Patents by Inventor Masanori Tojima
Masanori Tojima 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).
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Patent number: 10935660Abstract: A control system is provided with a position detection device which detects a position of a work machine, a contactless sensor which detects an object around the work machine in a contactless manner, a position calculation unit which calculates a position of the work machine on the basis of at least map data indicating a position of the object and detection data of the contactless sensor, and a diagnosis unit which compares the position of the work machine derived from detection data of the position detection device and the position of the work machine calculated by the position calculation unit and diagnoses that there is an abnormality in either the detection data of the position detection device or a calculation result of the position calculation unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2015Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.Inventors: Atsushi Sakai, Masanori Tojima
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Patent number: 10671089Abstract: A management system of a mining machine includes a vehicle, a first antenna, in the vehicle, receiving radio waves from GPS satellites, a portable second antenna, in a releasable manner in the vehicle, receiving radio waves from the GPS satellites, a first detector, in the vehicle, detecting a position of the first antenna based on a signal from the first antenna, a second detector, in the vehicle, detecting a position of the second antenna based on a signal from the second antenna, and a processer setting a prohibited area where an entry of a mining machine is prohibited based on detection results of the first and second detectors, such that the prohibited area includes the positions of the first and second antennae.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2013Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.Inventors: Masanori Tojima, Mitsuhiro Ryuman
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Patent number: 10599158Abstract: A mining machine management system includes a detection unit mounted on a mining machine that travels in a mine in which a plurality of landmarks is installed, and which detects a position of the landmark with respect to the mining machine in a non-contact manner, and a traveling control unit which corrects a current position of the mining machine based on a position of the landmark, the position having been obtained in advance, and the position of the landmark obtained by the detection unit and causes the mining machine to travel by dead reckoning navigation, and which does not use at least the position of the landmark detected by the detection unit in causing the mining machine to travel by the dead reckoning navigation, when a vehicle traveling in the mine exists around the position of the landmark detected by the detection unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2018Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Masanori Tojima, Mitsuhiro Ryuman
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Patent number: 10520320Abstract: A management system 1 for a work machine includes: a plurality of dump trucks 2 each creating a map information piece DTI of a sectioned region DT around the own vehicle; and a management device 10 that manages map information pieces DTI of a plurality of sectioned regions DT created by the plurality of dump trucks 2 and transmits, to each of the dump trucks 2, a map information piece DTI of a sectioned region DT where each of the dump trucks 2 exists and a map information piece DTI of a sectioned region DT adjacent to the sectioned region DT where each of the dump trucks 2 exists on the basis of information related to a position of each of the dump trucks 2.Type: GrantFiled: December 25, 2015Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.Inventors: Atsushi Sakai, Masanori Tojima, Tomonori Ozaki
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Patent number: 10488867Abstract: A mining machine management system includes a detection unit mounted on a mining machine that travels in a mine in which a plurality of landmarks is installed, and configured to detect a position of the landmark with respect to the mining machine in a non-contact manner, an own position detection device mounted on the mining machine, and configured to obtain an own position of the mining machine, a storage unit configured to store positions of the plurality of landmarks, the positions having been obtained in advance, as registration positions, and a processing unit configured to obtain the position of the landmark detected by the detection unit from a detection result of the detection unit and the own position, and read the registration position corresponding to the landmark from the storage unit and obtain position deviation between the registration position and the position of the landmark.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2013Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.Inventors: Masanori Tojima, Mitsuhiro Ryuman
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Patent number: 10228701Abstract: A mining machine management system includes a detection unit mounted on a mining machine that travels in a mine in which a plurality of landmarks is installed, and which detects a position of the landmark with respect to the mining machine in a non-contact manner, and a traveling control unit which corrects a current position of the mining machine based on a position of the landmark, the position having been obtained in advance, and the position of the landmark obtained by the detection unit and causes the mining machine to travel by dead reckoning navigation, and which does not use at least the position of the landmark detected by the detection unit in causing the mining machine to travel by the dead reckoning navigation, when a vehicle traveling in the mine exists around the position of the landmark detected by the detection unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2013Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Masanori Tojima, Mitsuhiro Ryuman
