Patents by Inventor Shinya Imura

Shinya Imura 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: 20240229418
    Abstract: Provided is a work machine control system which enables a worker to perform a work more easily in the vicinity of a work machine executing a task automatically. A work machine control system comprises: a work machine that executes a task automatically as a work to be executed; and a task control device for controlling execution of the task. The work machine comprises a vehicle body control device and a hydraulic actuator used for executing the task, wherein the vehicle body control device comprises: a task content input section for receiving input of task content information; a movement control section for calculating a speed instruction of the hydraulic actuator based on the task content information; a receiving section for receiving task control information outputted from the task control device having a task control input section for receiving input of the task control information; and a task control section for controlling execution of the task based on the task control information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Shinjiro YAMAMOTO, Shinya IMURA, Koji SHIWAKU, Hiroki ISHII
  • Patent number: 12012723
    Abstract: In a case that a change instruction to instruct to change a work area A1 to a requested work area A2 is input, whether or not change of the work area A1 to the requested work area A2 is possible is judged on the basis of the work area A1, location information of a machine main body configured by an upper swing structure 10 and a lower track structure 9, and posture information of a work device 15, and the work area A1 is overwritten with the requested work area A2 to change the work area in an only case that it is judged that change is possible. This can suppress interference between plural work machines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Moriki, Ryu Narikawa, Masaki Kanai, Kouji Shiwaku, Shinya Imura
  • Patent number: 12000416
    Abstract: A work machine that can keep the control accuracy of actuators irrespective of temperature variation of a hydraulic operating fluid that passes through flow rate controllers that control the flow rates of supply to the actuators is provided. For this purpose, the flow rate controllers each have a valve body that is disposed on a main hydraulic line connecting a delivery line of a hydraulic pump and the actuator and that moves according to an operation pressure from a solenoid proportional pressure reducing valve, a sampling hydraulic line that branches from the main hydraulic line, and a temperature sensor set on the sampling hydraulic line. The controller is configured to correct a command electrical signal to the solenoid proportional pressure reducing valve according to a signal from the temperature sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kento Kumagai, Shinya Imura, Yasutaka Tsuruga, Takaaki Chiba, Hiroaki Amano, Shinji Nishikawa, Akihiro Narazaki
  • Patent number: 12000117
    Abstract: A construction assisting system including a controller that performs construction assistance processing on the basis of positional relation between a worker and a hydraulic excavator, the construction assisting system including: an approach intention detecting device that detects an intention of the worker to approach the hydraulic excavator; an approach intention presenting device that presents a detection result of the approach intention detecting device to an operator of the hydraulic excavator; and an approach confirmation obtaining device that obtains a confirmation state of the operator of the hydraulic excavator for contents presented by the approach intention presenting device, the controller performing the construction assistance processing on the basis of position information of the worker when the operator of the hydraulic excavator denies the approach of the worker or when the operator of the hydraulic excavator does not confirm the intention of the worker to approach.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamada, Shinya Imura, Shiho Izumi
  • Patent number: 11993912
    Abstract: Provided is a work machine that can suppress decrease in work efficiency while reducing the possibility of contacting a worker or a dump truck, etc. A movement range is set in advance so as to avoid entry of a worker or a dump truck, etc. into the set movement range. The work machine performs stop control with clearance for an obstacle having entered the movement range, but performs stop control with relatively small clearance (minimum clearance) for a movement range. Thus, the work machine can reduce the frequency of stopping a body or a work implement and suppress decrease in work efficiency. Since the work machine controls the body or the work implement to stop with clearance when the worker or the dump truck, etc. enters the movement range of the work machine, the work machine can reduce the possibility of contacting the worker or the dump truck, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya Imura, Masamichi Ito, Hidekazu Moriki, Yuho Saito
  • Publication number: 20240133157
    Abstract: Provided is a work machine control system which enables a worker to perform a work more easily in the vicinity of a work machine executing a task automatically. A work machine control system comprises: a work machine that executes a task automatically as a work to be executed; and a task control device for controlling execution of the task. The work machine comprises a vehicle body control device and a hydraulic actuator used for executing the task, wherein the vehicle body control device comprises: a task content input section for receiving input of task content information; a movement control section for calculating a speed instruction of the hydraulic actuator based on the task content information; a receiving section for receiving task control information outputted from the task control device having a task control input section for receiving input of the task control information; and a task control section for controlling execution of the task based on the task control information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Shinjiro YAMAMOTO, Shinya IMURA, Koji SHIWAKU, Hiroki ISHII
  • Patent number: 11965315
