Patents by Inventor Nobuyuki Okabe
Nobuyuki Okabe 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: 20240104768Abstract: An article detection device includes: an image acquiring unit acquiring a surroundings image; a first information image preparing unit preparing a first information image by converting information on a load/unloading target portion of the article to an easily recognizable state based on the surroundings image; a first calculation unit calculating at least one of a position and a posture of the load/unloading target portion; a second information image preparing unit preparing a second information image by converting information on a pitch angle detection portion of the article to an easily recognizable state; and a second calculation unit configured extracting at least two edge candidates for the article extending in a specific direction and included in the second information image based on a calculation result from the first calculation unit and calculating a three-dimensional direction vector indicating a pitch angle of the article from the edge candidates.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicants: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Nobuyuki KITA, Takuro Kato, Daisuke Okabe, Eiichi Yoshida, Yukikazu Koide, Norihiko Kato, Naoya Yokomachi, Tatsuya Komuro
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Patent number: 9434417Abstract: This vehicle subframe (15) includes a main body section (32) that results from a top section (41) and a bottom section (42) being provided with a predetermined gap in the vertical direction by means of being formed in a hollow shape by means of a core unit (80). A central joining section (38) is provided to the front-half section (32g) at the center (32h) in the vehicle widthwise direction of the main body section (32). Furthermore, in the main body section (32), a rear partition wall (64) is joined to the top section (41) and the bottom section (42) at the rearwards direction of the vehicle with respect to the central joining section (38). The rear partition wall (64) extends in the front-back direction of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2014Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Yanagawa Seiki Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomoyuki Imanishi, Nobuyuki Okabe
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Patent number: 9421841Abstract: The hydraulic suspension system comprises a suspension mechanism for a traveling vehicle body, a suspension reference position variation mechanism for varying a reference position of a suspension stroke of the suspension mechanism, and a stopped state detector for detecting a state in which operation of the suspension mechanism has stopped. The control management unit controls the suspension reference position variation mechanism so that when operation of the suspension mechanism is detected by the stopped state detector to be in a stopped state, the operation of the suspension mechanism moves toward a target range, in preference to control based on a suspension stroke position obtained from a suspension stroke position sensor.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2015Date of Patent: August 23, 2016Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventors: Kenichi Iwami, Shigeki Hayashi, Atsushi Hayashi, Akihiro Matsuzaki, Toshimitsu Yazaki, Nobuyuki Okabe
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Publication number: 20160090125Abstract: This vehicle subframe (15) includes a main body section (32) that results from a top section (41) and a bottom section (42) being provided with a predetermined gap in the vertical direction by means of being formed in a hollow shape by means of a core unit (80). A central joining section (38) is provided to the front-half section (32g) at the center (32h) in the vehicle widthwise direction of the main body section (32). Furthermore, in the main body section (32), a rear partition wall (64) is joined to the top section (41) and the bottom section (42) at the rearwards direction of the vehicle with respect to the central joining section (38). The rear partition wall (64) extends in the front-back direction of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2014Publication date: March 31, 2016Inventors: Tomoyuki IMANISHI, Nobuyuki OKABE
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Patent number: 9254758Abstract: A control apparatus for a vehicle having an idle stop function includes a measurement unit that measures the characteristic of a battery provided in the vehicle, an identification unit that identifies the type of the battery based on the measured characteristic, and a control unit that stops the idle stop function in a case where the identified type of the battery indicates that the battery is not for an idle-stop vehicle, and permits execution of the idle stop function in a case where the execution of the idle stop function is permitted by an input of a predetermined signal from an external terminal even when the identified type of the battery indicates that the battery is not for the idle-stop vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2013Date of Patent: February 9, 2016Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi Sato, Hiroaki Tabuchi, Ken Koibuchi, Masato Chiba, Kazuhiko Sakakibara, Nobuyuki Okabe
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Patent number: 9150250Abstract: A vehicle subframe includes a hollow body part and a loft suspension support part provided to a left end part of the body part. The left suspension support part has a left front connecting part, and the left front connecting part is opened downward ward and laterally outward, whereby a left suspension arm is connected from a laterally outward side. A parting line mark of the subframe is formed in a bottom end part of a front connecting wall, and is formed in a laterally outward side part of the front connecting wall so as to extend upward from the bottom end part along the laterally outward side part.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2014Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Yanagawa Seiki Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomoyuki Imanishi, Nobuyuki Okabe
