Patents by Inventor Motohiro MIYAJIMA

Motohiro MIYAJIMA 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: 11808571
    Abstract: A surveying system including a surveying device and a terminal device for assisting in placement of a staking tool. The surveying system further includes: a design information acquisition unit for acquiring design information including a designed slope; a surveying information acquisition unit for transmitting surveying information to a terminal device; a current state estimation unit for calculating an estimated altitude of a current ground in accordance with the surveying information; an intersection calculation unit for calculating a coordinate of an intersection between the current ground and the designed slope based on the estimated altitude of the current ground and the design information; a stake shape determination unit for determining a shape of a stake to be placed; and a stake shape information unit for causing the terminal device to inform of the shape of the stake determined by the stake shape determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Topcon Corporation
    Inventors: Ryosuke Shimizu, Umihiro Ichiriyama, Motohiro Miyajima, Keisuke Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20230272632
    Abstract: A method uses a surveying system 1 including a surveying device 200 and a terminal device 100 communicative with the surveying device 200, and includes: acquiring an altitude of a benchmark serving as a reference height on a batter board; acquiring a first altitude difference between the benchmark and a current ground line; acquiring a second altitude difference between the current ground line and a beam top position on the batter board stake; acquiring an altitude of a stake top of a batter board stake installed, by measuring the altitude of the stake top; calculating a third altitude difference between the stake top of the batter board stake and the beam top position based on the altitude of the benchmark, the first and second altitude differences, and the altitude of the stake top; and displaying the third altitude difference on a screen unit of the terminal device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiro NISHI, Kohei SATO, Motohiro MIYAJIMA
  • Patent number: 11692823
    Abstract: To provide a three-dimensional survey apparatus, a three-dimensional survey method, and a three-dimensional survey program which are capable of suppressing an occurrence of a data-deficient part. A three-dimensional survey apparatus includes a collimating ranging unit, a scanner unit, and a control calculation portion. If there is a data-deficient part where three-dimensional data is not acquired among a measurement object when the scanner unit acquires point cloud data, the control calculation portion executes control to replenish the three-dimensional data related to the data-deficient part having been acquired by the collimating ranging unit to the point cloud data having been acquired by the scanner unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Topcon Corporation
    Inventors: Tadayuki Ito, Kenichiro Yoshino, Yoshihiro Nishi, Motohiro Miyajima
  • Publication number: 20230204357
    Abstract: Provided is a surveying assistance method comprising making a computer read design information including center point data of center points set on a centerline of a route and constituent point data of constituent points set on sections including the center points, the section being orthogonal to the centerline, acquires position information indicating a current position of a surveyed device at a predetermined period, calculate a horizontal distance and a vertical distance between the current position and a reference point on a designated section based on the position information and the design information, display the horizontal distance and the vertical distance on a screen of the computer as survey information, and update the display at intervals of the predetermined period, and the reference point is a point to be selected from the center points or the constituent points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Ryosuke SHIMIZU, Motohiro MIYAJIMA, Umihiro ICHIRIYAMA, Keisuke NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20230168087
    Abstract: A surveying assistance device is a computer configured to read design information including center point data of a center point set on a centerline of a route and constituent point data of constituent points set on a section including the center point, the section being orthogonal to the centerline, acquire position information indicating a current position of a surveyed device with a predetermined period, creates a plan view from the design information and display the plan view on a terminal screen unit, display the current position on the plan view and updates the display every time the position information is acquired, record the acquired position information in a storage as an observation data, and display reference lines indicating positions which are distant from the designated section backward and forward in a route direction by a preset distance limit on the plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Umihiro ICHIRIYAMA, Motohiro MIYAJIMA, Keisuke NAKAMURA, Ryosuke SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20230160695
    Abstract: Provided is a surveying assistance device reading design information including center point data and constituent point data of a route, in which a cross-section including a center point is set, acquiring position information indicating a current position of a surveyed device, creating a plan view and a cross-sectional view of the route from the design information, displaying the plan view and the cross-sectional view on a terminal screen unit, recording the acquired position information and survey information in a storage, displaying an observation point data list in which the observation point data is arranged as data placed in order and an observational cross-sectional view displaying positions of observation points on the cross-sectional view on the terminal screen unit, making the display order of the observation point data rearrangeable, and displays a connection line connecting the observation points on the observational cross-sectional view following the rearranged display order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Umihiro ICHIRIYAMA, Motohiro MIYAJIMA, Keisuke NAKAMURA, Ryosuke SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20230152095
