Patents by Inventor Takaaki Morimoto

Takaaki Morimoto 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: 11743406
    Abstract: Provided is an image sensor lighting unit including at least one light guide extending in a main scanning direction; a first light source group facing a first end surface of at least two end surfaces of the at least one light guide in the main scanning direction; and a second light source group facing a second end surface of the at least two end surfaces. The first light source group includes a first light source that emits light having a predetermined wavelength band. The second light source group includes a second light source that emits light having the wavelength band. An X-coordinate of the first light source in a corresponding XY-coordinate system is equal in absolute value to an X-coordinate of the second light source in a corresponding XY-coordinate system, with the at least one light guide viewed from the first end surface side in the main scanning direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Takaaki Morimoto, Akira Bogaki, Naoki Tomigaki, Yuki Kiyose
  • Publication number: 20220417381
    Abstract: Provided is an image sensor lighting unit including at least one light guide extending in a main scanning direction; a first light source group facing a first end surface of at least two end surfaces of the at least one light guide in the main scanning direction; and a second light source group facing a second end surface of the at least two end surfaces. The first light source group includes a first light source that emits light having a predetermined wavelength band. The second light source group includes a second light source that emits light having the wavelength band. An X-coordinate of the first light source in a corresponding XY-coordinate system is equal in absolute value to an X-coordinate of the second light source in a corresponding XY-coordinate system, with the at least one light guide viewed from the first end surface side in the main scanning direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: Glory Ltd.
    Inventors: Takaaki MORIMOTO, Akira BOGAKI, Naoki TOMIGAKI, Yuki KIYOSE
  • Patent number: 11519158
    Abstract: A shovel according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a lower traveling body, an upper turning body rotatably mounted on the lower traveling body, an operator's compartment provided to the upper turning body, a display device provided in the operator's compartment, and an input device provided in the operator's compartment. The display device is capable of displaying a setting screen for a construction support system using information and communication technology, and a function to switch a screen displayed on the display device to the setting screen is assigned to the input device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO(S.H.I.) CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takaaki Morimoto, Yuho Nishimagi, Takeya Izumikawa
  • 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: 20220074171
    Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device displays an image captured by a first camera of a plurality of cameras, the captured image representing a situation around a shovel, and when a predetermined object is detected within an imaging range of a second camera that is different from the first camera, the display device displays an image representing that the predetermined object is detected outside a range of the displayed captured image of the first camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Takeya IZUMIKAWA, Takaaki MORIMOTO, Atsushi NAKAYAMA, Keiichi TSUJI, Yusuke SATO, Takashi UMEDA
  • Publication number: 20220042286
    Abstract: A shovel includes a lower traveling body including a pair of crawlers; an upper turning body; an image capturing device; an obtaining device that obtains information related to a situation around the shovel; a detecting part that detects a predetermined object around the shovel; and a display device that displays a peripheral image representing the situation around the shovel. A detection area of the detecting part includes the entirety of an area appearing in the peripheral image displayed on the display device. Areas located in a moving direction of the crawlers, in a state in which the orientation of the upper turning body does not coincide with the moving direction of the crawlers, are included in one or both of a detectable area in which the predetermined object is detectable by the detecting part and a displayable area that is displayable on the display device as the peripheral image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Keiichi TSUJI, Takaaki MORIMOTO, Atsushi NAKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220042282
    Abstract: A shovel includes a detecting part configured to detect a person around the shovel. The detecting part detects a first person with a relatively high probability, a second person with a relatively lower probability than the first person, and a third person with a relatively lower probability than the second person, wherein the first person wears both a helmet and clothing with a reflective material, the second person wears one of the helmet and the clothing with the reflective material, and the third person wears neither the helmet nor the clothing with the reflective material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Atsushi Nakayama, Takeya Izumikawa, Takaaki Morimoto
  • Publication number: 20220042283
    Abstract: A shovel includes a lower traveling body; an upper turning body turnably mounted on the lower traveling body; a work attachment attached to the upper turning body; a detecting part provided to the upper turning body and configured to detect a predetermined object around the shovel; and a notification part configured to provide a notification to surroundings of the shovel in response to detection of the predetermined object by the detecting part. The notification part determines whether to provide the notification to the surroundings of the shovel in response to the detection of the predetermined object by the detecting part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Keiichi TSUJI, Takaaki MORIMOTO, Yusuke SATO
