Patents by Inventor Satoru Shintani

Satoru Shintani 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: 11939742
    Abstract: A type information input unit receives an input of type information for identifying an attachment. A storage unit stores in advance correspondence between the type information and a weight or weight classification of the attachment. A specification unit specifies a corresponding weight or weight classification based on the type information input to the type information input unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoru Shintani, Yoshito Kumakura, Daiki Arimatsu
  • Patent number: 11414839
    Abstract: A control line determinator determines whether or not a work state of a work implement is a predetermined work state. A display controller generates a display signal including a target surface of a construction object or a control line indicating a surface which is different from the target surface and which a bucket is to be prevented from entering. The display controller makes a display form of the control line or the target surface in the display signal different according to whether or not the work state is the predetermined work state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoru Shintani, Yoshiki Kami, Yoshito Kumakura
  • Patent number: 11299870
    Abstract: A display system for an excavation machine includes a calculator configured to calculate, based on vehicle state data indicating a position and a posture of a vehicle body of an excavation machine, working equipment outer shape data indicating an outer shape and a dimension of working equipment supported by the vehicle body, and working equipment state data indicating a posture of the working equipment, a reference vector extending in a widthwise direction of a bucket of the working equipment and passing through a specified portion of the bucket, and a display controller configured to cause a display device to display the bucket and a target line viewed from a direction orthogonal to the reference vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshito Kumakura, Satoru Shintani, Daiki Arimatsu
  • Publication number: 20210332566
    Abstract: A control line determinator determines whether or not a work state of a work implement is a predetermined work state. A display controller generates a display signal including a target surface of a construction object or a control line indicating a surface which is different from the target surface and which a bucket is to be prevented from entering. The display controller makes a display form of the control line or the target surface in the display signal different according to whether or not the work state is the predetermined work state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Satoru SHINTANI, Yoshiki KAMI, Yoshito KUMAKURA
  • Publication number: 20210230828
    Abstract: A type information input unit receives an input of type information for identifying an attachment. A storage unit stores in advance correspondence between the type information and a weight or weight classification of the attachment. A specification unit specifies a corresponding weight or weight classification based on the type information input to the type information input unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Satoru SHINTANI, Yoshito KUMAKURA, Daiki ARIMATSU
  • Publication number: 20210131075
    Abstract: A display system for an excavation machine includes a calculator configured to calculate, based on vehicle state data indicating a position and a posture of a vehicle body of an excavation machine, working equipment outer shape data indicating an outer shape and a dimension of working equipment supported by the vehicle body, and working equipment state data indicating a posture of the working equipment, a reference vector extending in a widthwise direction of a bucket of the working equipment and passing through a specified portion of the bucket, and a display controller configured to cause a display device to display the bucket and a target line viewed from a direction orthogonal to the reference vector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Yoshito Kumakura, Satoru Shintani, Daiki Arimatsu
  • Patent number: 10968607
    Abstract: When correcting an error caused by deviation of an attitude detection device with respect to a work machine including a swing body which swings, a working implement being attached to the swing body, the attitude detection device outputting an attitude of the work machine, the error is corrected by using a first position which is a position of a part of the work machine when the work machine is in a first attitude and a second position which is a position of the part when the work machine is in a second attitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Iwamura, Masanobu Seki, Masashi Ichihara, Kenjiro Shimada, Satoru Shintani, Yuki Shimano, Eiji Ishibashi
  • Patent number: 10900201
