Patents by Inventor Masashi Ichihara
Masashi Ichihara 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: 10968607Abstract: When correcting an error caused by deviation of an attitude detection device with respect to a work machine including a swing body which swings, a working implement being attached to the swing body, the attitude detection device outputting an attitude of the work machine, the error is corrected by using a first position which is a position of a part of the work machine when the work machine is in a first attitude and a second position which is a position of the part when the work machine is in a second attitude.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2015Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.Inventors: Tsutomu Iwamura, Masanobu Seki, Masashi Ichihara, Kenjiro Shimada, Satoru Shintani, Yuki Shimano, Eiji Ishibashi
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Patent number: 10443214Abstract: A control system for a work vehicle includes at least one sensor, an operating device, and a controller. The operating device includes at least one operating member. The controller is programmed to control a work implement of the work vehicle based on signals from the at least one sensor and the operating device. The controller is further programmed to use the signals to obtain a distance between the work implement and a design terrain which represents a target shape of a work object, and to determine whether a surface compaction determination condition indicating that work performed by the work implement is surface compaction work is satisfied. The controller executes a surface compaction control in which a velocity of the work implement toward the design terrain is limited in response to the distance between the work implement and the design terrain when the surface compaction determination condition is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2017Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.Inventors: Yuki Shimano, Jin Kitajima, Yoshiki Kami, Masashi Ichihara
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Publication number: 20190292747Abstract: Provided is a control system of a construction machine provided with working equipment including an arm and a bucket configured to rotate around each of a bucket axis and a tilt axis orthogonal to the bucket axis with respect to the arm. The control system includes: an angle determination unit configured to determine a tilt angle indicating an angle of a specific portion of the bucket around the tilt axis so that a target construction topography indicating a target shape of an excavation object and the specific portion of the bucket become parallel to each other; and a working equipment control unit configured to control a tilt cylinder configured to rotate the bucket around the tilt axis on the basis of the tilt angle determined by the angle determination unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2017Publication date: September 26, 2019Inventors: Kazuki Takehara, Masashi Ichihara, Yoshiro Iwasaki
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Patent number: 10364546Abstract: A distance obtaining unit obtains the distance between a work implement and a design terrain. A work aspect determining unit determines a work aspect by the work implement. A limit velocity deciding unit limits the velocity of the work implement when the distance between the work implement and the design terrain becomes smaller. When the work aspect is surface compaction work and the distance between the work implement and the design terrain is within a first range of at least a portion that is equal to or less than a predetermined first distance, the limit velocity deciding unit increases the limit velocity of the work implement in comparison to when the work aspect is an aspect of a work other than surface compaction, or cancels the limiting of the velocity of the work implement.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2016Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.Inventors: Yuki Shimano, Tomohiro Nakagawa, Masashi Ichihara, Jin Kitajima
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Patent number: 10196796Abstract: A construction machine control system includes: a target construction ground shape generation unit generating a target construction ground shape indicating a target shape of an excavation target; a tilting data calculation unit calculating tilting data of a bucket tilted about a tilting axis; a regulation point position data calculation unit calculating position data of a regulation point set in the bucket based on external shape data of the bucket including at least width data of the bucket; a tilting target ground shape calculation unit calculating a tilting target ground shape extending in a lateral direction of the bucket in the target construction ground shape based on the position data of the regulation point, the target construction ground shape, and the tilting data; and a working device control unit controlling a tilting of the bucket based on a distance between the regulation point and the tilting target ground shape.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2016Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Tsutomu Iwamura, Yoshiro Iwasaki, Masashi Ichihara
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Patent number: 10156061Abstract: A control device includes a control unit configured to change a change rate of a moving speed of a working unit of a work machine according to the moving speed of the working unit in a timing of switching between intervention control toward the working unit and control of the working unit based on an operation command from an operation device.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2016Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Toru Matsuyama, Masashi Ichihara
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Publication number: 20180171598Abstract: When correcting an error caused by deviation of an attitude detection device with respect to a work machine including a swing body which swings, a working implement being attached to the swing body, the attitude detection device outputting an attitude of the work machine, the error is corrected by using a first position which is a position of a part of the work machine when the work machine is in a first attitude and a second position which is a position of the part when the work machine is in a second attitude.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2015Publication date: June 21, 2018Inventors: Tsutomu IWAMURA, Masanobu SEKI, Masashi ICHIHARA, Kenjiro SHIMADA, Satoru SHINTANI, Yuki SHIMANO, Eiji ISHIBASHI