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Patent number: 10155653Abstract: An automatic supply system of a consumable material includes: an automatic supply device that automatically supplies a consumable material to a vehicle capable of being loaded with a cargo; and a control device that obtains loading information indicating whether or not the cargo is loaded on the vehicle, and is able to control an automatic supply of the consumable material to the vehicle based on the obtained loading information, wherein, when the control device determines that the cargo is loaded on the vehicle from the obtained loading information, the control device controls the automatic supply device not to perform the automatic supply of the consumable material to the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2012Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Masanori Tojima, Kouichi Yamashita, Tsugio Sudou, Koji Takeda
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Patent number: 10126753Abstract: A work machine control system includes a steering device configured to operate steering wheels of a work machine, a posture detector configured to detect a first azimuth as information on an orientation of the work machine, a steering angle detector configured to detect a steering angle of the steering device, an azimuth calculation unit configured to obtain a second azimuth of the work machine by using the steering angle detected by the steering angle detector, and a vehicle control unit configured to control the steering device by using either the first azimuth or the second azimuth, wherein the first azimuth or the second azimuth is switched to be transmitted to the vehicle control unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2015Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Masanori Ogihara, Masanori Tojima
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Publication number: 20180313653Abstract: A management system 1 for a work machine includes: a plurality of dump trucks 2 each creating a map information piece DTI of a sectioned region DT around the own vehicle; and a management device 10 that manages map information pieces DTI of a plurality of sectioned regions DT created by the plurality of dump trucks 2 and transmits, to each of the dump trucks 2, a map information piece DTI of a sectioned region DT where each of the dump trucks 2 exists and a map information piece DTI of a sectioned region DT adjacent to the sectioned region DT where each of the dump trucks 2 exists on the basis of information related to a position of each of the dump trucks 2.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 25, 2015Publication date: November 1, 2018Inventors: Atsushi Sakai, Masanori Tojima, Tomonori Ozaki
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Patent number: 10025313Abstract: A management system of a mining machine includes: a landmark that is placed at a mine and allows a non-contact sensor placed on the mining machine able to run at the mine to detect a relative position of the landmark and the mining machine; a storage device that registers a position of the landmark detected using the Global Positioning System; and a processing device that sets, upon the registration, a prohibited area where an entry of the mining machine is prohibited such that the position of the landmark is included in the prohibited area.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2013Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Masanori Tojima, Mitsuhiro Ryuman
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Patent number: 10026308Abstract: A construction machine control system for a construction machine that travels along a travel route, includes: a position detection unit that detects a position of the construction machine; a non-contact sensor that detects a position of an object around the construction machine; and a measurement output unit that detects a position of a vertical projection that protrudes vertically from a detection result of the position detection unit and a detection result of the non-contact sensor and stores the detected position of the vertical projection in a map information storage unit as map information, wherein the measurement output unit determines whether the construction machine is in a state that decreases accuracy of the map information, and when it is determined that the construction machine is in the state that decreases the accuracy of the map information, the measurement output unit stops storing the map information.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2015Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Atsushi Sakai, Mitsuhiro Ryuman, Masanori Tojima, Akiharu Nishijima
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Publication number: 20180188741Abstract: A mining machine management system includes a detection unit mounted on a mining machine that travels in a mine in which a plurality of landmarks is installed, and which detects a position of the landmark with respect to the mining machine in a non-contact manner, and a traveling control unit which corrects a current position of the mining machine based on a position of the landmark, the position having been obtained in advance, and the position of the landmark obtained by the detection unit and causes the mining machine to travel by dead reckoning navigation, and which does not use at least the position of the landmark detected by the detection unit in causing the mining machine to travel by the dead reckoning navigation, when a vehicle traveling in the mine exists around the position of the landmark detected by the detection unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2018Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventors: Masanori Tojima, Mitsuhiro Ryuman
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Publication number: 20180074201Abstract: A control system is provided with a position detection device which detects a position of a work machine, a contactless sensor which detects an object around the work machine in a contactless manner, a position calculation unit which calculates a position of the work machine on the basis of at least map data indicating a position of the object and detection data of the contactless sensor, and a diagnosis unit which compares the position of the work machine derived from detection data of the position detection device and the position of the work machine calculated by the position calculation unit and diagnoses that there is an abnormality in either the detection data of the position detection device or a calculation result of the position calculation unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2015Publication date: March 15, 2018Inventors: Atsushi Sakai, Masanori Tojima
