Patents by Inventor Shinji MIitsuta

Shinji MIitsuta 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: 20130120579
    Abstract: A periphery monitoring device (10) comprises a monitor (50) that displays a bird's-eye image (200) that includes an image of a dump truck (1), a payload meter ECU (21) that detects the load of the dump truck (1), and a controller (20) that switches the size of a cargo image (C1) displayed over the vessel (4) of the dump truck (1) and displays this image on the monitor (50) on the basis of the detection result of the payload meter ECU (21). In a load display device for a dump truck, a plurality of cameras are installed and the load display device monitors the periphery by using a bird's-eye image that combines images obtained by the plurality of cameras. The load display device includes a display component, a detector and a display controller. The display component is configured to display the bird's-eye image including an image of the dump truck. The detector is configured to detect a load of the dump truck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji MIitsuta, Shigeru Harada, Tomikazu Tanuki, Eishin Masutani, Yukihiro Nakanishi, Takeshi Kurihara, Dai Tsubone, Masaomi Machida