Patents by Inventor Seiji Saiki

Seiji Saiki 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: 11423341
    Abstract: A manager terminal generates work plan information that is information regarding a work plan by at least one work machine, set for each operator who remotely operates the at least one work machine, and includes a work item by the work machine that is remotely operated by the operator and work time for the work item based on contents input by a construction manager, and inputs the work plan information into a server. The server generates progress information indicating work progress of the operator for the at least one work machine based on the work plan information input from the manager terminal and work information input from at least one work information acquisition unit, inputs the progress information into the manager terminal, and presents the progress information to the construction manager.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seiji Saiki, Yoichiro Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 11414834
    Abstract: When deriving a preparation-unrequired route which enables a construction machine to travel only within a permissible range of a gradient until reaching a destination, a controller causes an output part to output information about the preparation-unrequired route. When not deriving the preparation-unrequired route, the controller determines a location which needs preparation for a specific landform to enable the construction machine to travel only within the permissible range of the gradient until reaching the destination, and causes the output part to output information about the location which needs the preparation and about the traveling route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seiji Saiki
  • Publication number: 20220220706
    Abstract: Provided is a system which can supply appropriate information to one operator from a viewpoint that the one operator grasps a remotely operational mode for a working machine by the other operator. In a first remote operation apparatus 10, a passive mode detector 112 detects a passive mode of a first operation mechanism 111, and transmits operational mode data corresponding to the passive mode. In a second remote operation apparatus 20, an operation of an actuator 212 is controlled in accordance with the passive mode of the first operation mechanism 111 in response to the operational mode data, and thereby, a second operation mechanism 211 actively operates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Masaki OTANI, Hitoshi SASAKI, Seiji SAIKI, Yoichiro YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20220195698
    Abstract: A first operation mechanism 3 includes a first driving source 30 which generates a driving force based on a drive command and a first driving mechanism 32 which inclines a left-side traveling pedal 1c by the driving force from the first driving source 30. The first driving mechanism 32 has a first abutting portion 32a which abuts a pedal surface of the left-side traveling pedal 1c and a first driving unit 32b which inclines the left-side traveling pedal 1c by inclining the first abutting portion. The first driving unit 32b is arranged in a position shifted to a lateral side from a space in which the first abutting portion 32a moves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Hitoshi SASAKI, Seiji SAIKI, Yoichiro YAMAZAKI, Kohei NAKAMIZO
  • Publication number: 20220186466
    Abstract: Provided is a system which can avoid instability of an operating state of a working machine, when switching a remote operation actor of the working machine. In a case where a state of one or both of a working machine 40 or a first operator is a specified state when the working machine 40 is remotely operated through a first remote operation apparatus 10, a first notification corresponding to the specified state is transmitted to a remote operation server 30. In the remote operation server 30, a second remote operation apparatus 20 which is appropriate in view of content of the first notification is selected as the remote operation actor of the working machine 40.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Masaki OTANI, Hitoshi SASAKI, Seiji SAIKI, Yoichiro YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20220186465
    Abstract: Provided is a system which can supply appropriate information to one operator from a viewpoint that the one operator grasps a remotely operated action of a working machine by another operator. In a first remote operation apparatus 10, a sight line detector 112 detects a sight line of a first operator, and transmits sight line detection data corresponding to the sight line of the first operator. In a second remote operation apparatus 20, a second image output device 221 displays a designated image region spreading with reference to the sight line of the first operator corresponding to the sight line detection data in an environmental image corresponding to captured image data acquired by an imaging device 401 of a working machine 40, in a form different from a form of an image region around the designated image region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Masaki OTANI, Hitoshi SASAKI, Seiji SAIKI, Yoichiro YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20220178110
    Abstract: A first operation mechanism 3 includes a first driving source 30 and a second driving source 31 based on a drive command, a first driving mechanism 32 which inclines a left-side traveling pedal 1c, a second driving mechanism 33 which inclines a left-side option pedal 1e, and a first transmission mechanism 34 and a second transmission mechanism 35 which transmit driving forces from the first driving source 30 and the second driving source 31 to the first driving mechanism 32 and the second driving mechanism 33. The first driving mechanism 32 and the second driving mechanism 33 are arranged apart from the first driving source 30 and the second driving source 31.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Hitoshi SASAKI, Seiji SAIKI, Yoichiro YAMAZAKI, Kohei NAKAMIZO
