Patents by Inventor Minoru Shimizu
Minoru Shimizu 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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Publication number: 20230106835Abstract: A target posture for a work implement at work is determined. There is provided a working system, comprising a body, a work implement attached to the body, and a computer. The computer has a trained target posture estimation model to determine a target posture for the work implement to assume at work. The computer obtains a target value for an amount of a work performed by the work implement, a period of time elapsing since the work implement started to work, and mechanical data for operation of the body and the work implement, uses the trained posture estimation model to estimate a target posture from the target value, the elapsed period of time and the mechanical data, and thus outputs the estimated target posture.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2021Publication date: April 6, 2023Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.Inventors: Minoru SHIMIZU, Hiroyuki ARATAME, Masaki DAIMON
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Publication number: 20230080719Abstract: A manipulation system is provided that is used to guide an operator to manipulate a manipulation member. The manipulation system comprises a plurality of types of manipulation members manipulated by an operator of a work machine to operate the work machine, and a memory that stores model data for each type of manipulation member as a model in manipulating the manipulation members.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2021Publication date: March 16, 2023Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.Inventors: Minoru SHIMIZU, Nobuyoshi YAMANAKA, Masaki DAIMON, Hiroyuki ARATAME
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Publication number: 20230068838Abstract: An operator is allowed to easily recognize a difference between a manipulation actually performed when performing a work and a manipulation serving a model for the work. A manipulation guide device for a work machine includes a manipulation device, a storage unit, and a display unit. The manipulation device is manipulated by an operator of the work machine to operate the work machine. The storage unit stores model data serving as a model when the manipulation device is manipulated. The display unit displays a change over time in a result of comparison between actual manipulation data about an actual manipulation of the manipulation device by the operator and model data in a time period during an operation of the work machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2021Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.Inventors: Minoru SHIMIZU, Nobuyoshi YAMANAKA, Masaki DAIMON, Hiroyuki ARATAME
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Publication number: 20220195704Abstract: There is provided a system including a work machine, comprising a body of the work machine, a work implement attached to the body of the work machine, and a computer. The computer has a trained target posture estimation model to determine a target posture for the work implement to assume at work. The computer obtains a period of time elapsing since the work implement started to work, and mechanical data for operation of the body of the work machine and the work implement, uses the trained target posture estimation model to estimate a target posture from the elapsed period of time and the mechanical data, and thus outputs the estimated target posture.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2020Publication date: June 23, 2022Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.Inventor: Minoru SHIMIZU
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Patent number: 11168458Abstract: A work vehicle includes a work implement and a controller. The work implement includes a vehicular body that travels in excavation, a boom pivotable with respect to the vehicular body, and a bucket pivotable with respect to the boom. The controller calculates a direction of a cutting edge of the bucket, determines a direction of movement of the cutting edge by an excavation operation such that an excavation angle between the calculated direction of the cutting edge of the bucket and the direction of movement of the cutting edge by the excavation operation keeps a predetermined angle, and causes the work vehicle to perform the excavation operation in the direction of movement.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2018Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.Inventors: Minoru Shimizu, Nobuyoshi Yamanaka, Toshiaki Kumagai
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Publication number: 20200040548Abstract: A work vehicle includes a work implement and a controller. The work implement includes a vehicular body that travels in excavation, a boom pivotable with respect to the vehicular body, and a bucket pivotable with respect to the boom. The controller calculates a direction of a cutting edge of the bucket, determines a direction of movement of the cutting edge by an excavation operation such that an excavation angle between the calculated direction of the cutting edge of the bucket and the direction of movement of the cutting edge by the excavation operation keeps a predetermined angle, and causes the work vehicle to perform the excavation operation in the direction of movement.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2018Publication date: February 6, 2020Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.Inventors: Minoru SHIMIZU, Nobuyoshi YAMANAKA, Toshiaki KUMAGAI
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Patent number: 9952623Abstract: There is provided an electronic apparatus, including a first housing, a second housing which has a display section and a support member supporting the display section, and a housing connection section which rotatably connects the second housing with respect to the first housing. The support member includes a first support section connected to the housing connection section, a second support section which fixedly supports the display section, and a support connection section, positioned between the first support section and the second support section, which has a flexibility to rotatably connect the second support section with respect to the first support section.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2016Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Takahiro Tomita, Takashi Sonehara, Minoru Shimizu, Takuya Motoishi, Naoki Ogishita, Yuuki Kubota, Ryousuke Tobiyama, Masanobu Yamaguchi, Kouichi Hiroyoshi, Kazuaki Takahashi
