Patents by Inventor Sho FUJIWARA

Sho FUJIWARA 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: 20240112459
    Abstract: A container measurement system enables accurate calculation of three-dimensional information about a container. The container measurement system includes: a distance image acquisition part provided in a working machine that performs a loading work to a container for acquiring a distance image of the container; a calculation part that calculates, on the basis of the acquired distance image, three-dimensional information including a three-dimensional position and a three-dimensional shape of the container; a storage part that stores three-dimensional shapes of various kinds of containers; a specifying part that specifies a kind of the container subjected to the calculation on the basis of the calculated three-dimensional shape of the container and the three-dimensional shapes of the various kinds of containers stored in the storage part; and a correction part that corrects the calculated three-dimensional information about the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukihiro HOSO, Sho FUJIWARA, Shingun KYU
  • Patent number: 11946228
    Abstract: A safety apparatus of a work machine includes: obstacle sensors provided in the upper revolving body; a revolving angle detector; an upper-side coordinate position calculation section that calculates an upper-side coordinate position of the obstacle in the upper-side coordinate system using the upper revolving body as a reference; a lower-side judgment area setting section that sets a lower-side judgment area in the lower-side coordinate system using the lower traveling body as a reference; a coordinate transformation section that transforms one of the upper-side coordinate position and the position of the lower-side judgment area into the other coordinate system to unify the coordinate system; a lower-side approach judgment section that judges whether an obstacle exists within the lower-side judgment area in the unified coordinate system; and a safety operation command section that outputs a safety operation command based on the judgment result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sho Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20240044102
    Abstract: A target locus of an attachment is determined while a calculation load for generating the target locus of the attachment is suppressed. A controller is configured to set a position of an arm distal end at a time when a contact detector detects contact of a bucket distal end with an excavation object at a start point of an arm distal end target locus. The controller is configured to receive information about a form of the arm distal end target locus in advance. The controller is configured to set a position for a finish point on the basis of an angle of a surface of the excavation object, an intersection angle between the arm distal end target locus and the surface of the excavation object, information about the form of the arm distal end target locus, and an offset amount about the finish point of the arm distal end target locus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryunosuke MIYAZAKI, Masaki AKIYAMA, Sho FUJIWARA, Takayuki DOI
  • Publication number: 20240018752
    Abstract: A position detection system includes: a mark provided on a detection target; an imaging device that images the detection target so as to include the mark; an acquisition unit that acquires a position and an attitude of the mark from imaging information that is information related to the mark imaged; a storage device that stores information on a three-dimensional shape of the detection target; and a detection target calculation unit that calculates a position and an attitude of the detection target based on mark related information that is information related to acquired position and attitude of the mark and stored information on the three-dimensional shape of the detection target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sho FUJIWARA, Yukihiro HOSO, Shingun KYU
  • Publication number: 20230383500
    Abstract: A technology that further facilitates automatic driving control of working machines includes a working area setting system that includes an area setting unit. The area setting unit is provided to set a working area. The working area is a predetermined range in which an operation target of a working machine is stacked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke NODA, Nobuhiro FUKUO, Masaki AKIYAMA, Sho FUJIWARA
  • Publication number: 20230183948
    Abstract: Provided is a compaction management system capable of accurately managing the compaction state of a compaction target ground. The compaction management system includes a compaction-pressing-record production unit, a storage device, and a final-compaction-pressing-record selection unit. The compaction pressing record production unit produces a plurality of compaction pressing records, each of which includes the pressing compaction position and the compaction pressing force which are associated with each other. The storage device stores the plurality of compaction pressing records.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke NODA, Sho FUJIWARA, Yusuke KAMIMURA
  • Publication number: 20230158604
    Abstract: Provided is a laser processing apparatus configured to machine a corner portion of a sample by causing the corner portion to relatively approach a laser, the laser being emitted such that an optical axis of the laser extends in a predetermined direction, the corner portion being formed by a plurality of adjacent surfaces of the sample, the laser processing apparatus including: a detection unit provided at a position at least outside an irradiation region of the laser, the irradiation region extending in a tubular shape in a plan view intersecting the optical axis, the detection unit being configured to detect intensity of light reaching the position; approach control means for controlling an actuator relatively displacing the sample along a direction intersecting the optical axis such that the sample relatively approaches the optical axis; value acquisition means for acquiring the intensity of the light defined as a value detected by the detection unit in a predetermined positional relationship in which a tip