    Abstract: The invention of the present application intends to provide a work machine that can ensure high operability by preventing abrupt actuation of an actuator and a shock to a machine body by use of a bleed-off function at the time of starting of the actuator and that can improve the energy-saving performance by reducing a bleed-off flow rate after the starting of the actuator. For this purpose, a controller opens a bleed-off valve at a timing at which an operation device is being operated and before a flow rate of a hydraulic pump starts increasing, and closes the bleed-off valve at a timing at which the operation device is being operated and after the flow rate of the hydraulic pump has started increasing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kento Kumagai, Shinya Imura, Yasutaka Tsuruga, Takaaki Chiba, Hiroaki Amano, Shinji Nishikawa, Akihiro Narazaki, Genroku Sugiyama, Shinjiro Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20240125096
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a work management system that enables efficient extraction of approach events that are likely to result in contact between a work machine and a worker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Akira KANAZAWA, Ryu NARIKAWA, Shinjirou YAMAMOTO, Takaaki CHIBA, Shinya IMURA
  • Publication number: 20240084556
    Abstract: A construction assisting system including a controller that performs construction assistance processing on the basis of positional relation between a worker and a hydraulic excavator, the construction assisting system including: an approach intention detecting device that detects an intention of the worker to approach the hydraulic excavator; an approach intention presenting device that presents a detection result of the approach intention detecting device to an operator of the hydraulic excavator; and an approach confirmation obtaining device that obtains a confirmation state of the operator of the hydraulic excavator for contents presented by the approach intention presenting device, the controller performing the construction assistance processing on the basis of position information of the worker when the operator of the hydraulic excavator denies the approach of the worker or when the operator of the hydraulic excavator does not confirm the intention of the worker to approach.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroyuki YAMADA, Shinya IMURA, Shiho IZUMI
  • Patent number: 11920325
    Abstract: A construction machine is provided that can cause each hydraulic actuator to accurately operate according to operation by an operator in combined operation in which a hydraulic fluid of a hydraulic pump is subjected to flow dividing and is supplied to plural hydraulic actuators. A controller 10, in a case of determining that combined operation is being carried out, controls a regulator 7a in such a manner that the delivery flow rate of a hydraulic pump 7 becomes larger than the total target flow rate of plural hydraulic actuators 4a, 5a, and 6a, and controls the respective opening amounts of plural directional control valves 8a1, 8a3, and 8a5 in such a manner that the difference between the respective target flow rates of the plural hydraulic actuators and the respective inflow flow rates of the plural hydraulic actuators sensed by velocity sensors 12 to 14 becomes small.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Kanazawa, Hidekazu Moriki, Takaaki Chiba, Shinya Imura
  • Patent number: 11851842
    Abstract: In a hydraulic excavator including a track structure, a swing structure swingably disposed on an upper portion of the track structure, a work implement coupled to the swing structure, an earth removal device including a blade coupled to the track structure and a lift cylinder configured to raise and lower the blade, an operation sensor configured to detect an operation of a travelling lever, a height sensor configured to measure a height of the blade with respect to the track structure, an antenna for a satellite positioning system, the antenna being mounted on the swing structure, and a controller configured to calculate positional data regarding the blade, the controller is configured to determine a travelling operation on the basis of a signal of the operation sensor, calculate a travelling direction of straight forward travelling of the track structure as an orientation of the track structure when the straight forward travelling of the track structure is detected from a trajectory of the antenna with a st
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignees: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., Hitachi Construction Machinery Tierra Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichiro Nakatani, Shinya Imura
  • Publication number: 20230392347
    Abstract: A working status indicating a status related to the present work of a hydraulic excavator 1 is determined on the basis of operation signals output from a control lever 24, posture information output from inertial measuring devices 27 to 30, load information output from pressure sensors 32 and 33, and a work area set by a display input device 26, an operation form indicating contents of an operation in operation correction control of a front work implement 12 is decided from a plurality of operation forms set in advance, according to the determined working status, and the operation correction control is performed such that the front work implement moves according to the operation form. Thus, an appropriate assisting operation can be performed in machine control, so that the work accuracy can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Satoshi NAKAMURA, Kouji SHIWAKU, Shinya IMURA
  • Patent number: 11821175
    Abstract: To provide a work machine having a blade provided to a track structure, and a swing structure provided swingably on the upper side of the track structure, which work machine allows for computation of the horizontal coordinates of the blade. The work machine includes: a swing-structure-position acquiring device that acquires a horizontal coordinate and an orientation of the swing structure; a swing sensor that senses a swing of the swing structure; a travel sensor that senses travelling of the track structure; and a controller that computes an orientation of the track structure, and a horizontal coordinate of the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., Hitachi Construction Machinery Tierra Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya Imura, Kenichiro Nakatani
  • Publication number: 20230358022
