Patents by Inventor Mitsuhiro Seki

Mitsuhiro 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).

  • Patent number: 11665999
    Abstract: A harvester capable of autonomous travel in a field includes: a harvesting unit that harvests a crop from the field; a conveyance device that conveys, toward the rear of a harvester body, a whole culm of the harvested crop harvested by the harvesting unit; a detection sensor that detects a drive speed of the conveyance device; and a clog determining unit that determines a clog of the harvested crop in the conveyance device on the basis of the drive speed. The clog determining unit outputs a vehicle stop command that stops the harvester body when the drive speed becomes lower than a pre-set first threshold during the autonomous travel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Nakabayashi, Sotaro Hayashi, Masayuki Horiuchi, Mitsuhiro Seki, Kyosuke Yamaoka, Toshiki Watanabe, Takanori Hori
  • Patent number: 11589508
    Abstract: A field map generating system includes: a crop data obtaining unit that obtains crop data over time; a position information obtaining unit that obtains position information, indicating a harvesting position of the crop, over time; polygon constructing units that construct a polygon on the basis of a work width and speed of a harvester, for each piece of crop data obtained by the crop data obtaining unit; data assigning units that assign crop data or crop information based on the crop data to the constructed polygons; a position information assigning unit that assigns position information to the constructed polygons; and field map generating units that generate a field polygon map, which is an aggregate of the polygons, by aggregating the polygons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Takahara, Ryuzo Fujita, Mitsuhiro Seki, Mao Kitahara
  • Patent number: 11197405
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes a travel operation unit that is configured to be manually operated and includes a mode operation tool for switching between automatic driving and manual driving, a manual travel control unit that includes a manual travel mode in which manual driving is performed based an operation signal received from the travel operation unit, and an automatic travel control unit that includes an automatic travel mode in which automatic driving is performed, a temporary stop mode in which a vehicle body is temporarily stopped during automatic driving for transitioning from the automatic travel mode to the manual travel mode, and a check mode in which whether a state of the travel operation unit satisfies a manual driving transition condition required for starting manual driving is checked in transition from the temporary stop mode to the manual travel mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Sakaguchi, Tomohiko Sano, Osamu Yoshida, Takashi Nakabayashi, Sotaro Hayashi, Masayuki Horiuchi, Mitsuhiro Seki, Kyosuke Yamaoka, Satoshi Maruo
  • Patent number: 10980177
    Abstract: A combine harvester includes a conveyance mechanism for conveying grains obtained by a thresher for threshing grain culms reaped from a field to a grain tank, a measurer (340) for measuring the amount of grain conveyed to the grain tank as a conveyed yield, a yield assignment calculator (631) for calculating a minimal section yield, which is a yield per minimal section, by assigning the conveyed yield to a minimal section in the field, a grain conveyance state detector (632) for detecting a grain conveyance state of the conveyance mechanism (7), a yield corrector (633) for correcting the minimal section yield in accordance with the grain conveyance state, and a yield distribution data generator (661) for generating yield distribution data that represents a yield distribution in the field, based on the minimal section yield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Mao Ueda, Yoshimasa Ando, Kazuhiro Takahara, Mitsuhiro Seki
  • Patent number: 10885481
    Abstract: An agricultural work management system includes: a data input unit configured to receive, from an agricultural crop harvester, harvesting position data indicating a harvesting work position as agricultural land information, harvest amount data indicating a harvest amount of the agricultural crop harvested in the agricultural land, and quality data indicating the quality thereof as agricultural crop information; a database server configured to store the agricultural land information and the agricultural crop information such that they can be associated with each other; an agricultural work evaluation unit configured to perform agricultural work evaluation on the agricultural land based on the agricultural land information and the agricultural crop information; and a data output unit configured to send out the agricultural work evaluation data generated by the agricultural work evaluation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Seki, Kazuhiro Takahara
  • Publication number: 20200367434
    Abstract: A harvester capable of autonomous travel in a field includes: a harvesting unit that harvests a crop from the field; a conveyance device that conveys, toward the rear of a harvester body, a whole culm of the harvested crop harvested by the harvesting unit; a detection sensor that detects a drive speed of the conveyance device; and a clog determining unit that determines a clog of the harvested crop in the conveyance device on the basis of the drive speed. The clog determining unit outputs a vehicle stop command that stops the harvester body when the drive speed becomes lower than a pre-set first threshold during the autonomous travel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Takashi Nakabayashi, Sotaro Hayashi, Masayuki Horiuchi, Mitsuhiro Seki, Kyosuke Yamaoka, Toshiki Watanabe, Takanori Hori
  • Publication number: 20200359547