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Patent number: 9976286Abstract: A work machine includes: first working equipment with first working equipment parameter; second working equipment including a parallel link and being attachable to the first working equipment; a swing angle detector that detects swing angle information of the first working equipment; an attitude calculating unit that calculates an attitude of the first working equipment based on the detected swing angle information of the first working equipment; a working equipment parameter storage that stores the first working equipment parameter defined for a component of the first working equipment; a correction information acquiring unit that acquires information on the second working equipment as correction information; and a working equipment parameter correction unit that corrects the first working equipment parameter based on the correction information on the second working equipment acquired by the correction information acquiring unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2015Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Masanobu Seki, Tsutomu Iwamura, Katsuhiro Ikegami, Masashi Ichihara
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Patent number: 9938694Abstract: A control device for a work machine is a device for controlling a working unit of a work machine to excavate an object to be excavated. The control device includes a control unit for controlling the working unit to prevent a working implement of the working unit from crossing a predetermined target profile, and a switching unit for defining the target profile as an offset profile separated by a predetermined distance from a target excavation profile that is a target profile for finishing of the object to be excavated or the target excavation profile, based on an attitude of the working implement relative to the target excavation profile.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2016Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Toru Matsuyama, Yuki Shimano, Masashi Ichihara, Yoshiki Kami
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Publication number: 20180002901Abstract: A control system for a work vehicle includes at least one sensor, an operating device, and a controller. The operating device includes at least one operating member. The controller is programmed to control a work implement of the work vehicle based on signals from the at least one sensor and the operating device. The controller is further programmed to use the signals to obtain a distance between the work implement and a design terrain which represents a target shape of a work object, and to determine whether a surface compaction determination condition indicating that work performed by the work implement is surface compaction work is satisfied. The controller executes a surface compaction control in which a velocity of the work implement toward the design terrain is limited in response to the distance between the work implement and the design terrain when the surface compaction determination condition is satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2017Publication date: January 4, 2018Inventors: Yuki SHIMANO, Jin KITAJIMA, Yoshiki KAMI, Masashi ICHIHARA
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Patent number: 9834905Abstract: A method of controlling a work machine including a working implement with a boom, an arm, and a bucket, includes: acquiring distance data between the bucket and a target excavating topography; determining a target blade tip speed of the bucket based on the distance data; calculating a target boom speed based on the target blade tip speed and at least one of an arm operation amount and a bucket operation amount; calculating a correction amount of the target boom speed based on an integration in time of a distance between the bucket and the target excavating topography; limiting the correction amount based on the distance between the bucket and the target excavating topography; and outputting an instruction for driving a boom cylinder driving the boom based on the target boom speed corrected by the correction amount.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2015Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Toru Matsuyama, Masashi Ichihara
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Patent number: 9834908Abstract: A control method for a work machine, includes: detecting a posture of a working unit driven by a hydraulic cylinder in a movable range; determining whether the working unit at a stop position of the movable range has started moving based on an operation of the working unit; setting a deceleration section including an end position of the movable range and a deceleration ratio of the working unit in the deceleration section, based on the posture of the working unit in a stopped state at the stop position, and a threshold determined in advance; and outputting a command signal to a control valve, which is capable of adjusting an amount of a working oil supplied to the hydraulic cylinder, such that the working unit moves from the stop position to the end position based on the deceleration section and the deceleration ratio.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2015Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Yoshiro Iwasaki, Masashi Ichihara
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Publication number: 20170342678Abstract: A construction machine control system includes: a target construction ground shape generation unit generating a target construction ground shape indicating a target shape of an excavation target; a tilting data calculation unit calculating tilting data of a bucket tilted about a tilting axis; a regulation point position data calculation unit calculating position data of a regulation point set in the bucket based on external shape data of the bucket including at least width data of the bucket; a tilting target ground shape calculation unit calculating a tilting target ground shape extending in a lateral direction of the bucket in the target construction ground shape based on the position data of the regulation point, the target construction ground shape, and the tilting data; and a working device control unit controlling a tilting of the bucket based on a distance between the regulation point and the tilting target ground shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2016Publication date: November 30, 2017Applicant: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Tsutomu Iwamura, Yoshiro Iwasaki, Masashi Ichihara
