input value, and an output selection portion 103 for selectively outputting the first input value, if the determination result of the sign determination portion 102 is positive, selectively outputting the value inputted from the sign reversal section, if it is negative, or outputting zero if it is zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Masanobu Seki
  • Publication number: 20060162839
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a weight-saved foamed gypsum board having a gypsum core with high strength and excellent adhesion properties of the gypsum core with base papers for gypsum board, which method is capable of adjusting the sizes of pores in a gypsum core of a weight-saved gypsum board product into a desired range in a short time and at a low cost, even if the kinds and the compounding ratios of gypsum raw materials vary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2003
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Inventors: Masanobu Seki, Yoshitsugu Nakamura