  • Publication number: 20220180456
    Abstract: A skill evaluation system includes a server including: an acquisition part which acquires actual work performance information about an actual work performance for a remote manipulation, and acquires, at least during or after the operation, event information about an efficiency influencing event which is found to influence an efficiency of the operation in the operation of the construction machine by the remote manipulation by the operator; an actual work performance database which stores the actual work performance information; an event database which stores the event information; a skill level calculation part which calculates, based on evaluation information including the actual work performance information and the event information, a skill level of the operator for the remote manipulation; and a presentation part which presents the skill level to an orderer terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi SASAKI, Seiji SAIKI, Yoichiro YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20220180292
    Abstract: A skill information presentation system includes a server including: a skill level calculation part which calculates, based on manipulation skill information, a manipulation skill level which is a level of a manipulation skill, and calculates, based on necessary skill information, a necessary skill level which is a level of a necessary skill; an operator information database which stores operator information including the manipulation skill level and the necessary skill level; and a presentation part which presents the operator information to the orderer terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi SASAKI, Seiji SAIKI, Yoichiro YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20220170237
    Abstract: A third axis a3 is an axis which is perpendicular to a straight line, the straight line connecting a tip of a tip portion 5b of a fourth operating lever 5 tilted to the maximum extent to one side in a first direction and the tip of the tip portion 5b of the fourth operating lever 5 tilted to the maximum extent to the other side, and passes through a tilt pivot point c which is a pivot point of a tilt of the fourth operating lever 5. A first actuator 72 and a second actuator 73 of a first operating mechanism 7 are disposed at least partially overlapping each other when viewed in the direction of the third axis a3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Hitoshi SASAKI, Seiji SAIKI, Yoichiro YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20220164754
    Abstract: A skill information presentation system includes a server including: an acquisition part which acquires team skill information about a skill of a work team constituted by a plurality of operators and having performed a team work by using a plurality of remote manipulating devices; a skill information database which stores the team skill information; a skill level calculation part which calculates, based on the team skill information, a team skill level representing a level of the skill of the work team having performed the team work; a team information database which stores team information including the team skill level; and a presentation part which presents the team information to an orderer terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi SASAKI, Seiji SAIKI, Yoichiro YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20220145588
    Abstract: A first operating mechanism 7 of a work machine 1 includes a first guide member 74 which tilts a fourth operating lever 5 in the right-left direction, and a first actuator 72 which generates a driving force for tilting a first direction guide member 74 on the basis of an operation command The first actuator 72 is disposed at a position on the opposite side of the fourth operating lever 5 from a slave-side seat 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Hitoshi SASAKI, Seiji SAIKI, Yoichiro YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20220112685
    Abstract: A work machine 10 includes: a load detection unit 22a that detects a load on an operation mechanism 100; information output devices 43, 44, and 41a that output at least one of an image, a sound, and a vibration to an operator; and a control unit 47a that controls, according to the magnitude of a load detected by the load detection unit 22a, one or more of the level of at least one of the color intensity, the brightness, and the transparency of an image output by the information output device 44, at least one of the intensity and the level of frequency of a sound output by the information output device 43, and at least one of the intensity and the level of frequency of a vibration output by the information output device 41a.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Seiji SAIKI, Yoichiro YAMAZAKI, Hitoshi SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20220106765
    Abstract: There is provided a device that enables an operator of a work machine to recognize whether or not an object exists in the periphery of the work machine with an appropriate amount of information from the viewpoint of avoiding a reduction in focus of the operator of the work machine. When the state of operation of an operation device 400 performed by an operator is a “first operation state”, and an object exists in a target space around a work machine 200, an alarm is output in a “first mode”. When the state of operation of the operation device 400 performed by the operator is a “second operation state”, and an object exists in the target space around the work machine 200, an alarm is output in a “second mode” in which a larger amount of information is provided than in the “first mode”.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Hitoshi SASAKI, Yoichiro YAMAZAKI, Seiji SAIKI
