Patents by Inventor Nobuyoshi YAMANAKA

Nobuyoshi YAMANAKA 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).

  • Publication number: 20230410688
    Abstract: A vascular lesion model including a blood vessel portion and a lesion portion divided into a plurality of lesion regions having different hardness. The lesion portion including at least one type of lesion region among a first lesion region contacting a part of an inner periphery of the blood vessel portion in a cross section perpendicular to a longitudinal direction and having a shape extending from the part of the inner periphery toward a center of the lesion portion, a second lesion region having a solid shape separated from an outer periphery of the lesion portion, a third lesion region separated from both ends of the lesion portion in the longitudinal direction and occluding the blood vessel portion, and a plurality of fourth lesion regions separated from the inner periphery of the blood vessel portion in a cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, and arranged separately from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: ASAHI INTECC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi YAMANAKA, Rina YONEYAMA, Kazu TAKEMURA, Ryunosuke TANEMOTO, Asuka SEKISHITA
  • Patent number: 11814817
    Abstract: A work implement's position is determined. Provided is a system including a work machine, the system comprising: a work machine body; a work implement attached to the work machine body; an imaging device that captures an image of the work implement; and a computer. The computer includes a trained position estimation model. The computer is programmed to obtain the image of the work implement captured by the imaging device and use the trained position estimation model to obtain a position of the work implement estimated from the captured image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi Yamanaka, Toshiaki Kumagai, Kensuke Fujii
  • Patent number: 11713560
    Abstract: There is provided a hydraulic excavator allowing a simple configuration to be employed to determine a posture of a work implement accurately. The work implement and an imaging device are attached to a revolving unit. The work implement operates on a prescribed operating plane. The imaging device captures an image of the work implement at an angle larger than 0° with respect to the operating plane. The controller determines a position of the work implement relative to the revolving unit based on a posture of the work implement in the image captured by the imaging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi Yamanaka, Toshiaki Kumagai, Kensuke Fujii
  • Publication number: 20230080719
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru SHIMIZU, Nobuyoshi YAMANAKA, Masaki DAIMON, Hiroyuki ARATAME
  • Publication number: 20230068838
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru SHIMIZU, Nobuyoshi YAMANAKA, Masaki DAIMON, Hiroyuki ARATAME
  • Publication number: 20220049477
    Abstract: There is provided a system including a work machine, comprising a main body of the work machine, a work implement attached to the main body of the work machine, an operating member operated to operate the work implement, and a computer. The computer has a trained position estimation model for determining the position of a portion of the work implement that is a target of positional estimation. The computer obtains an operation command value causing the work implement to make a movement in response to an operation of the operating member, uses the trained position estimation model to estimate from the operation command value an amount of displacement of the target of positional estimation from a reference position, and outputs an estimated position that is a position of the target of positional estimation estimated from the reference position and the amount of displacement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi YAMANAKA, Toshiaki KUMAGAI, Kensuke FUJII
  • Patent number: 11168458
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Shimizu, Nobuyoshi Yamanaka, Toshiaki Kumagai
  • Publication number: 20210272479
    Abstract: A heart model includes a deformable body forming a simulated ventricle therein that expand and contract; and a restraint body outside of the simulated ventricle and having a spiral outer shape, the restraint body regulating deformation of the deformable to generate a twist in the deformable body when the simulated ventricle expands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: ASAHI INTECC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi YAMANAKA, Satoshi NAMIMA, Masakazu NAKADA
  • Publication number: 20210272480
    Abstract: A vascular model that includes a flow path forming portion, and a diffusion portion formed with a porous body fluidly connected to the fluid flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: ASAHI INTECC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Rina YONEYAMA, Nobuyoshi YAMANAKA, Satoshi NAMIMA, Masakazu NAKADA
  • Publication number: 20210040713
    Abstract: A system determines work executed by a work vehicle that includes a vehicle body and a work implement movably attached to the vehicle body. The system includes a camera attached to the vehicle body, and a processor. The camera is disposed to be oriented from the vehicle body toward a working position of the work implement, and generates image data indicative of images of the working position captured in a time sequence. The processor has a trained model in order to output a classification of the work corresponding to the image data. The image data serves as input data. The processor acquires the image data, and determines the classification of the work from the image data by image analysis using the trained model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi YAMANAKA, Kensuke FUJII