    Abstract: A surveying method using a surveying system including a surveying device and a terminal. The surveying method includes: receiving, by the terminal, a result of selecting a survey target foundation point from among a plurality of consecutive foundation points; obtaining an intersection between a reference line and a boundary side set in advance, the reference line connecting the survey target foundation point and an adjacent foundation point adjacent to the survey target foundation point; and outputting, in association with the survey target foundation point, a relative positional relationship between the intersection and a survey target device surveyed by the surveying device for the survey target foundation point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohei SATO, Yoshihiro NISHI, Motohiro MIYAJIMA, Takashi TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20230137777
    Abstract: A portable display terminal for survey assistance includes: a screen unit and a selection unit of the portable display terminal; a design information acquisition unit configured to acquire design information including an identifier of a design drawing, and a plan view, a longitudinal sectional view, and a transverse sectional view that are associated with the identifier; a design information summarization unit configured to generate summary drawings of the design drawing; a design information selection display unit configured to line up and display a plurality of combinations of the summary drawings in a selectable manner; and a screen display unit configured to display an image of at least one of the plan view, the longitudinal sectional view, or the transverse sectional view of the design drawing associated with the combination of the summary drawings selected by a selection unit on a screen unit of the portable display terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke NAKAMURA, Umihiro ICHIRIYAMA, Motohiro MIYAJIMA, Yoshihiro NISHI, Ryosuke SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20230069309
    Abstract: A tilt analysis method analyzing a tilt of a columnar object is disclosed. The tilt analysis method includes: acquiring a reference value on the basis of a first position of a reflector of a measurement target device attached to a column foot portion of the columnar object; acquiring, in response to an execution instruction, a column top value on the basis of a second position of the reflector of the measurement target device attached to a column top of the columnar object, the execution instruction being received by an input section and inputted via a column top value acquisition instruction section displayed on a display section of a terminal device; generating tilt information indicating in which direction the columnar object tilts based on the reference value and the column top value; and causing the display section to display the tilt information including graphic display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiro NISHI, Kohei SATO, Motohiro MIYAJIMA, Toshio YAMADA, Takashi TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20230035788
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device includes a processor, a display, an operation unit, and a near field wireless communication unit capable of communicating with a laser device detecting horizontality and emitting a laser beam at a set gradient, the processor causes the information processing device to realize a remote controller function to remotely operate the laser device via the near field wireless communication unit, to acquires status information showing an operation status of the laser device via the near field wireless communication unit, and to display a pictogram representing a status of the laser device corresponding to the status information and an icon for calling the remote controller function on a control initial screen for remote operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventor: Motohiro MIYAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20230003527
    Abstract: Provided is a survey method using a position acquiring device that acquires position coordinates of a worker and a mobile terminal capable of communicating with the position acquiring device. the mobile terminal sets an advancing direction of observation and a first measurement point in three-dimensional design data, and makes the position acquiring device acquire position coordinates of the worker, the mobile terminal guides the worker to the first measurement point, makes the position acquiring device acquire position coordinates of the worker at the first measurement point, and sets a point nearest from the first measurement point in the advancing direction as a second measurement point, and after that, a position of the worker, setting of a next measurement point, and guidance to the next measurement point are repeated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Umihiro ICHIRIYAMA, Ryosuke SHIMIZU, Yoshihiro NISHI, Motohiro MIYAJIMA, Keisuke NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20220333926
    Abstract: A method of placing a slope staking tool including pickets, crossbeams, and a slope beam. The staking method includes: placing the pickets near an intersection C between a current ground and a plane S including a designed slope s; placing the crossbeams on the pickets placed, so as to cross the pickets; searching for a point where a height difference ?h between a predetermined point on the crossbeam and the plane S including the designed slope s, calculated by a surveying device, is zero; and placing, on the crossbeams, the slope beam inclined from the point where the height difference ?h is zero as found in the search step, toward the intersection C between the current ground and the plane including the designed slope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: Topcon Corporation
    Inventors: Ryosuke SHIMIZU, Motohiro MIYAJIMA, Takashi TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20220065629
    Abstract: A surveying system for assisting placement of a slope staking tool including a picket, a crossbeam, and a slope beam. The surveying system includes a design information acquisition unit configured to acquire design information including a designed slope; a current slope estimation unit configured to calculate a current slope in accordance with the results of surveying the current slope; a first intersection calculation unit configured to calculate a coordinate of a first intersection between the current slope and the designed slope using the current slope estimated by the current slope estimation unit and the design information, and to display the coordinate on the screen unit; and a second intersection calculation unit configured to calculate, using the surveying device, an altitude difference between any position on the crossbeam placed and a plane including the designed slope and to display the altitude difference on the screen unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Topcon Corporation