  • Publication number: 20220064908
    Abstract: An image of a work attachment (operation mechanism) of a work machine and the periphery of the work attachment, which corresponds to captured image data acquired by an imaging device, is displayed on an image output device by means of a first communication mode established between a slave control device mounted in the work machine and a master control device. When the first communication mode is interrupted, instead of the image of the operation mechanism of the work machine and the periphery of the operation mechanism, a point cloud image corresponding to distance image data acquired by a distance sensor is displayed on the image output device by means of a second communication mode established between the slave control device and the master control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Ryota HAMA, Seiji SAIKI, Yoichiro YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20220064909
    Abstract: A periphery monitoring apparatus for a work machine determines at least one part of a plurality of target spaces as a “first designated target space”, according to an action mode of the work machine, which is predicted on the basis of an operation state by the operator of an operating device of the work machine. When a position of the object is included in the first designated target space, an alarm is output by the first designated output device that is arranged in an azimuth corresponding to an azimuth of the first designated target space with reference to the work machine, with reference to a location of the operator in a driving space of the work machine. The alarm is differentiated according to a varying mode of a relative position between the work machine and the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Hitoshi SASAKI, Yoichiro YAMAZAKI, Seiji SAIKI
  • Patent number: 11257760
    Abstract: The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element, a plurality of terminal electrodes, internal wiring, and a sealing material. The semiconductor element is mounted on a circuit pattern provided on an insulating substrate. The plurality of terminal electrodes are provided on a case in which the insulating substrate and the semiconductor element are contained. The internal wiring connects the semiconductor element and the plurality of terminal electrodes. The sealing material fills a space in the case. The internal wiring includes a plurality of circuit patterns, a plurality of metal blocks, and metal wire. The plurality of metal blocks are electrically connected to the respective circuit patterns. The metal wire connects the plurality of metal blocks and is bonded to the plurality of metal blocks at positions closer to an upper surface of the sealing material than surfaces of the plurality of circuit patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Seiji Saiki, Masaru Furukawa, Takuro Mori, Takamasa Oda, Hideki Tsukamoto
  • Publication number: 20220004166
    Abstract: A server causes an information terminal device to display a selection image for allowing an operator to select a desired operation among one or more operations and a desired master device among one or more master devices based on operation request information stored in a first database and master device information stored in a second database. The information terminal device sends to the server a selection instruction of the operator who selects the desired operation and the desired master device via the selection image. The server receives an operation order acceptance of the operator by storing, in an operation plan database, an operator ID, a master device ID and the operation designated by the selection instruction in combination with one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seiji SAIKI, Hitoshi SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20210395981
    Abstract: A surrounding monitoring apparatus enables an operator of a work machine to recognize the situation in the surroundings of the work machine at an appropriate timing. The apparatus includes an operation state detector detecting an operation state which is a state of an operation applied to an operation device for operating a work machine by the operator, a surrounding object detection part detecting the presence or absence of an object in a target space around the work machine, a speaker for outputting notification information to the operator, and an output information control unit making the speaker output a sound indicating a result of the detection by the surrounding object detection unit in response to the detection of an initial operation state where an initial operation for starting the work machine is applied to the operation device by the operation state detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi SASAKI, Yoichiro YAMAZAKI, Seiji SAIKI
  • Publication number: 20210381197
    Abstract: A remote operation device includes an image generating section that generates, when an operation determining section determines that an operation by an operator is a fine operation, and a posture determining section determines that a posture of the operator has changed from a reference posture to a watching posture, an enlarged image by enlarging a part of a work image of a construction machine, the part being related to a line-of-sight position acquired by an eye tracking device, and causes a display device to display the enlarged image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki OTANI, Seiji SAIKI, Yoichiro YAMAZAKI