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Patent number: 9836116Abstract: According to the present disclosure, there is provided an information processing apparatus, including a first housing, a second housing, having a display section which displays information, in which the display section is reversed between a first position and a second position, a connection section which rotatably connects the second housing with respect to the first housing, a posture detection section which detects any of the four postures of a first posture, a second posture, a third posture, and a fourth posture, and a display control section which controls a display state of the display section in accordance with a detection result of the posture detection section.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2014Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Daisuke Kawamoto, Toshiyuki Shiwa, Masami Hosaka, Shunichiro Takamura, Kenichi Ono, Takehiko Mizutani, Toshihiro Kawakubo, Nobuhiro Kumae, Tailiang Qian, Naoki Ogishita, Minoru Shimizu, Yuuki Kubota, Takuya Motoishi, Takashi Sonehara, Ryousuke Tobiyama
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Publication number: 20170147032Abstract: There is provided an electronic apparatus, including a first housing, a second housing which has a display section and a support member supporting the display section, and a housing connection section which rotatably connects the second housing with respect to the first housing. The support member includes a first support section connected to the housing connection section, a second support section which fixedly supports the display section, and a support connection section, positioned between the first support section and the second support section, which has a flexibility to rotatably connect the second support section with respect to the first support section.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2016Publication date: May 25, 2017Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Takahiro TOMITA, Takashi Sonehara, Minoru Shimizu, Takuya Motoishi, Naoki Ogishita, Yuuki Kubota, Ryousuke Tobiyama, Masanobu Yamaguchi, Kouichi Hiroyoshi, Kazuaki Takahashi
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Patent number: 9552014Abstract: There is provided an electronic apparatus, including a first housing, a second housing which has a display section and a support member supporting the display section, and a housing connection section which rotatably connects the second housing with respect to the first housing. The support member includes a first support section connected to the housing connection section, a second support section which fixedly supports the display section, and a support connection section, positioned between the first support section and the second support section, which has a flexibility to rotatably connect the second support section with respect to the first support section.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2016Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Takahiro Tomita, Takashi Sonehara, Minoru Shimizu, Takuya Motoishi, Naoki Ogishita, Yuuki Kubota, Ryousuke Tobiyama, Masanobu Yamaguchi, Kouichi Hiroyoshi, Kazuaki Takahashi
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Patent number: 9507077Abstract: A resin composition for a light guide article-preform is described, which enables the formation of a foamed layer having a large light scattering effect on the surface of a shaped article by laser irradiation processing at low cost. More specifically, the present invention relates to: a resin composition for a light guide article-preform, which contains a resin having a mass average molecular weight of 60,000 to 150,000, and has a 30% thermal mass reduction temperature of 310° C. or lower and a difference between a 40% thermal mass reduction temperature and a 20% thermal mass reduction temperature of 7° C. or less when a thermal mass measurement is performed with starting from the state at 100° C. under air at a temperature rising rate of 5° C./min.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2013Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD.Inventors: Fumiko Onuma, Minoru Shimizu, Kenji Yagi, Tomoyoshi Yamashita, Youhei Sechi, Yoshiya Kurachi, Shinji Saiki
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Publication number: 20160170444Abstract: There is provided an electronic apparatus, including a first housing, a second housing which has a display section and a support member supporting the display section, and a housing connection section which rotatably connects the second housing with respect to the first housing. The support member includes a first support section connected to the housing connection section, a second support section which fixedly supports the display section, and a support connection section, positioned between the first support section and the second support section, which has a flexibility to rotatably connect the second support section with respect to the first support section.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2016Publication date: June 16, 2016Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Takahiro TOMITA, Takashi Sonehara, Minoru Shimizu, Takuya Motoishi, Naoki Ogishita, Yuuki Kubota, Ryousuke Tobiyama, Masanobu Yamaguchi, Kouichi Hiroyoshi, Kazuaki Takahashi