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Patent number: 9869555Abstract: A construction machine control system for a construction machine that travels along a travel route, includes: a position detection unit that detects a position of the construction machine; a determination unit that determines whether an error in the position detected by the position detection unit is equal to or smaller than a predetermined error; a non-contact sensor that detects a position of an object around the construction machine; and a map information storage unit that extracts a detection result related to a vertical projection that protrudes vertically from a detection result of the non-contact sensor and stores the extracted detection result related to the vertical projection as map information when the determination unit determines that the error in the position detected by the position detection unit is equal to or smaller than the predetermined error.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2015Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Atsushi Sakai, Mitsuhiro Ryuman, Masanori Tojima, Akiharu Nishijima
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Patent number: 9836061Abstract: A managing method of a mining machine includes: detecting a position of a landmark; and extending a first distance when a position of the landmark obtained in advance is present within a range of a second distance in a travel direction of the mining machine from a position, as a reference, where the mining machine reaches when the mining machine travels the first distance after the mining machine starts traveling by the dead reckoning navigation, when the mining machine travels in an unmanned state in a mine in which a plurality of the landmarks is located, the mining machine travels based on a detected self position and uses the dead reckoning navigation while correcting a current position of the mining machine based on a position of the landmark obtained in advance and a detected position of the landmark when the self position cannot be detected.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2013Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Masanori Tojima, Mitsuhiro Ryuman
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Patent number: 9766637Abstract: An operation control system for a mining machine includes, based on travel path information including at least information on moisture content of a travel path on which a mining machine operating at a mine runs, and position information being information on a position of a travel path corresponding to the travel path information, generating speed limit information for changing a speed limit for the mining machine to run on the travel path corresponding to the travel path information.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2012Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Ryuuen Kou, Masanori Tojima, Tomonori Ozaki
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Patent number: 9698586Abstract: A power support system to an electric work machine includes: a cable holding unit configured to hold a cable that transmits power; a cable support pole configured to support the cable held by the cable holding unit at a position higher than a height of a vehicle that travels on a track that intersects at a position where the cable is disposed; and a travel device connected to the cable holding unit and the cable support pole and configured to perform a traveling operation so as to be able to move the cable holding unit and the cable support pole.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2012Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Masanori Tojima, Koji Takeda, Takao Nagai, Katsuhiro Kajino
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Publication number: 20170153649Abstract: A work machine control system includes a steering device configured to operate steering wheels of a work machine, a posture detector configured to detect a first azimuth as information on an orientation of the work machine, a steering angle detector configured to detect a steering angle of the steering device, an azimuth calculation unit configured to obtain a second azimuth of the work machine by using the steering angle detected by the steering angle detector, and a vehicle control unit configured to control the steering device by using either the first azimuth or the second azimuth, wherein the first azimuth or the second azimuth is switched to be transmitted to the vehicle control unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2015Publication date: June 1, 2017Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.Inventors: Masanori Ogihara, Masanori Tojima
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Patent number: 9651954Abstract: A fuel supply system includes: a fuel supply facility capable of supplying fuel; an earth-moving machine capable of traveling toward the fuel supply facility; and a control apparatus that acquires execution permission information indicating whether or not fuel can be supplied to the earth-moving machine, and is capable of executing control based on the acquired execution permission information, wherein when the control apparatus determines that fuel cannot be supplied to the earth-moving machine based on the execution permission information at a time of supplying the fuel to the earth-moving machine, the control apparatus executes entry restriction control for restricting an entry to the fuel supply facility by the earth-moving machine.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2012Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Masanori Tojima, Tsugio Sudou, Koji Takeda, Kouichi Yamashita
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Publication number: 20170124862Abstract: A construction machine control system (30) includes: a GPS receiver (31) that detects a GPS position of a dump truck; a laser sensor (24B) that detects a position of an object around the dump truck; and a position measurement controller (33) that detects a position of a vertical projection that protrudes vertically from the surface of the travel route from the detection result of the GPS receiver (31) and the detection result of the laser sensor (24B) when the dump truck travels along the travel route and stores the detected position of the vertical projection in a map storage database (36) as map information of the travel route.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2015Publication date: May 4, 2017Inventors: Atsushi Sakai, Mitsuhiro Ryuman, Masanori Tojima, Akiharu Nishijima