    Inventors: Ryosuke SHIMIZU, Umihiro ICHIRIYAMA, Motohiro MIYAJIMA, Takashi TANAKA, Keisuke NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20220035049
    Abstract: Provided is a technology that enables even a beginner to easily perform finished shape observation by following precautions for use of a GNSS. A finished shape observation system includes a reference station, a mobile station, and a mobile terminal, wherein the mobile terminal includes a mobile station first confirming unit configured to confirm whether a slope distance between the reference station and the mobile station is larger than a prescribed value when measuring each of the observation points, a mobile station second confirming unit configured to confirm whether a slope distance between a first known point and the mobile station is larger than a prescribed value when measuring each of the observation points, and a mobile station third confirming unit configured to confirm whether an elapsed time from a measurement time of the first known point exceeds a prescribed value when measuring each of the observation points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Keisuke NAKAMURA, Motohiro MIYAJIMA, Ryosuke SHIMIZU, Umihiro ICHIRIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220034656
    Abstract: A surveying system including a surveying device and a terminal device for assisting in placement of a staking tool. The surveying system further includes: a design information acquisition unit for acquiring design information including a designed slope; a surveying information acquisition unit for transmitting surveying information to a terminal device; a current state estimation unit for calculating an estimated altitude of a current ground in accordance with the surveying information; an intersection calculation unit for calculating a coordinate of an intersection between the current ground and the designed slope based on the estimated altitude of the current ground and the design information; a stake shape determination unit for determining a shape of a stake to be placed; and a stake shape information unit for causing the terminal device to inform of the shape of the stake determined by the stake shape determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: Topcon Corporation
    Inventors: Ryosuke SHIMIZU, Umihiro ICHIRIYAMA, Motohiro MIYAJIMA, Keisuke NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 11085794
    Abstract: A surveying device 3 configured to perform a survey by tracking, as a survey target, a prism 13 attached to a camera 11 of a movable imaging device 2, includes an electronic distance meter 33 configured to measure a distance to the survey target; a horizontal angle detector 41 and a vertical angle detector 42 each configured to measure an angle; a main body 3a supporting these members; a time obtainer 47 configured to obtain a GPS time from a GPS satellite; a tilt sensor 48 configured to detect a posture of the main body 3a; a calibrator 49 configured to calibrate the tilt sensor 48; and a survey controller 40 that causes the calibrator 49 to perform calibration during a period in which the time obtainer 47 obtains the GPS time, as an advance preparation to be performed before the measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Topcon Corporation
    Inventor: Motohiro Miyajima
  • Publication number: 20210080577
    Abstract: A three-dimensional survey apparatus includes a collimating ranging unit, a scanner unit, and a control calculation portion. The control calculation portion executes control to acquire, based on a survey result of the collimating ranging unit, three-dimensional data related to a characteristic portion of the measurement object which is present between a plurality of pieces of three-dimensional data that are included in point cloud data having been acquired by the scanner unit and of which the three-dimensional data has not been acquired by the scanner unit, and to add the three-dimensional data related to the characteristic portion of the measurement object having been acquired based on a survey result of the collimating ranging unit to the point cloud data having been acquired by the scanner unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: Topcon Corporation
    Inventors: Tadayuki ITO, Yoshihiro NISHI, Motohiro MIYAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20210080256
    Abstract: To provide a three-dimensional survey apparatus, a three-dimensional survey method, and a three-dimensional survey program which are capable of suppressing an occurrence of a data-deficient part. A three-dimensional survey apparatus includes a collimating ranging unit, a scanner unit, and a control calculation portion. If there is a data-deficient part where three-dimensional data is not acquired among a measurement object when the scanner unit acquires point cloud data, the control calculation portion executes control to replenish the three-dimensional data related to the data-deficient part having been acquired by the collimating ranging unit to the point cloud data having been acquired by the scanner unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: Topcon Corporation
    Inventors: Tadayuki ITO, Kenichiro YOSHINO, Yoshihiro NISHI, Motohiro MIYAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20210033422
    Abstract: A surveying device 3 configured to perform a survey by tracking, as a survey target, a prism 13 attached to a camera 11 of a movable imaging device 2, includes an electronic distance meter 33 configured to measure a distance to the survey target; a horizontal angle detector 41 and a vertical angle detector 42 each configured to measure an angle; a main body 3a supporting these members; a time obtainer 47 configured to obtain a GPS time from a GPS satellite; a tilt sensor 48 configured to detect a posture of the main body 3a; a calibrator 49 configured to calibrate the tilt sensor 48; and a survey controller 40 that causes the calibrator 49 to perform calibration during a period in which the time obtainer 47 obtains the GPS time, as an advance preparation to be performed before the measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: Topcon Corporation
    Inventor: Motohiro MIYAJIMA
  • Patent number: D946014
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Motohiro Miyajima