Patents by Inventor Sora Otaguro

Sora Otaguro 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: 11417185
    Abstract: In order to achieve the object described above, a communication management system includes: a surveying instrument including a survey unit, a GPS device, a control unit, and a communication unit; a management server capable of communicating with the surveying instrument; and a remote terminal capable of communicating with the management server, wherein the remote terminal sets a usable range of the surveying instrument, and sets determination on entrance and exit of the surveying instrument into and from the usable range, and an operation responsive to results of the determination, and makes the management server store these, the surveying instrument transmits own GPS information to the management server, and the management server compares entrance and exit of the surveying instrument into and from the usable range with the GPS information and executes the determination, and executes the operation based on results of the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Kikuchi, Mitsutaka Kagata, Sora Otaguro
  • Patent number: 11300423
    Abstract: Provided is a communication management system for a surveying instrument. The system includes: a surveying instrument including a survey unit configured to survey a target, a control unit configured to control the survey unit, and a communication unit connected to a communication network; a management server capable of communicating with the surveying instrument; and a remote terminal capable of communicating with the management server, wherein the remote terminal makes maintenance settings for the surveying instrument and cancels the maintenance settings, and stores the maintenance settings and cancellation of the settings in the management server, the management server gives a notification to at least one of a user and an administrator that the surveying instrument is in a state requiring predetermined maintenance work according to the maintenance settings, and when the maintenance settings are canceled, stops the notification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Kikuchi, Mitsutaka Kagata, Sora Otaguro
  • Patent number: 10802471
    Abstract: A technique is provided to enable low-cost control of amounts of fertilizer applied. A control device controls a currently used agricultural machine that applies fertilizer to a crop while traveling through a field. The control device includes a growth data receiving unit, a fertilizer application amount value calculator, and a speed signal generator. The growth data receiving unit receives growth data that is obtained by sensing a growth condition of a crop at each location in the field. The fertilizer application amount value calculator determines an amount of fertilizer on the basis of the growth data. The speed signal generator generates a speed signal to cause the agricultural machine to travel at a speed corresponding to a variable value of an amount of the fertilizer to be applied at each location in the field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noriko Saito, Sora Otaguro, Ryosuke Tomizawa, Atsushi Ohyama, Tsuyoshi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 10699544
    Abstract: In order to achieve the object, a communication management system includes: a surveying instrument including a survey unit, a system timer, a control unit, and a communication unit; a management server capable of communicating with the surveying instrument; and a remote terminal capable of communicating with the management server, wherein the remote terminal sets a usable time of the surveying instrument, sets determination on an operating time of the surveying instrument and the usable time, and an operation responding to results of the determination, and makes the management server store these, the surveying instrument transmits an operation start time and an operation end time to the management server, and the management server acquires the operation start time and the operation end time, and compares the usable time and an operating time of the surveying instrument and executes the determination, and executes the operation based on results of the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Kikuchi, Mitsutaka Kagata, Sora Otaguro
  • Publication number: 20200200564
    Abstract: Provided is a communication management system for a surveying instrument. The system includes: a surveying instrument including a survey unit configured to survey a target, a control unit configured to control the survey unit, and a communication unit connected to a communication network; a management server capable of communicating with the surveying instrument; and a remote terminal capable of communicating with the management server, wherein the remote terminal makes maintenance settings for the surveying instrument and cancels the maintenance settings, and stores the maintenance settings and cancellation of the settings in the management server, the management server gives a notification to at least one of a user and an administrator that the surveying instrument is in a state requiring predetermined maintenance work according to the maintenance settings, and when the maintenance settings are canceled, stops the notification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Takeshi KIKUCHI, Mitsutaka KAGATA, Sora OTAGURO
  • Publication number: 20200143647
    Abstract: In order to achieve the object described above, a communication management system includes: a surveying instrument including a survey unit , a GPS device, a control unit, and a communication unit ; a management server capable of communicating with the surveying instrument; and a remote terminal capable of communicating with the management server, wherein the remote terminal sets a usable range of the surveying instrument, and sets determination on entrance and exit of the surveying instrument into and from the usable range, and an operation responsive to results of the determination, and makes the management server store these, the surveying instrument transmits own GPS information to the management server, and the management server compares entrance and exit of the surveying instrument into and from the usable range with the GPS information and executes the determination, and executes the operation based on results of the determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Takeshi KIKUCHI, Mitsutaka KAGATA, Sora OTAGURO
  • Publication number: 20200043310
    Abstract: In order to achieve the object, a communication management system includes: a surveying instrument including a survey unit, a system timer, a control unit, and a communication unit; a management server capable of communicating with the surveying instrument; and a remote terminal capable of communicating with the management server, wherein the remote terminal sets a usable time of the surveying instrument, sets determination on an operating time of the surveying instrument and the usable time, and an operation responding to results of the determination, and makes the management server store these, the surveying instrument transmits an operation start time and an operation end time to the management server, and the management server acquires the operation start time and the operation end time, and compares the usable time and an operating time of the surveying instrument and executes the determination, and executes the operation based on results of the determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Takeshi KIKUCHI, Mitsutaka KAGATA, Sora OTAGURO
  • Publication number: 20190072937
    Abstract: A technique is provided to enable low-cost control of amounts of fertilizer applied. A control device controls a currently used agricultural machine that applies fertilizer to a crop while traveling through a field. The control device includes a growth data receiving unit, a fertilizer application amount value calculator, and a speed signal generator. The growth data receiving unit receives growth data that is obtained by sensing a growth condition of a crop at each location in the field. The fertilizer application amount value calculator determines an amount of fertilizer on the basis of the growth data. The speed signal generator generates a speed signal to cause the agricultural machine to travel at a speed corresponding to a variable value of an amount of the fertilizer to be applied at each location in the field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noriko SAITO, Sora OTAGURO, Ryosuke TOMIZAWA, Atsushi OHYAMA, Tsuyoshi YOSHIDA
  • Patent number: 8749763
    Abstract: A surveying device includes a surveying unit configured to measure a direction and a distance to a target object, a control unit configured to control the surveying unit, a communication unit configured to allow the control unit to communicate with an outside network, and a status input unit with which operation status information on the surveying unit is input, wherein the control unit transmits the operation status information input with the status input unit to the outside network via the communication unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Topcon
    Inventors: Ritsuo Sakimura, Sora Otaguro
  • Publication number: 20120133918
    Abstract: A surveying device includes a surveying unit configured to measure a direction and a distance to a target object, a control unit configured to control the surveying unit, a communication unit configured to allow the control unit to communicate with an outside network, and a status input unit with which operation status information on the surveying unit is input, wherein the control unit transmits the operation status information input with the status input unit to the outside network via the communication unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON
    Inventors: Ritsuo Sakimura, Sora Otaguro