Patents by Inventor Shiho Izumi
Shiho Izumi 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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Patent number: 11391011Abstract: A hydraulic excavator includes a controller (40) that executes region limiting control to forcibly raise a boom (8) in such a manner that a position of a tip end of a bucket (10) is kept on a target excavation surface and within a region above the target excavation surface if an operation device (45b, 46a) issues an action direction to an arm (9) or the bucket. The controller determines which is selected as a control mode over a raising speed of the boom at a time of executing region limiting control, a first mode or a second mode specified by a raising speed lower than a raising speed of the first mode if the tip end of the bucket is located below the target excavation surface, and controls the raising speed of the boom based on a result of determination.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2017Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryu Narikawa, Manabu Edamura, Kouji Ishikawa, Shiho Izumi
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Publication number: 20220220695Abstract: A controller sets, as a satellite mask range, a range for which a work implement can become an obstacle when an antenna receives positioning signals from a plurality of positioning satellites on the basis of a position at which the antenna is installed, a movable range of the work implement, a posture of an upper swing structure, and an azimuth angle of the upper swing structure. The controller cancels the setting of the satellite mask range in a case where it has been determined, on the basis of satellite positioning condition data acquired from a receiver, that the setting of the satellite mask range leads to reduced precision of positioning computation by the receiver. In a case where the setting of the satellite mask range has been canceled, the receiver computes the position of the upper swing structure on the basis of the positioning signals transmitted from the plurality of positioning satellites.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2020Publication date: July 14, 2022Inventors: Shiho IZUMI, Hideto ISHIBASHI, Shinichi KOTAKE, Shinji ISHIHARA, Yasuhiko KANARI
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Publication number: 20220222392Abstract: A position/posture computing section determines that an azimuth of an upper swing structure calculated at a GNSS receiver is of low quality when at least one of a posture angle of the upper swing structure acquired at a machine-body IMU and a posture angle of a front work implement acquired at a boom IMU is equal to or larger than a threshold value, executes a bias removal computation on the basis of the quality of the azimuth and the azimuth of the upper swing structure calculated at the GNSS receiver, calculates a corrected azimuth of the upper swing structure on the basis of the azimuth of the upper swing structure calculated at the GNSS receiver, and an angular velocity of the upper swing structure from which a gyro bias has been removed, and computes a three-dimensional position and posture of the front work implement by using the corrected azimuth.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2020Publication date: July 14, 2022Inventors: Shinji ISHIHARA, Shiho IZUMI, Shinichi KOTAKE
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Patent number: 11313107Abstract: A controller outputs a first velocity (first limiting velocity) as a limiting velocity for a boom cylinder when a boom lowering operation amount is smaller than a first operation amount, and outputs a second velocity when the boom lowering operation amount is equal to or larger than the first operation amount. The first velocity is set to decrease according to a decrease in a target surface distance. The second velocity is defined by a weighted average of the first velocity and a third velocity (second limiting velocity) set to change according to one of the target surface distance and the boom lowering operation amount of the operation device, and is set such that an increase in the boom lowering operation amount reduces a weight for the first velocity while increasing a weight for the third velocity.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2018Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Teruki Igarashi, Shiho Izumi, Ryu Narikawa, Shuuichi Meguriya, Hiroki Takeuchi
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Publication number: 20220074168Abstract: When an automatic operation is finished, a detection process for detecting a ground contactable range where a work implement can be set is carried out on a basis of terrain profile information acquired by laser scanners, and, when the ground contactable range is detected, an automatic operation command signal for placing the work implement in contact with the ground contactable range is generated, whereas when the ground contactable range is not detected, an automatic operation command signal for placing the work implement in a predetermined standby posture is generated. As a result, a suitable standby posture can be taken according to the surrounding conditions when the automatic operation is finished.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2020Publication date: March 10, 2022Inventors: Hiroyuki YAMADA, Yoshiyuki TSUCHIE, Shiho IZUMI
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Publication number: 20220056663Abstract: A controller 20 mounted on a hydraulic excavator 1 that is able to perform machine control transmits work situation parameters (machine body position, hydraulic working fluid temperature, bucket weight, and target surface gradient) to a management server 71, receives, from the management server, control command correction values that are calculated by the management server on the basis of the work situation parameters and that represent correction values for correcting control commands, and controls hydraulic actuators 5, 6, and 7 with corrected control commands that represent the control commands corrected on the basis of the control command correction values.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2020Publication date: February 24, 2022Inventors: Shuuichi MEGURIYA, Shiho IZUMI
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Publication number: 20220056674Abstract: An installation error of a machine-body inertial measurement unit around a first axis is computed on a basis of sensing results of inertial measurement units of a front work implement, and the machine-body inertial measurement unit obtained while the upper swing structure is in a first calibration posture in which the upper swing structure faces a predetermined direction relative to a lower travel structure; and an installation error of the machine-body inertial measurement unit around a second axis is computed on a basis of a sensing result of the machine-body inertial measurement unit obtained while the upper swing structure is in a second calibration posture in which the upper swing structure is swung by 90 degrees relative to the lower travel structure from the first calibration posture, and the installation error of the machine-body inertial measurement unit around the first axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2019Publication date: February 24, 2022Inventors: Shinji ISHIHARA, Shiho IZUMI, Yasuhiko KANARI