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes a travel operation unit that is configured to be manually operated and includes a mode operation tool for switching between automatic driving and manual driving, a manual travel control unit that includes a manual travel mode in which manual driving is performed based an operation signal received from the travel operation unit, and an automatic travel control unit that includes an automatic travel mode in which automatic driving is performed, a temporary stop mode in which a vehicle body is temporarily stopped during automatic driving for transitioning from the automatic travel mode to the manual travel mode, and a check mode in which whether a state of the travel operation unit satisfies a manual driving transition condition required for starting manual driving is checked in transition from the temporary stop mode to the manual travel mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Kazuo Sakaguchi, Tomohiko Sano, Osamu Yoshida, Takashi Nakabayashi, Sotaro Hayashi, Masayuki Horiuchi, Mitsuhiro Seki, Kyosuke Yamaoka, Satoshi Maruo
  • Publication number: 20200265368
    Abstract: An agricultural work management system includes: a data input unit configured to receive, from an agricultural crop harvester, harvesting position data indicating a harvesting work position as agricultural land information, harvest amount data indicating a harvest amount of the agricultural crop harvested in the agricultural land, and quality data indicating the quality thereof as agricultural crop information; a database server configured to store the agricultural land information and the agricultural crop information such that they can be associated with each other; an agricultural work evaluation unit configured to perform agricultural work evaluation on the agricultural land based on the agricultural land information and the agricultural crop information; and a data output unit configured to send out the agricultural work evaluation data generated by the agricultural work evaluation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Seki, Kazuhiro Takahara
  • Patent number: 10685304
    Abstract: An agricultural work management system includes: a data input unit (41) configured to receive, from an agricultural crop harvester (1), harvesting position data indicating a harvesting work position as agricultural land information, harvest amount data indicating a harvest amount of the agricultural crop harvested in the agricultural land, and quality data indicating the quality thereof as agricultural crop information; a database server (6) configured to store the agricultural land information and the agricultural crop information such that they can be associated with each other; an agricultural work evaluation unit (51) configured to perform agricultural work evaluation on the agricultural land based on the agricultural land information and the agricultural crop information; and a data output unit (42) configured to send out the agricultural work evaluation data generated by the agricultural work evaluation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Seki, Kazuhiro Takahara
  • Publication number: 20200154639
    Abstract: A field map generating system includes: a crop data obtaining unit that obtains crop data over time; a position information obtaining unit that obtains position information, indicating a harvesting position of the crop, over time; polygon constructing units that construct a polygon on the basis of a work width and speed of a harvester, for each piece of crop data obtained by the crop data obtaining unit; data assigning units that assign crop data or crop information based on the crop data to the constructed polygons; a position information assigning unit that assigns position information to the constructed polygons; and field map generating units that generate a field polygon map, which is an aggregate of the polygons, by aggregating the polygons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Takahara, Ryuzo Fujita, Mitsuhiro Seki, Mao Kitahara
  • Publication number: 20190354917
    Abstract: An agricultural work management system includes: a data input unit (41) configured to receive, from an agricultural crop harvester (1), harvesting position data indicating a harvesting work position as agricultural land information, harvest amount data indicating a harvest amount of the agricultural crop harvested in the agricultural land, and quality data indicating the quality thereof as agricultural crop information; a database server (6) configured to store the agricultural land information and the agricultural crop information such that they can be associated with each other; an agricultural work evaluation unit (51) configured to perform agricultural work evaluation on the agricultural land based on the agricultural land information and the agricultural crop information; and a data output unit (42) configured to send out the agricultural work evaluation data generated by the agricultural work evaluation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Seki, Kazuhiro Takahara
  • Patent number: 10410149
    Abstract: An agricultural work management system includes: a data input unit configured to receive, from an agricultural crop harvester, harvesting position data indicating a harvesting work position as agricultural land information, harvest amount data indicating a harvest amount of the agricultural crop harvested in the agricultural land, and quality data indicating the quality thereof as agricultural crop information; a database server configured to store the agricultural land information and the agricultural crop information such that they can be associated with each other; an agricultural work evaluation unit configured to perform agricultural work evaluation on the agricultural land based on the agricultural land information and the agricultural crop information; and a data output unit configured to send out the agricultural work evaluation data generated by the agricultural work evaluation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Seki, Kazuhiro Takahara
  • Publication number: 20180132419