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Patent number: 9280181Abstract: There is provided an electronic apparatus, including a first housing, a second housing which has a display section and a support member supporting the display section, and a housing connection section which rotatably connects the second housing with respect to the first housing. The support member includes a first support section connected to the housing connection section, a second support section which fixedly supports the display section, and a support connection section, positioned between the first support section and the second support section, which has a flexibility to rotatably connect the second support section with respect to the first support section.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2014Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Takahiro Tomita, Takashi Sonehara, Minoru Shimizu, Takuya Motoishi, Naoki Ogishita, Yuuki Kubota, Ryousuke Tobiyama, Masanobu Yamaguchi, Kouichi Hiroyoshi, Kazuaki Takahashi
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Publication number: 20150338568Abstract: A resin composition for a light guide article-preform is described, which enables the formation of a foamed layer having a large light scattering effect on the surface of a shaped article by laser irradiation processing at low cost. More specifically, the present invention relates to: a resin composition for a light guide article-preform, which contains a resin having a mass average molecular weight of 60,000 to 150,000, and has a 30% thermal mass reduction temperature of 310° C. or lower and a difference between a 40% thermal mass reduction temperature and a 20% thermal mass reduction temperature of 7° C. or less when a thermal mass measurement is performed with starting from the state at 100° C. under air at a temperature rising rate of 5° C./min.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2013Publication date: November 26, 2015Inventors: FUMIKO ONUMA, MINORU SHIMIZU, KENJI YAGI, TOMOYOSHI YAMASHITA, YOUHEI SECHI, YOSHIYA KURACHI, SHINJI SAIKI
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Publication number: 20150227168Abstract: There is provided an operation device including a main body that has a top surface on which an operation unit is provided, and an opening/closing member that is provided to be openable and closable with respect to the top surface of the main body, around a rotation axis positioned in an edge portion of a first side of the main body. When the opening/closing member is opened, the main body is pushed up by abutment of at least a part of the opening/closing member and a placement surface. A thickness of the main body is reduced from the first side toward a second side opposite to the first side.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2013Publication date: August 13, 2015Inventors: Takashi Nakamura, Kenji Tachibana, Kenji Watamuro, Minoru Shimizu, Takuya Motoishi
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Patent number: 9097831Abstract: Disclosed is a plate-like light guide element (24) provided with a light incident surface, a light exit surface (242), and an underside surface (243) disposed on the opposite side of the light exit surface (242). A foamed surface layer (244) is formed on at least a part of at least either the light exit surface (242) or the underside surface (243). The foamed surface layer (244) contains air bubbles and has a recessed sectional surface including the normal direction of the light exit surface (242) or the underside surface (243). The light guide element (24) is produced by performing infrared laser etching for at least a part of at least one of the main surfaces of a plate-like light guide element material composed of an acryl resin plate produced by a continuous plate production method, to form the foamed surface layer (244).Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2011Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenji Yagi, Minoru Shimizu, Yasuo Wakui, Yoshiya Kurachi, Masatoshi Toda
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Publication number: 20140293525Abstract: There is provided an electronic apparatus, including a first housing, a second housing which has a display section and a support member supporting the display section, and a housing connection section which rotatably connects the second housing with respect to the first housing. The support member includes a first support section connected to the housing connection section, a second support section which fixedly supports the display section, and a support connection section, positioned between the first support section and the second support section, which has a flexibility to rotatably connect the second support section with respect to the first support section.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Takahiro TOMITA, Takashi SONEHARA, Minoru SHIMIZU, Takuya MOTOISHI, Naoki OGISHITA, Yuuki KUBOTA, Ryousuke TOBIYAMA, Masanobu YAMAGUCHI, Kouichi HIROYOSHI, Kazuaki TAKAHASHI
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Publication number: 20140292646Abstract: According to the present disclosure, there is provided an information processing apparatus, including a first housing, a second housing, having a display section which displays information, in which the display section is reversed between a first position and a second position, a connection section which rotatably connects the second housing with respect to the first housing, a posture detection section which detects any of the four postures of a first posture, a second posture, a third posture, and a fourth posture, and a display control section which controls a display state of the display section in accordance with a detection result of the posture detection section.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Daisuke KAWAMOTO, Toshiyuki SHIWA, Masami HOSAKA, Shunichiro TAKAMURA, Kenichi ONO, Takehiko MIZUTANI, Toshihiro KAWAKUBO, Nobuhiro KUMAE, Tailiang QIAN, Naoki OGISHITA, Minoru SHIMIZU, Yuuki KUBOTA, Takuya MOTOISHI, Takashi SONEHARA, Ryousuke TOBIYAMA
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Patent number: D737269Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2013Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Takuya Motoishi, Naoki Ogishita, Yuuki Kubota, Minoru Shimizu
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Patent number: D906869Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2018Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Ryoko Yaegashi, Minoru Shimizu