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Fumihiro Itoigawa, Osamu Konda, Sho Fujiwara, Shotaro Yasuda
  • Publication number: 20230041186
    Abstract: A measurement device is configured to: calculate first contour data of a container in an empty state at a first time; calculate second contour data indicating a surface contour of an object at a second time in execution of a scooping operation by the container; rotate the second contour data, based on differential information indicating a difference between second posture data of a working gear 4 at the second time and first posture data of the working gear 4 at the first time; specify a region defined by supplemental contour data for supplementing the surface contour of the object contained in the container in the execution of the scooping operation, the rotated second contour data, and the first contour data; and calculate, based on the specified region, a first volume indicating a volume of the object contained in the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicants: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD., HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yukihiro HOSO, Yusuke FUNAHARA, Sho FUJIWARA, Toru TAMAKI
  • Publication number: 20220412056
    Abstract: A measurement device is configured to calculate, based on second measurement data provided by a distance detector, second contour data indicating a surface contour of an object contained in the container at a second time after a first time; calculate differential information indicating a difference between first posture data and second posture data which is posture data provided by a posture detector at the second time; rotate, based on the differential information, the second contour data in a three-dimensional coordinate space of the distance detector; and specify a region defined by the rotated second contour data and the first contour data, and calculate, based on the specified region, a volume of the object contained in the container at the second time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicants: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD., HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yukihiro HOSO, Sho FUJIWARA, Yusuke FUNAHARA, Toru TAMAKI
  • Publication number: 20220388791
    Abstract: The transport vehicle position estimating device includes: a distance image acquiring part for acquiring a distance image of a box bed; and a calculation part. The calculation part sets a box bed scope indicative of a positional extent of the box bed on the basis of the distance image of the box bed acquired by the distance image acquiring part. The calculation part acquires a dischargeable region indicative of a dischargeable extent of the attachment under the condition that the attachment is operated but the lower travelling body is not travelled. The calculation part determines whether the box bed scope falls within the dischargeable region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sho FUJIWARA, Yukihiro HOSO, Shingun KYU
  • Publication number: 20220347791
    Abstract: Provided is a laser processing apparatus configured to machine a corner portion of a machining target object by causing the corner portion to be relatively displaced toward a laser, the laser having an optical axis extending in a predetermined direction, the corner portion being formed by a plurality of adjacent surfaces of the machining target object and including a coating layer comprising a light-transmissive material, the laser processing apparatus including: displacement control means for controlling an actuator such that the machining target object becomes relatively close to or away from the optical axis; a detection unit provided at a position at least outside an irradiation region of the laser, the irradiation region extending in a tubular shape in a plan view intersecting the optical axis, the detection unit being configured to detect intensity of light reaching the position; and detection means for detecting a distance of relative displacement of the machining target object between points of detect
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Fumihiro Itoigawa, Osamu Konda, Sho Fujiwara, Shotaro Yasuda
  • Publication number: 20220343524
    Abstract: A container measuring system includes a distance image acquiring part and a calculation part. The distance image acquiring part is provided on a working machine for performing a work of loading into a container, and is capable of acquiring a distance image of the container. The calculation part processes the distance image of the container acquired by the distance image acquiring part. The calculation part calculates a three-dimensional position of a flat face part constituting the container on the basis of the distance image of the container. The calculation part calculates three-dimensional information including a three-dimensional position and a three-dimensional shape of the container on the basis of the three-dimensional position of the flat face part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shingun KYU, Yukihiro HOSO, Sho FUJIWARA
  • Publication number: 20220323681
    Abstract: A grip for a syringe barrel to be attached to a syringe barrel that includes a tubular body, and a flange provided on the tubular body and projecting outward, includes a flange receiving portion configured to receive the flange, and a side wall portion extending in a distal end direction from the flange receiving portion and configured to partially cover a proximal end portion of the tubular body adjacent to the flange. The side wall portion includes a fitting portion configured to be fitted to the proximal end portion of the tubular body, and an airflow portion configured to allow a sterilization gas to flow to an outer surface of the tubular body covered by the side wall portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Sho FUJIWARA, Masafumi TAKEMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220259815