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Publication number: 20220049474Abstract: To provide a work machine that enables enhancement of shaping accuracy near a boundary line between two adjacent target surfaces. A controller 10 extracts, from among a plurality of target surfaces, a second target surface S2 that is a target surface adjacent to a first target surface S1, calculates a boundary line L2 between the first target surface S1 and the second target surface S2, and, prior to a work tool 6 passing the first boundary line L2, corrects a control signal for a posture control actuator 6c such that the angular difference EL between a reference line L1 set on the work tool 6 and the boundary line L2 becomes small.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2020Publication date: February 17, 2022Inventors: Akira KANAZAWA, Hidekazu MORIKI, Shinya IMURA, Shiho IZUMI, Takaaki CHIBA
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Publication number: 20220049453Abstract: In a hydraulic excavator including a controller configured to calculate the magnitude of a position difference in a height direction between a construction target surface and a front work implement on the basis of the position of the construction target surface, the position of a machine main body which is calculated by a GNSS receiver, and the posture of the front work implement which is detected by a posture sensor, the controller records, in a storage device, snapshot data of information about an operation sensor, a pressure sensor, the posture sensor, the GNSS receiver, and a radio in a predetermined period determined based on a time at which the magnitude of the position difference exceeds a predetermined value d1 when the magnitude of the position difference exceeds the predetermined value d1, and diagnoses a cause of the magnitude of the position difference exceeding the predetermined value, on the basis of the snapshot data.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2020Publication date: February 17, 2022Inventors: Shiho IZUMI, Naoki HAYAKAWA, Kenta NAKAGI, Yasuhiko KANARI
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Publication number: 20220026587Abstract: A coordinate conversion system including a controller that converts geographic-coordinate-system coordinates of a certain point into site-coordinate-system coordinates includes: an image-capturing device that captures an image of a reference point; and a GNSS antenna that receives a navigation signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2019Publication date: January 27, 2022Inventors: Naoki HAYAKAWA, Shiho IZUMI
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Patent number: 11230824Abstract: A work machine (1) includes a controller (40) having a notification control section (374) that exercises control as to whether to notify an operator of operation support information in accordance with a distance between a predetermined target surface, out of a plurality of discretionally set target surfaces, and a work implement (1A), the work machine including a current terrain profile acquisition device (96) that acquires a position of a current terrain profile, the controller including a target surface comparison section (62) that compares the position of the current terrain profile (800) with a position of the predetermined target surface (700) to determine a vertical position relationship between the current terrain profile and the predetermined target surface. The notification control section (374) changes content of the operation support information in accordance with a result of determination by the target surface comparison section.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2018Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryu Narikawa, Hidekazu Moriki, Manabu Edamura, Shiho Izumi
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Publication number: 20220018098Abstract: A calibration work support system includes an input device for inputting machine information including machine rank data on a hydraulic excavator and specification data on a front work implement, a display controller that generates a target posture image that is an image of the case in which the front work implement that takes target measurement posture is viewed with a point-of-view position and a line-of-sight direction of an operator M on the basis of the machine information input from the input device and target posture data defined in advance as the target measurement posture of the front work implement when an inertial measurement device is calibrated, and an HMD that displays the target posture image generated in the display controller. The HMD executes displaying in such a manner that the target posture image is superimposed on the actual front work implement viewed with the point-of-view position and the line-of-sight direction of the operator M.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2020Publication date: January 20, 2022Inventors: Kenta NAKAGI, Yasuhiko KANARI, Shiho IZUMI
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Patent number: 11168459Abstract: Provided is a hydraulic excavator (1) that performs work by operating an arm (9) after moving a bucket (10) to a work start position. An operation determination section (81c) determines, based on an operation performed on an operation device, whether a front work device (1A) is engaged in a work preparation operation for moving the bucket to the work start position. When the operation determination section determines that the front work device is engaged in the work preparation operation at the time of operation of the operation device, an actuator control section (81) controls a bucket cylinder (7) such that the angle of a work tool with respect to a target surface coincides with a preset target angle (?TGT).Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2017Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryu Narikawa, Manabu Edamura, Hiroshi Sakamoto, Shiho Izumi, Hidekazu Moriki
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Patent number: 11149411Abstract: A controller (40) of a hydraulic excavator (1) includes: a first distance calculation section (43f) calculating a first distance D1 that is a distance between a bucket toe and a target surface on a virtual straight line Lv extended vertically from the bucket toe, based on position information on the bucket toe and position information on the target surface (700); and a second distance calculation section (43g) calculating a second distance D2 that is a distance between the target surface and a current landform on the virtual straight line Lv, based on the position information on the bucket toe and the position information on the target surface and position information on the current landform 800. A display device (53a) displays the first distance D1 and the second distance D2.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2018Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Manabu Edamura, Shiho Izumi, Hiroshi Sakamoto