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Patent number: 9116015Abstract: A display system for a work vehicle is disclosed including a display device (43) having an information display area (49), a display control unit (44) for controlling the display device, and a display switching command device (52A) which outputs a display switching command for switching a display in the display device. The display control unit (44) selects and sets, based on an output from the display switching command device (52A), one or more of an operating time display mode for displaying an operating time of an engine, an instantaneous fuel consumption display mode for displaying an instantaneous fuel consumption, an average fuel consumption display mode for displaying an average fuel consumption, and an amount of used fuel display mode for displaying an amount of used fuel, as a display mode for the information display area (49).Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2009Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventors: Shinnosuke Ishikawa, Eiji Nishi, Toshiya Fukumoto, Yuji Tomiyama, Katsuhiko Honda, Nobuyuki Okabe
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Publication number: 20150231943Abstract: The hydraulic suspension system comprises a suspension mechanism for a traveling vehicle body, a suspension reference position variation mechanism for varying a reference position of a suspension stroke of the suspension mechanism, and a stopped state detector for detecting a state in which operation of the suspension mechanism has stopped. The control management unit controls the suspension reference position variation mechanism so that when operation of the suspension mechanism is detected by the stopped state detector to be in a stopped state, the operation of the suspension mechanism moves toward a target range, in preference to control based on a suspension stroke position obtained from a suspension stroke position sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2015Publication date: August 20, 2015Inventors: Kenichi Iwami, Shigeki Hayashi, Atsushi Hayashi, Akihiro Matsuzaki, Toshimitsu Yazaki, Nobuyuki Okabe
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Patent number: 9108681Abstract: A vehicle sub-frame includes a hollow body having a hollow part thereinside formed by casting using a core. The hollow body includes a front wall and a rear wall. The front wall has a front bulging section formed to bulge outward at a position corresponding to a parting line. The front bulging section is formed on a part avoiding a top wall and a bottom wall of the hollow body. The rear wall has a rear bulging section formed to bulge outward at a position corresponding to the parting line. The rear wall is formed on a part avoiding the top wall and the bottom wall.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2014Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Yanagawa Seiki Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomoyuki Imanishi, Nobuyuki Okabe
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Patent number: 9045016Abstract: The hydraulic suspension system comprises a suspension mechanism (100) for a traveling vehicle body, a suspension reference position variation mechanism (18) for varying a reference position of a suspension stroke of the suspension mechanism, and a stopped state detector (58) for detecting a state in which operation of the suspension mechanism (100) has stopped. The control management unit (60) controls the suspension reference position variation mechanism (18) so that when operation of the suspension mechanism (100) is detected by the stopped state detector (58) to be in a stopped state, the operation of the suspension mechanism (100) moves toward a target range, in preference to control based on a suspension stroke position obtained from a suspension stroke position sensor (37).Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2012Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventors: Kenichi Iwami, Shigeki Hayashi, Atsushi Hayashi, Akihiro Matsuzaki, Toshimitsu Yazaki, Nobuyuki Okabe
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Patent number: 8991162Abstract: An engine has an exhaust gas treatment apparatus attached thereto, wherein an exhaust pipe can be prevented from being damaged by a vibration of the engine body. An exhaust gas treatment apparatus is supported by an engine body and the engine body and the exhaust gas treatment apparatus communicate with each other through an exhaust pipe. The casing of the exhaust gas treatment apparatus consists of a plurality of casing units separable from each other. Connection flanges are disposed in respective end portions of the casing units. The casing units are coupled together by a connection of the connection flanges, and the exhaust gas treatment apparatus is supported by the engine body through the connection flanges.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2013Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventors: Tetsuya Kosaka, Yusuke Suzuki, Yoshinobu Odawara, Nobuyuki Okabe
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Publication number: 20150076805Abstract: A vehicle sub-frame includes a hollow body having a hollow part thereinside formed by casting using a core. The hollow body includes a front wall and a rear wall. The front wall has a front bulging section formed to bulge outward at a position corresponding to a parting line. The front bulging section is formed on a part avoiding a top wall and a bottom wall of the hollow body. The rear wall has a rear bulging section formed to bulge outward at a position corresponding to the parting line. The rear wall is formed on a part avoiding the top wall and the bottom wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2014Publication date: March 19, 2015Inventors: Tomoyuki IMANISHI, Nobuyuki OKABE
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Publication number: 20150075896Abstract: A vehicle subframe includes a hollow body part and a loft suspension support part provided to a left end part of the body part. The left suspension support part has a left front connecting part, and the left front connecting part is opened downward ward and laterally outward, whereby a left suspension arm is connected from a laterally outward side. A parting line mark of the subframe is formed in a bottom end part of a front connecting wall, and is formed in a laterally outward side part of the front connecting wall so as to extend upward from the bottom end part along the laterally outward side part.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2014Publication date: March 19, 2015Inventors: Tomoyuki IMANISHI, Nobuyuki OKABE