    Abstract: A work content determination system determines a work content of a construction machine at a work site. This work content determination system includes: an image-capturing device that acquires an image including the construction machine at the work site; and an image processing device that determines the work content of the construction machine based on a time-series change in the image acquired by the image-capturing device and outputs the work content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sho FUJIWARA, Yukihiro HOSO, Shingun KYU, Hideki YOSHIHARA, Koji YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20220254054
    Abstract: A work information generation system includes: a data acquisition unit that acquires time-series work data for determining work content of work performed by a construction machine and attendant situation data representing an attendant situation including at least one of a situation of the construction machine and a situation around the construction machine when the work is performed; a work content determination unit that determines the work content based on the time-series work data; and a reflection information generation unit that generates, based on the work content and the attendant situation data, reflection information, which is information in which the attendant situation is reflected on the work content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomofumi OKADA, Sho FUJIWARA, Yukihiro HOSO, Shingun KYU, Koji YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20220245856
    Abstract: A position specifying system includes: a detection unit detecting a parameter for specifying a posture of a specification target construction machine; a posture information generation unit generating posture information regarding a posture of the specification target construction machine based on the parameter; an image-capturing device acquiring an image including a plurality of construction machines at a work site; a posture estimation unit estimating a posture of each of the plurality of construction machines based on the image and generating posture estimation information regarding the posture having been estimated; a machine specifying unit specifying a construction machine corresponding to the posture information from among the plurality of construction machines by comparing the posture information with the posture estimation information; and an information output unit generating, based on the image, and outputting position information regarding a position of the construction machine having been specifi
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukihiro HOSO, Sho FUJIWARA, Shingun KYU, Hideki YOSHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20220237534
    Abstract: A data amount reduction unit of a data processing system of a construction machine is configured to reduce, based on a preset first reduction rule, a data amount of first image data that is a portion corresponding to a preset first specification work among time-series image data stored in a data storage unit, and reduce, based on a preset second reduction rule, a data amount of second image data that is a portion corresponding to a preset second specification work among the time-series image data stored in the data storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shingun KYU, Sho FUJIWARA, Yukihiro HOSO, Yoichiro YAMAZAKI
  • Patent number: 11346085
    Abstract: An obstacle detection device capable of appropriately setting an area for detecting an obstacle in the vicinity of a machine body of a construction machine in consideration of the state of inclination of the construction machine with respect to its surrounding ground area includes an inclination information acquisition section to obtain inclination information of the machine body with respect to a surrounding ground area in the vicinity of the construction machine, and an area setting section to set a monitoring area for detecting an obstacle, and to modify the monitoring area according to the inclination information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sho Fujiwara, Tomofumi Okada
  • Publication number: 20220145584
    Abstract: A compaction management system includes a position calculation unit that, when a bucket is pressed against a compaction target ground, calculates a position of the bucket, a rolling compaction force calculation unit that, when the bucket is pressed against the compaction target ground, calculates a rolling compaction force applied to the compaction target ground using the attitude of the machine body, the attitude of the attachment, a pressure of a cylinder, and dimensions of the attachment, a rolling compaction record creation unit that creates a rolling compaction record in which the position calculated by the position calculation unit is associated with the rolling compaction force calculated by the rolling compaction force calculation unit, and a storage control unit that causes a storage device to store the rolling compaction record created by the rolling compaction record creation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sho FUJIWARA, Yusuke KAMIMURA, Yoichiro YAMAZAKI, Koji YAMASHITA, Daisuke NODA, Hideki YOSHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20220134023
    Abstract: An administrable liquid medicine preparation tool is provided with a first port to which a syringe is attachable, a second port to which a syringe is attachable, a main body provided with a liquid flow path that communicates the first port with the second port, a hydrophilic filtration membrane that divides the liquid flow path into a first port side flow path and a second port side flow path, a first air discharge hole that communicates the first port side flow path with the outside, a first air-permeable membrane that blocks the first air discharge hole in an air-permeable manner, a second air discharge hole that communicates the second port side flow path with the outside, and a second air-permeable membrane that blocks the second air discharge hole in an air-permeable manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Sho FUJIWARA, Tsutomu UEDA