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Publication number: 20210230843Abstract: An articulated-type front work implement has a boom, an arm, and a bucket that are driven members coupled to each other; a boom cylinder, an arm cylinder and a bucket cylinder that are hydraulic actuators each of which drives a corresponding one of the plurality of driven members on the basis of an operation signal; a plurality of operation members each outputting the operation signal to one of the hydraulic actuators; and a controller that outputs the operation signal to at least one of the plurality of hydraulic actuators or executes area limiting control of correcting the output operation signal such that the front work implement moves on a target surface preset for a work target of the front work implement or within an area above the target surface, and corrects the operation signal on the basis of information related to operation of the hydraulic actuator.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2019Publication date: July 29, 2021Inventors: Hiroki TAKEUCHI, Shiho IZUMI, Ryu NARIKAWA, Shuuichi MEGURIYA, Teruki IGARASHI
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Patent number: 11066808Abstract: A work machine includes: control valves that control flows of a hydraulic operating oil supplied to actuators; operation lever devices that generate hydraulic signals to be output to the corresponding control valves according to an operation; solenoid proportional valves that reduce pressure of the hydraulic signals generated by the corresponding operation lever devices; and a front implement control section that controls the solenoid proportional valves. The work machine further includes: operation signal lines connected to the operation lever devices; signal input lines connected to the control valves; pressure reducing lines provided with the solenoid proportional valves; and selector valves that have a first position that interrupts connection of the operation signal lines and the pressure reducing lines and directly connects the operation signal lines to the signal input lines, and a second position that connects the operation signal lines to the signal input lines via the pressure reducing lines.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2017Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroki Takeuchi, Kouji Ishikawa, Shiho Izumi, Shuuichi Meguriya, Tarou Akita
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Patent number: 11041288Abstract: A hydraulic excavator acquires operation content frequency data in a designated period based on output values output from a plurality of sensors sensing parameters that serve as indicators of operation contents performed via an operation device. A storage section stores a plurality of guide screens each corresponding to one of a plurality of work patterns of the hydraulic excavator. A work identifying section searches actual result data in the storage section for actual result data that matches or is similar to the operation content frequency data acquired by the data acquiring section in terms of operation contents and frequency thereof, and that identifies a current work pattern based on a work pattern allocated to actual result data related to a result of the search. A display device displays a guide screen corresponding to the work pattern identified by the work identifying section among the plurality of guide screens.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2018Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Kohei Hiromatsu, Manabu Edamura, Shiho Izumi
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Publication number: 20210156121Abstract: A measurement controller (20): computes the position of a plane (S1) representing a side surface of a work implement (1A) in an image-capturing-device coordinate system (Co1) on the basis of an image of the side surface of the work implement captured by an image-capturing device (19) and an internal parameter of the image-capturing device; computes the coordinate values of a point on the work implement in the image-capturing-device coordinate system (Co1), the point corresponding to any pixel constituting the work implement on the captured image, on the basis of positional information on the pixel on the captured image and the position of the plane (S1); and converts the coordinate values of the point on the work implement in the image-capturing-device coordinate system, the point corresponding to the pixel, to coordinate values in a work-implement coordinate system (Co3) to output the coordinate values in the work-implement coordinate system (Co3) to a work-machine controller (50) of a hydraulic excavator (1Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2018Publication date: May 27, 2021Inventors: Naoki HAYAKAWA, Kohei HIROMATSU, Daito SAKAI, Shiho IZUMI
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Publication number: 20210047805Abstract: A construction machine that can display various work devices including a bucket on a display device without causing a sense of discomfort is provided. A display controller is configured to deform a first drawing figure to create a first post-deformation drawing figure such that a triangle having vertexes at a first coupling point, a second coupling point and a first monitor point in the first drawing figure becomes congruent with a triangle having vertexes at the first coupling point, the second coupling point and the first monitor point in a coordinate system on an image on a display device, and arrange the first post-deformation drawing figure on a screen of the display device such that positions of the first coupling point, the second coupling point and the first monitor point in the first post-deformation drawing figure are arranged correspondingly to positions of the first coupling point, the second coupling point and the first monitor point, respectively, in the coordinate system on the image.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2018Publication date: February 18, 2021Inventors: Kohei HIROMATSU, Shiho IZUMI, Daito SAKAI
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Patent number: 10858804Abstract: A work machine including a front control section configured to calculate a limit command value for restricting an operation of a front work implement includes: for example, a bypass line that bypasses, for example, the proportional solenoid valve in, for example, the pilot line; for example, a bypass valve disposed in, for example, the bypass line; a switch configured to output a signal to turn on or off control by the front control section; an on/off determining part configured to determine whether the signal from the switch is an on signal that brings front control into an on state or an off signal that brings the front control into an off state; an open/close command part configured to generate an open/close command signal to open the bypass valve when the signal is determined to be the off/off signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2017Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroki Takeuchi, Kouji Ishikawa, Shiho Izumi, Shuuichi Meguriya, Tarou Akita