Patents by Inventor Syunta SATO

Syunta SATO 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: 11148697
    Abstract: An automatic guided vehicle according to one aspect of the present invention moves a trolley including a trolley body, wheels attached to the trolley body, and a section to be connected which is provided on the lower surface of the trolley body. The automatic guided vehicle is provided with: a vehicle body; drive wheels attached to the vehicle body; and a connection mechanism which is connected to the trolley, wherein the connection mechanism includes a connecting section disposed on an upper side of the upper surface of the vehicle body so as to be movable horizontally in a first direction, and includes a drive apparatus which moves the connecting section in the first direction and connects the connecting section to the section to be connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC-SHIMPO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Akamatsu, Hiroki Akamatsu, Norio Deguchi, Syunta Sato, Hitoshi Inoue
  • Patent number: 10866587
    Abstract: There is provided a management system for vehicles which can make it easier to introduce changes in the traveling path on the field. A management system 1 manages travel of a vehicle by using a travel management apparatus. The vehicle includes a plurality of driving wheels to be driven by a plurality of motors, a drive unit to rotate the driving wheels, a first communication circuit which receives data representing a traveling path from the travel management apparatus, and a control circuit which causes the vehicle to travel along the traveling path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: NIDEC SHIMPO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Akamatsu, Syunta Sato
  • Publication number: 20190302757
    Abstract: A computer system for creating a path for a vehicle includes: a processor; a memory configured to store a computer program that controls an operation of the processor; an input device configured to accept an operation by a user; and a display device. In accordance with the computer program, the processor displays, on the display device, a map of a space where the vehicle moves, accepts, from the input device, designation of the k-th (k: an integer satisfying 1?k?N?1, N: an integer not less than 2) point and the (k+1)-th point on the map corresponding to passing points of the vehicle, and generates, in response to the acceptance, a composite statement which is a computer-interpretable statement and where a movement permission condition concerning a path k connecting the k-th point and the (k+1)-th point is defined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventor: Syunta SATO
  • Publication number: 20190270472
    Abstract: An automatic guided vehicle according to one aspect of the present invention moves a trolley including a trolley body, wheels attached to the trolley body, and a section to be connected which is provided on the lower surface of the trolley body. The automatic guided vehicle is provided with: a vehicle body; drive wheels attached to the vehicle body; and a connection mechanism which is connected to the trolley, wherein the connection mechanism includes a connecting section disposed on an upper side of the upper surface of the vehicle body so as to be movable horizontally in a first direction, and includes a drive apparatus which moves the connecting section in the first direction and connects the connecting section to the section to be connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Applicant: NIDEC-SHIMPO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro AKAMATSU, Hiroki AKAMATSU, Norio DEGUCHI, Syunta SATO, Hitoshi INOUE
  • Publication number: 20190155275
    Abstract: There is provided a management system for vehicles which can make it easier to introduce changes in the traveling path on the field. A management system 1 manages travel of a vehicle by using a travel management apparatus. The vehicle includes a plurality of driving wheels to be driven by a plurality of motors, a drive unit to rotate the driving wheels, a first communication circuit which receives data representing a traveling path from the travel management apparatus, and a control circuit which causes the vehicle to travel along the traveling path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Masahiro AKAMATSU, Syunta SATO