Patents by Inventor Sou SAKUTA

Sou SAKUTA 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: 11946223
    Abstract: A shovel includes a lower traveling body, an upper turning body turnably attached to the lower traveling body, an actuator mounted on the lower traveling body or the upper turning body, and a controller configured to set a prohibited area for an obstacle located in a work area and restrict movement of the actuator. The controller determines whether the shovel has entered the prohibited area, and slows or stops movement of the shovel in response to determining that the shovel enters the prohibited area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sou Sakuta, Takeya Izumikawa
  • Patent number: 11913194
    Abstract: A shovel includes an undercarriage, an upper swing structure swingably mounted on the undercarriage, an object detector provided on the upper swing structure, and a hardware processor configured to automatically braking a drive part of the shovel according to a predetermined braking pattern, in accordance with a distance between the shovel and an object, the distance being detected by the object detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sou Sakuta
  • Patent number: 11518318
    Abstract: A shovel includes a lower travelling body, an upper swiveling body that is mounted on the lower travelling body so as to freely swivel relative to the lower travelling body, an operator cab that is mounted on the upper swiveling body, and a monitor attaching base that is installed inside the operator cab so as to extend in right and left directions and includes a plurality of attaching units, to which a display device is attachable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO(S.H.I.) CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sou Sakuta
  • Patent number: 11492783
    Abstract: A shovel includes a lower traveling body, an upper turning body mounted on the lower traveling body; and a receiver, a direction detecting device, a controller, and a display device mounted on the upper turning body, wherein the receiver is configured to receive an image captured by a camera-mounted autonomous aerial vehicle, the direction detecting device is configured to detect a direction of the shovel, the controller is configured to generate information related to a target rotation angle of the camera-mounted autonomous aerial vehicle based on the direction of the shovel, and the display device is configured to display the captured image in a same direction as a direction of an image that is captured when the camera-mounted autonomous aerial vehicle rotates by the target rotation angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO(S.H.I) CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Nishi, Sou Sakuta, Takaaki Morimoto, Takeya Izumikawa
  • Publication number: 20210025135
    Abstract: A shovel includes an undercarriage, an upper swing structure swingably mounted on the undercarriage, an object detector provided on the upper swing structure, and a hardware processor configured to automatically braking a drive part of the shovel according to a predetermined braking pattern, in accordance with a distance between the shovel and an object, the distance being detected by the object detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventor: Sou SAKUTA
  • Publication number: 20210002863
    Abstract: A shovel includes a lower traveling body, an upper turning body turnably attached to the lower traveling body, an actuator mounted on the lower traveling body or the upper turning body, and a controller configured to set a prohibited area for an obstacle located in a work area and restrict movement of the actuator. The controller determines whether the shovel has entered the prohibited area, and slows or stops movement of the shovel in response to determining that the shovel enters the prohibited area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Sou SAKUTA, Takeya IZUMIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20200385953
    Abstract: A shovel includes a traveling lower body; a revolving upper body rotatably installed on the traveling lower body; an object detection device provided on the revolving upper body; a control device provided in the revolving upper body; and an actuator configured to move a driven object, wherein the object detection device is configured to detect an object in a detection space set in surroundings of the shovel, and wherein the control device is configured to allow a motion of the driven object in a direction other than a direction heading for the detected object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Sou SAKUTA, Takeya IZUMIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20200370282
    Abstract: A shovel includes a lower traveling body, an upper turning body mounted on the lower traveling body; and a receiver, a direction detecting device, a controller, and a display device mounted on the upper turning body, wherein the receiver is configured to receive an image captured by a camera-mounted autonomous aerial vehicle, the direction detecting device is configured to detect a direction of the shovel, the controller is configured to generate information related to a target rotation angle of the camera-mounted autonomous aerial vehicle based on the direction of the shovel, and the display device is configured to display the captured image in a same direction as a direction of an image that is captured when the camera-mounted autonomous aerial vehicle rotates by the target rotation angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Takashi NISHI, Sou SAKUTA, Takaaki MORIMOTO, Takeya IZUMIKAWA
  • Patent number: 10767347
    Abstract: A shovel includes a lower traveling body, an upper turning body mounted on the lower traveling body; and a receiver, a direction detecting device, a controller, and a display device mounted on the upper turning body, wherein the receiver is configured to receive an image captured by a camera-mounted autonomous aerial vehicle, the direction detecting device is configured to detect a direction of the shovel, the controller is configured to generate information related to a target rotation angle of the camera-mounted autonomous aerial vehicle based on the direction of the shovel, and the display device is configured to display the captured image in a same direction as a direction of an image that is captured when the camera-mounted autonomous aerial vehicle rotates by the target rotation angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO(S.H.I.) CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Nishi, Sou Sakuta, Takaaki Morimoto, Takeya Izumikawa
  • Publication number: 20190359145
    Abstract: A shovel includes a lower travelling body, an upper swiveling body that is mounted on the lower travelling body so as to freely swivel relative to the lower travelling body, an operator cab that is mounted on the upper swiveling body, and a monitor attaching base that is installed inside the operator cab so as to extend in right and left directions and includes a plurality of attaching units, to which a display device is attachable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventor: Sou SAKUTA
  • Publication number: 20180371723
    Abstract: A shovel includes a lower traveling body, an upper turning body mounted on the lower traveling body; and a receiver, a direction detecting device, a controller, and a display device mounted on the upper turning body, wherein the receiver is configured to receive an image captured by a camera-mounted autonomous aerial vehicle, the direction detecting device is configured to detect a direction of the shovel, the controller is configured to generate information related to a target rotation angle of the camera-mounted autonomous aerial vehicle based on the direction of the shovel, and the display device is configured to display the captured image in a same direction as a direction of an image that is captured when the camera-mounted autonomous aerial vehicle rotates by the target rotation angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Takashi NISHI, Sou SAKUTA, Takaaki MORIMOTO, Takeya IZUMIKAWA