    Abstract: The invention of the present application intends to provide a work machine that can ensure high operability by preventing abrupt actuation of an actuator and a shock to a machine body by use of a bleed-off function at the time of starting of the actuator and that can improve the energy-saving performance by reducing a bleed-off flow rate after the starting of the actuator. For this purpose, a controller opens a bleed-off valve at a timing at which an operation device is being operated and before a flow rate of a hydraulic pump starts increasing, and closes the bleed-off valve at a timing at which the operation device is being operated and after the flow rate of the hydraulic pump has started increasing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Kento KUMAGAI, Shinya IMURA, Yasutaka TSURUGA, Takaaki CHIBA, Hiroaki AMANO, Shinji NISHIKAWA, Akihiro NARAZAKI, Genroku SUGIYAMA, Shinjiro YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230358024
    Abstract: Provided is a work machine and a control system for the work machine capable of preventing reduction of a work efficiency when inputting a complicated work area. The work machine includes a work area setting device 501, a work machine position/attitude acquisition device 502 and a work device position/attitude acquisition device 503, a controller 500, and a designated area setting device 504. When a hydraulic excavator (work machine) 1 intrudes on a designated area 401, the controller 500 puts operation restriction control in a work area 111 to an enabled state or disabled state according to an enable or disable setting of the operation restriction control depending on the designated area 401 set in the designated area setting device 504.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Koji SHIWAKU, Shinya IMURA
  • Publication number: 20230316917
    Abstract: The present invention intends to provide a risk management system that can accurately extract information necessary for analysis of a variety of accidents in which a machine is involved. For this purpose, a controller calculates a main risk that is the degree at which a main factor of an accident contributes to the occurrence of the accident on the basis of an evaluation value of the main factor, and calculates a subsidiary risk that is the degree at which a subsidiary factor of the accident contributes to the occurrence of the accident on the basis of an evaluation value of the subsidiary factor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Akira KANAZAWA, Hiroyuki YAMADA, Shiho IZUMI, Shinya IMURA, Mariko MIZUOCHI
  • Publication number: 20230304261
    Abstract: A work machine includes: a work device; a posture sensor that senses posture information of the work device; a hydraulic actuator that drives the work device; and a controller configured to generate operation plan information on the basis of task information necessary for automatic control, the task information being obtained from an external system, and perform automatic control of the hydraulic actuator on the basis of the operation plan information and a sensing result of the posture sensor. The controller outputs the operation plan information to the external system. The controller does not perform the automatic control when an approval signal indicating that the operation plan information is approved is not input from the external system. The controller performs the automatic control when the approval signal is input from the external system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroki ISHII, Shinya IMURA, Shinjiro YAMAMOTO, Koji SHIWAKU
  • Publication number: 20230306536
    Abstract: Provided is a work and function content change determination system that leaves a responsible person to make a determination whether or not to change work content and function content in a timely manner. A work and function content change determination system 35 is configured to determine whether or not to change work content and function content at a civil engineering and construction site, and includes a determination device 34 that is communicable with a first terminal 47 and a second terminal 33. When receiving information on an application for change of the work content and function content from the first terminal 47, the determination device 34 transmits, to the second terminal 33 of the authorized person having authority to approve the application for change, information on the application content for change and authority information on the authorized person identified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Yuho SAITO, Hidekazu MORIKI, Shinya IMURA
  • Publication number: 20230295898
    Abstract: A work machine control system includes: a monitoring apparatus that detects a position and an action of a person in a monitored area set around a hydraulic excavator; and a controller that generates a control signal for limiting an action of the hydraulic excavator on the basis of a positional relation between the hydraulic excavator and a detected person detected by the monitoring apparatus, and controls the hydraulic excavator on the basis of the control signal. The controller determines which of a cooperating worker and a non-cooperating worker the detected person is, on the basis of an action of the detected person; and changes an allowable velocity of the work machine at a time of limiting an action of the work machine on the basis of a result of the determination or on the basis of the result of the determination and the action of the work machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Ryu NARIKAWA, Hidekazu MORIKI, Shinya IMURA, Shinjirou YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230295899
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a constriction assistance system that can optimize the safety and the productivity in a work at a construction site. Accordingly, the construction assistance system that has a safety construction assistance function that contributes to risk reduction in regard to a worker and a work machine at a construction site includes a server that collects operation information on the work machine deployed at the construction site, and a communication network that connects the work machine with the server. The server measures an actuation count of the safety construction assistance function, calculates a safety awareness level of the worker who works at the construction site on the basis of the actuation count, and delivers the safety awareness level to a receiving device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroyuki YAMADA, Akira KANAZAWA, Shinya IMURA