  • Publication number: 20210002871
    Abstract: A work implement's position is determined. Provided is a system including a work machine, the system comprising: a work machine body; a work implement attached to the work machine body; an imaging device that captures an image of the work implement; and a computer. The computer includes a trained position estimation model. The computer is programmed to obtain the image of the work implement captured by the imaging device and use the trained position estimation model to obtain a position of the work implement estimated from the captured image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi YAMANAKA, Toshiaki KUMAGAI, Kensuke FUJII
  • Publication number: 20200407952
    Abstract: There is provided a hydraulic excavator allowing a simple configuration to be employed to determine a posture of a work implement accurately. The work implement and an imaging device are attached to a revolving unit. The work implement operates on a prescribed operating plane. The imaging device captures an image of the work implement at an angle larger than 0° with respect to the operating plane. The controller determines a position of the work implement relative to the revolving unit based on a posture of the work implement in the image captured by the imaging device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi YAMANAKA, Toshiaki KUMAGAI, Kensuke FUJII
  • Publication number: 20200040548
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru SHIMIZU, Nobuyoshi YAMANAKA, Toshiaki KUMAGAI
  • Publication number: 20190338489
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes: a vehicular body; a work implement having a boom pivotable with respect to the vehicular body, an arm pivotable with respect to the boom, and a bucket pivotable with respect to the arm; and a controller configured to calculate an angle of the bucket with respect to the arm according to an operation command before start of excavation, and control the work implement such that the calculated angle becomes equal to a first angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi YAMANAKA, Toshiaki KUMAGAI
  • Publication number: 20190203443
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a vehicular body, a work implement, and a controller. The work implement has a boom pivotable with respect to the vehicular body, a dipper stick pivotable with respect to the boom, and a bucket pivotable with respect to the dipper stick. The controller calculates a direction of a cutting edge of the bucket and determines a direction in which the cutting edge travels to the side of an open side of the bucket such that the calculated direction of the cutting edge of the bucket and the direction in which the cutting edge travels to the side on the open side of the bucket form an excavation angle of a predetermined angle, and the controller thus causes an operation of the work implement to be performed in the direction in which the cutting edge travels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi YAMANAKA, Shunsuke MORI, Toshiaki KUMAGAI
  • Publication number: 20190186100
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a vehicular body, a work implement, a manipulation unit and a controller. The work implement has a boom pivotable with respect to the vehicular body, a dipper stick pivotable with respect to the boom, and a bucket pivotable with respect to the dipper stick. The manipulation unit is operated to output a manipulation command for the work implement. The controller controls the work implement in accordance with the manipulation command received from the manipulation unit. When in accordance with the manipulation command via the manipulation unit the bucket travels in a direction on the side of the back surface of the bucket with respect to the direction of the cutting edge of the bucket, the controller limits movement of the bucket in the direction in accordance with the manipulation command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi YAMANAKA, Shunsuke MORI, Toshiaki KUMAGAI
  • Publication number: 20180140804
    Abstract: A balloon catheter includes a balloon. The balloon allows restraint-free arrangement of an irregular region on the balloon for quickly inserting the balloon into a stenosis or stricture or an obstructed part while the balloon is in a contracted state, and allows for securely fixing the balloon within the stenosis or stricture or the obstructed part while the balloon is in an expanded state. The balloon can be easily produced, and can be folded without restraint (without requiring differentiation between the irregular region and the rest of the balloon). The balloon includes a base portion having an irregular region on its surface, and a coating agent coating the surface of the base portion. When the balloon is not expanded, the surface of the balloon is smooth and flat; and while the balloon is in an expanded state, the surface of the balloon is irregular.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI INTECC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiko TSUKAMOTO, Keisuke KAWAGUCHI, Nobuyoshi YAMANAKA, Yoshiki KANEKO