    Abstract: A combine harvester includes a conveyance mechanism for conveying grains obtained by a thresher for threshing grain culms reaped from a field to a grain tank, a measurer (340) for measuring the amount of grain conveyed to the grain tank as a conveyed yield, a yield assignment calculator (631) for calculating a minimal section yield, which is a yield per minimal section, by assigning the conveyed yield to a minimal section in the field, a grain conveyance state detector (632) for detecting a grain conveyance state of the conveyance mechanism (7), a yield corrector (633) for correcting the minimal section yield in accordance with the grain conveyance state, and a yield distribution data generator (661) for generating yield distribution data that represents a yield distribution in the field, based on the minimal section yield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Mao Ueda, Yoshimasa Ando, Kazuhiro Takahara, Mitsuhiro Seki
  • Publication number: 20150242799
    Abstract: An agricultural work management system includes: a data input unit configured to receive, from an agricultural crop harvester, harvesting position data indicating a harvesting work position as agricultural land information, harvest amount data indicating a harvest amount of the agricultural crop harvested in the agricultural land, and quality data indicating the quality thereof as agricultural crop information; a database server configured to store the agricultural land information and the agricultural crop information such that they can be associated with each other; an agricultural work evaluation unit configured to perform agricultural work evaluation on the agricultural land based on the agricultural land information and the agricultural crop information; and a data output unit configured to send out the agricultural work evaluation data generated by the agricultural work evaluation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Seki, Kazuhiro Takahara
  • Patent number: 8120458
    Abstract: A ferrite core includes an end face portion, a pair of outer legs protruding from the end face portion, and a center leg protruding from the end face portion between the pair of outer legs. A width W1 close to one end portion of the center leg in a Y-axis direction perpendicular to a facing direction of the outer legs is smaller than a width W2 close to the other end portion. According to this configuration, a circuit component may be positioned close to the end portion. A transformer includes the ferrite core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Masaaki Iwakura, Kazunori Ishibashi, Mitsuhiro Seki
  • Publication number: 20100141368
    Abstract: A ferrite core includes an end face portion, a pair of outer legs protruding from the end face portion, and a center leg protruding from the end face portion between the pair of outer legs. A width W1 close to one end portion of the center leg in a Y-axis direction perpendicular to a facing direction of the outer legs is smaller than a width W2 close to the other end portion. According to this configuration, a circuit component may be positioned close to the end portion. A transformer includes the ferrite core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaaki IWAKURA, Kazunori Ishibashi, Mitsuhiro Seki
  • Patent number: 7701320
    Abstract: A ferrite core includes an end face portion, a pair of outer legs protruding from the end face portion, and a center leg protruding from the end face portion between the pair of outer legs. A width W1 close to one end portion of the center leg in a Y-axis direction perpendicular to a facing direction of the outer legs is smaller than a width W2 close to the other end portion. According to this configuration, a circuit component may be positioned close to the end portion. A transformer includes the ferrite core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Masaaki Iwakura, Kazunori Ishibashi, Mitsuhiro Seki
  • Publication number: 20060244561
    Abstract: A ferrite core includes an end face portion, a pair of outer legs protruding from the end face portion, and a center leg protruding from the end face portion between the pair of outer legs.. A width W1 close to one end portion of the center leg in a Y-axis direction perpendicular to a facing direction of the outer legs is smaller than a width W2 close to the other end portion. According to this configuration, a circuit component may be positioned close to the end portion. A transformer includes the ferrite core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2006
    Publication date: November 2, 2006
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaaki Iwakura, Kazunori Ishibashi, Mitsuhiro Seki
  • Patent number: 5312505
    Abstract: A film peeling apparatus is disclosed wherein a base plate stuck with the films is conveyed to a film peeling position, where a contact tightness of leading edges of the films to the base plate is reduced by a film contact tightness reducer while relative moving speed of the base plate and the reducer is decreased by slowing down the conveyance speed of the base plate or by moving the reducer in synchronism with the conveyance of the base plate without stopping the conveyance of the base plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1994
    Assignee: Somar Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeo Sumi, Fumio Hamamura, Mitsuhiro Seki, Ichio Fukuda
  • Patent number: 5289750
    Abstract: An apparatus for bonding thin film supplied from a continuous roll to at least one bonding surface along the entire length of a discrete printed surface base plate and efficiently cutting the film to a proper length which covers an entire planar surface of the board. Each board is conveyed to a film bonding position and the leading end of the continuous film is transported to the film bonding position that is held by suction. A compression bonding roller moves across the surface of the board and automatically feeds film and bonds the film to the board while leaving a portion of the film loose over the trailing end of the board. A cutter comprising a rotary blade and a fixed blade disposed across the direction of movement of the film and the board is mounted on a slide bed which is moveable towards and away from the film. The rotary blade is obliquely oriented in order to permit the cutting of the film when the blade is rotated in opposition to the fixed blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1994
    Assignee: Somar Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Nagafuchi, Mitsuhiro Seki, Shigeo Sumi, Fumio Hamamura