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Patent number: 9803340Abstract: A control deciding unit for deciding to execute a leveling control for controlling a work implement so that the work implement moves along a design terrain when a leveling determination condition is satisfied. The control deciding unit decides to execute a surface compaction control for limiting the velocity of the work implement toward the design terrain in response to the distance between the work implement and the design terrain when a surface compaction determination condition is satisfied. The control deciding unit maintains the surface compaction control when the leveling determination condition is satisfied while the surface compaction control is being executed.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2016Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.Inventors: Yuki Shimano, Jin Kitajima, Yoshiki Kami, Masashi Ichihara
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Publication number: 20170284070Abstract: A control device for a work machine is a device for controlling a working unit of a work machine to excavate an object to be excavated. The control device includes a control unit for controlling the working unit to prevent a working implement of the working unit from crossing a predetermined target profile, and a switching unit for defining the target profile as an offset profile separated by a predetermined distance from a target excavation profile that is a target profile for finishing of the object to be excavated or the target excavation profile, based on an attitude of the working implement relative to the target excavation profile.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2016Publication date: October 5, 2017Inventors: Toru Matsuyama, Yuki Shimano, Masashi Ichihara, Yoshiki Kami
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Publication number: 20170268198Abstract: A distance obtaining unit obtains the distance between a work implement and a design terrain. A work aspect determining unit determines a work aspect by the work implement. A limit velocity deciding unit limits the velocity of the work implement when the distance between the work implement and the design terrain becomes smaller. When the work aspect is surface compaction work and the distance between the work implement and the design terrain is within a first range of at least a portion that is equal to or less than a predetermined first distance, the limit velocity deciding unit increases the limit velocity of the work implement in comparison to when the work aspect is an aspect of a work other than surface compaction, or cancels the limiting of the velocity of the work implement.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2016Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventors: Yuki SHIMANO, Tomohiro NAKAGAWA, Masashi ICHIHARA, Jin KITAJIMA
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Publication number: 20170268204Abstract: A control deciding unit for deciding to execute a leveling control for controlling a work implement so that the work implement moves along a design terrain when a leveling determination condition is satisfied. The control deciding unit decides to execute a surface compaction control for limiting the velocity of the work implement toward the design terrain in response to the distance between the work implement and the design terrain when a surface compaction determination condition is satisfied. The control deciding unit maintains the surface compaction control when the leveling determination condition is satisfied while the surface compaction control is being executed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2016Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventors: Yuki SHIMANO, Jin KITAJIMA, Kami YOSHIKI, Masashi ICHIHARA
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Publication number: 20170260717Abstract: A work machine includes: first working equipment with first working equipment parameter; second working equipment including a parallel link and being attachable to the first working equipment; a swing angle detector that detects swing angle information of the first working equipment; an attitude calculating unit that calculates an attitude of the first working equipment based on the detected swing angle information of the first working equipment; a working equipment parameter storage that stores the first working equipment parameter defined for a component of the first working equipment; a correction information acquiring unit that acquires information on the second working equipment as correction information; and a working equipment parameter correction unit that corrects the first working equipment parameter based on the correction information on the second working equipment acquired by the correction information acquiring unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2015Publication date: September 14, 2017Inventors: Masanobu Seki, Tsutomu Iwamura, Katsuhiro Ikegami, Masashi Ichihara
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Publication number: 20170247861Abstract: A control device includes a control unit configured to change a change rate of a moving speed of a working unit of a work machine according to the moving speed of the working unit in a timing of switching between intervention control toward the working unit and control of the working unit based on an operation command from an operation device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 29, 2016Publication date: August 31, 2017Inventors: Toru Matsuyama, Masashi Ichihara
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Patent number: 9739038Abstract: A posture computing apparatus for a work machine includes a detection apparatus that is provided to the work machine and detects angular velocity and acceleration; a first posture angle computing unit that is provided to the detection apparatus and obtains a posture angle of the work machine from the angular velocity and the acceleration detected by the detection apparatus; a low-pass filter that allows the posture angle obtained by the first posture angle computing unit to pass therethrough to output the posture angle as a first posture angle; a second posture angle computing unit that outputs, as a second posture angle, a posture angle obtained from the angular velocity and the acceleration detected by the detection apparatus; and a selecting unit that outputs the first posture angle and the second posture angle in a switching manner, based on information about a change in an angle of the work machine.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2014Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Akinori Baba, Masashi Ichihara