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Patent number: 8909440Abstract: Provided is a tractor which allows continuation of a plowing work by appropriately elevating a plow when slip occurs in wheels. The tractor includes draft controlling means (34) for elevating the plow to a target machine body level value obtained by making reference to control information with a draft load value detected by a draft load sensor (S). The control information is set based on a target plowing depth set when the plow was set to a target plowing depth and a draft load value. When a slip ratio detected by a slip ratio acquiring means (37) exceeds a threshold value, in place of previously set control information, there is newly set control information which renders higher the target machine body level relative to a same draft load value, thereby to elevate the plow.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2014Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventors: Shinnosuke Ishikawa, Eiji Nishi, Nobuyuki Okabe, Kenichiro Yagi
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Patent number: 8849521Abstract: Provided is a tractor which allows continuation of a plowing work by appropriately elevating a plow when slip occurs in wheels. The tractor includes draft controlling means (34) for elevating the plow to a target machine body level value obtained by making reference to control information with a draft load value detected by a draft load sensor (S). The control information is set based on a target plowing depth set when the plow was set to a target plowing depth and a draft load value. When a slip ratio detected by a slip ratio acquiring means (37) exceeds a threshold value, in place of previously set control information, there is newly set control information which renders higher the target machine body level relative to a same draft load value, thereby to elevate the plow.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2012Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventors: Shinnosuke Ishikawa, Eiji Nishi, Nobuyuki Okabe, Kenichiro Yagi
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Publication number: 20140277968Abstract: Provided is a tractor which allows continuation of a plowing work by appropriately elevating a plow when slip occurs in wheels. The tractor includes draft controlling means (34) for elevating the plow to a target machine body level value obtained by making reference to control information with a draft load value detected by a draft load sensor (S). The control information is set based on a target plowing depth set when the plow was set to a target plowing depth and a draft load value. When a slip ratio detected by a slip ratio acquiring means (37) exceeds a threshold value, in place of previously set control information, there is newly set control information which renders higher the target machine body level relative to a same draft load value, thereby to elevate the plow.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Kubota CorporationInventors: Shinnosuke Ishikawa, Eiji Nishi, Nobuyuki Okabe, Kenichiro Yagi
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Publication number: 20140091739Abstract: A control apparatus for a vehicle having an idle stop function includes a measurement unit that measures the characteristic of a battery provided in the vehicle, an identification unit that identifies the type of the battery based on the measured characteristic, and a control unit that stops the idle stop function in a case where the identified type of the battery indicates that the battery is not for an idle-stop vehicle, and permits execution of the idle stop function in a case where the execution of the idle stop function is permitted by an input of a predetermined signal from an external terminal even when the identified type of the battery indicates that the battery is not for the idle-stop vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2013Publication date: April 3, 2014Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroshi SATO, Hiroaki TABUCHI, Ken KOIBUCHI, Masato CHIBA, Kazuhiko SAKAKIBARA, Nobuyuki OKABE
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Patent number: 8631895Abstract: An exhaust device for a work vehicle including: an exhaust pipe for guiding exhaust to a vehicle exterior. The exhaust pipe includes: an exhaust guide pipe into which exhaust from an engine is introduced, a bending section for changing an exhaust direction; an external protective pipe that externally fits onto a downstream-side guide pipe; an ejector section for suctioning and introducing external air between an outer periphery of the exhaust guide pipe and an inner periphery of the external protective pipe; and an external air introduction section provided to an upstream-side end section of the external protective pipe.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2012Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventors: Tomiho Tanaka, Shinya Ukai, Jun Matsui, Nobuyuki Okabe, Akihiro Matsuzaki, Kiyokazu Fujibayashi
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Publication number: 20130305688Abstract: An engine has an exhaust gas treatment apparatus attached thereto, wherein an exhaust pipe can be prevented from being damaged by a vibration of the engine body. An exhaust gas treatment apparatus is supported by an engine body and the engine body and the exhaust gas treatment apparatus communicate with each other through an exhaust pipe. The casing of the exhaust gas treatment apparatus consists of a plurality of casing units separable from each other. Connection flanges are disposed in respective end portions of the casing units. The casing units are coupled together by a connection of the connection flanges, and the exhaust gas treatment apparatus is supported by the engine body through the connection flanges.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2013Publication date: November 21, 2013Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuya KOSAKA, Yusuke SUZUKI, Yoshinobu ODAWARA, Nobuyuki OKABE
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Publication number: 20130233432Abstract: An exhaust device for a work vehicle including: an exhaust pipe for guiding exhaust to a vehicle exterior. The exhaust pipe includes: an exhaust guide pipe into which exhaust from an engine is introduced, a bending section for changing an exhaust direction; an external protective pipe that externally fits onto a downstream-side guide pipe; an ejector section for suctioning and introducing external air between an outer periphery of the exhaust guide pipe and an inner periphery of the external protective pipe; and an external air introduction section provided to an upstream-side end section of the external protective pipe.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2012Publication date: September 12, 2013Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Tomiho Tanaka, Shinya Ukai, Jun Matsui, Nobuyuki Okabe, Akihiro Matsuzaki, Kiyokazu Fujibayashi