    Abstract: A display system of a working machine includes: a tilt sensor that detects a pitch angle and a roll angle of a working machine; a calculation unit that calculates a tilting position on polar coordinates that indicates a magnitude and a direction of tilt of the working machine based on the detected pitch angle and roll angle; a display unit that displays various kinds of information; a display processing unit that displays, on a predetermined region on a display screen of the display unit, a monitor-displayed level that performs a polar coordinate display of the tilting position and a marked line indicating a preset magnitude of tilt; and a setting processing unit that performs a setting to change display content of the monitor-displayed level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru Shintani, Yoshito Kumakura, Daiki Arimatsu
  • Patent number: 10830300
    Abstract: A vehicle drum brake including: a pair of brake shoes arranged to be expanded on a backing plate; a first parking lever disposed to rotate around a predetermined mounting shaft positioned at one end portion of one of the brake shoes; a second parking lever made up of a member different from the first parking lever, disposed to rotate around the mounting shaft, and coupled to and rotated together with the first parking lever; and a strut including a first strut member engaged with the first and second parking levers, the first and second parking levers are coupled to each other by a coupling pin so as to be engaged with the first strut member at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignees: HOSEI BRAKE INDUSTRY CO., LTD., ADVICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru Shintani, Koji Mori, Kenichi Myojo, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Yoshitaka Ishimaru, Keiichi Tsurumi
  • Patent number: 10508417
    Abstract: A construction information display device configured to display construction information includes: a display unit configured to display at least a partial distribution map indicating a current landform and a design landform; an input unit through which a target surface is selected from the design landform; and a display processing unit configured to, when the target surface is selected through the input unit, display a range of the selected target surface while visibly displaying the partial distribution map within the selected target surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Ryohei Hasegawa, Kenji Ohiwa, Satoru Shintani
  • Publication number: 20190293136
    Abstract: A vehicle drum brake including: a pair of brake shoes arranged to be expanded on a backing plate; a first parking lever disposed to rotate around a predetermined mounting shaft positioned at one end portion of one of the brake shoes; a second parking lever made up of a member different from the first parking lever, disposed to rotate around the mounting shaft, and coupled to and rotated together with the first parking lever; and a strut including a first strut member engaged with the first and second parking levers, the first and second parking levers are coupled to each other by a coupling pin so as to be engaged with the first strut member at the same time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicants: HOSEI BRAKE INDUSTRY CO., LTD., ADVICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru SHINTANI, Koji MORI, Kenichi MYOJO, Hiroshi HASEGAWA, Yoshitaka ISHIMARU, Keiichi TSURUMI
  • Publication number: 20180171598
    Abstract: When correcting an error caused by deviation of an attitude detection device with respect to a work machine including a swing body which swings, a working implement being attached to the swing body, the attitude detection device outputting an attitude of the work machine, the error is corrected by using a first position which is a position of a part of the work machine when the work machine is in a first attitude and a second position which is a position of the part when the work machine is in a second attitude.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Tsutomu IWAMURA, Masanobu SEKI, Masashi ICHIHARA, Kenjiro SHIMADA, Satoru SHINTANI, Yuki SHIMANO, Eiji ISHIBASHI
  • Publication number: 20180094408
    Abstract: A display system of a working machine includes: a tilt sensor that detects a pitch angle and a roll angle of a working machine; a calculation unit that calculates a tilting position on polar coordinates that indicates a magnitude and a direction of tilt of the working machine based on the detected pitch angle and roll angle; a display unit that displays various kinds of information; a display processing unit that displays, on a predetermined region on a display screen of the display unit, a monitor-displayed level that performs a polar coordinate display of the tilting position and a marked line indicating a preset magnitude of tilt; and a setting processing unit that performs a setting to change display content of the monitor-displayed level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Satoru Shintani, Yoshito Kumakura, Daiki Arimatsu
  • Publication number: 20170175364
    Abstract: A construction information display device configured to display construction information includes: a display unit configured to display at least a partial distribution map indicating a current landform and a design landform; an input unit through which a target surface is selected from the design landform; and a display processing unit configured to, when the target surface is selected through the input unit, display a range of the selected target surface while visibly displaying the partial distribution map within the selected target surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Ryohei Hasegawa, Kenji Ohiwa, Satoru Shintani
  • Patent number: 9617709
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a vehicular body, a work implement, an angle sensor, and a work implement control unit. A bucket is rotatable with respect to an arm around a bucket axis in parallel to an arm axis and a tilt axis orthogonal to a bucket axis. The angle sensor is provided in the bucket and detects an angle of inclination of the bucket with respect to a horizontal plane. The work implement control unit starts control of the work implement in which an operation of the work implement is controlled at least partially automatically when an angle of inclination of the bucket detected by the angle sensor is smaller than a first threshold value, and does not start control of the work implement when an angle of inclination of the bucket detected by the angle sensor is equal to or greater than the first threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru Shintani, Yuto Fujii, Masanobu Seki, Masashi Ichihara, Yoshiki Kami
  • Publication number: 20160312434
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a vehicular body, a work implement, an angle sensor, and a work implement control unit. A bucket is rotatable with respect to an arm around a bucket axis in parallel to an arm axis and a tilt axis orthogonal to a bucket axis. The angle sensor is provided in the bucket and detects an angle of inclination of the bucket with respect to a horizontal plane. The work implement control unit starts control of the work implement in which an operation of the work implement is controlled at least partially automatically when an angle of inclination of the bucket detected by the angle sensor is smaller than a first threshold value, and does not start control of the work implement when an angle of inclination of the bucket detected by the angle sensor is equal to or greater than the first threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2015
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru SHINTANI, Yuto FUJII, Masanobu SEKI, Masashi ICHIHARA, Yoshiki KAMI
  • Patent number: 9115483
    Abstract: A hydraulic excavator includes a base body portion, a movable portion, a hydraulic cylinder, a position sensor, a rotary encoder, and a control unit. The rotary encoder includes a light emitting unit, a light receiving unit, and a disk unit having a plurality of transmission portions. The control unit measures the stroke length of the hydraulic cylinder by correcting deviation of the stroke length, which is measured by the position sensor, based on the pulse signal output from the rotary encoder. In this way, there can be obtained a hydraulic excavator capable of precisely measuring a stroke length of a hydraulic cylinder driving a work implement, as well as a method for measuring the stroke of the hydraulic cylinder of the hydraulic excavator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Sakuda, Satoru Shintani, Masato Kageyama
  • Publication number: 20150066312
    Abstract: A hydraulic excavator includes a base body portion, a movable portion, a hydraulic cylinder, a position sensor, a rotary encoder, and a control unit. The rotary encoder includes a light emitting unit, a light receiving unit, and a disk unit having a plurality of transmission portions. The control unit measures the stroke length of the hydraulic cylinder by correcting deviation of the stroke length, which is measured by the position sensor, based on the pulse signal output from the rotary encoder. In this way, there can be obtained a hydraulic excavator capable of precisely measuring a stroke length of a hydraulic cylinder driving a work implement, as well as a method for measuring the stroke of the hydraulic cylinder of the hydraulic excavator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Sakuda, Satoru Shintani, Masato Kageyama
  • Patent number: 8955472
    Abstract: A work vehicle is provided with an engine, a traveling device driven by driving force from the engine to cause the work vehicle to travel, a first hydraulic pump driven by the driving force from the engine to discharge hydraulic oil, and a cooling device having a cooling fan driven by the hydraulic oil supplied by the first hydraulic pump to cool the engine, and a control unit. The control unit performs a normal cooling control in which an upper limit fan speed is determined based on an engine speed, and a cooling suppression control in which the upper limit fan speed determined based on the engine speed is suppressed to be less than the upper limit fan speed during the normal cooling control when a predetermined operation required to increase the engine speed is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoru Shintani, Shigeru Yamamoto, Kazuyuki Suzuki, Takeshi Takaura, Tomohiro Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 8788157
    Abstract: A method for driving a ripper is provided in which the movement of a ripper attached to the rear of the body of a bulldozer is controlled. The method includes a first step in which the ripper is operated while the bulldozer is moving forward or is stopped, a second step in which the bulldozer is reversed and the ripper is raised, and a third step in which the ripper is automatically raised.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoru Shintani, Tomohiro Nakagawa, Ryouichi Nagasaka