  • Patent number: 11078647
    Abstract: In an excavator, a plurality of lines to be compared with a region of work by an end attachment are set, and the plurality of lines are changed in accordance with progress of excavation work.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO(S.H.I.) CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takaaki Morimoto
  • Patent number: 11001992
    Abstract: A shovel includes a lower traveling body, an upper turning body turnably mounted on the lower traveling body, a cab mounted on the upper turning body, an attachment including a working part configured to perform work, and a display device provided in the cab. The display device is configured to display information related to the time of the last adjustment of the information of the working part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO(S.H.I.) CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takaaki Morimoto
  • Patent number: 10927528
    Abstract: A shovel includes a traveling undercarriage configured to travel, an upper rotating structure swingably mounted on the traveling undercarriage, a cab mounted on the upper rotating structure, an attachment including a working part configured to perform work, and a display device provided in the cab. The display device is configured to display an image including a work guidance display part, the work guidance display part showing an attitude of the working part and a target surface, and is configured to change a content displayed in the work guidance display part in accordance with an operating condition of the attachment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO(S.H.I.) CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takaaki Morimoto
  • 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
  • Patent number: 10677646
    Abstract: By overlapping lighting timings of light sources that emit lights of a plurality of different wavelength bands including a wavelength band of at least a visible light region and an infrared light region, the lights of the plurality of the different wavelength bands including the wavelength band of at least the visible light region and the infrared light region are emitted on a banknote while securing an overlap in timings thereof. Moreover, by using light receiving elements each including a bandpass filter that allows only light of a wavelength range that corresponds to the wavelength band of each of the light sources, received light intensities of the light of the wavelength range that corresponds to the wavelength band of each of the light sources are acquired simultaneously, and image data are formed based on the received light intensity of every acquired wavelength band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Bogaki, Takahiro Yanagiuchi, Takaaki Morimoto, Satoru Oshima
  • Patent number: 10604382
    Abstract: A work machine provided with a lifting magnet includes the lifting magnet, an arm that supports the lifting magnet, a boom that supports the arm, an upper turning body that supports the boom, an engine, a selective catalytic reduction system, and a controller that controls attraction and release by the lifting magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO(S.H.I.) CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takaaki Morimoto, Yoshimitsu Yuzawa, Hiroyuki Kurokawa
  • Publication number: 20190360178
    Abstract: A shovel according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a lower traveling body, an upper turning body rotatably mounted on the lower traveling body, an operator's compartment provided to the upper turning body, a display device provided in the operator's compartment, and an input device provided in the operator's compartment. The display device is capable of displaying a setting screen for a construction support system using information and communication technology, and a function to switch a screen displayed on the display device to the setting screen is assigned to the input device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Takaaki MORIMOTO, Yuho NISHIMAGI, Takeya IZUMIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20190277008
    Abstract: In an excavator, a plurality of lines to be compared with a region of work by an end attachment are set, and the plurality of lines are changed in accordance with progress of excavation work.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventor: Takaaki MORIMOTO
  • Patent number: 10366267
    Abstract: Light is emitted on one side of a paper sheet 100, which is being transported on a transport path, from a first light source 11, and light is emitted on other side of the paper sheet 100 from a second light source 21 and a fourth light source 22. A first light receiving sensor 14 receives a first reflected light, which is the light emitted by the first light source 11 and reflected from the one side of the paper sheet 100. A second light receiving sensor 24 receives a second reflected light, which is the light emitted by the second light source 21 and the fourth light source 22 and reflected from the other side of the paper sheet 100, and receives a transmitted light that is the light emitted by the first light source 11 and that has passed through the paper sheet 100. With this, satisfactory reflection image and transmission image of the paper sheet can be acquired while realizing the downsizing of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Bogaki, Takahiro Yanagiuchi, Takaaki Morimoto, Satoru Oshima
  • Publication number: 20190218753
    Abstract: A shovel includes a lower traveling body, an upper turning body turnably mounted on the lower traveling body, a cab mounted on the upper turning body, an attachment including a working part configured to perform work, and a display device provided in the cab. The display device is configured to display information related to the time of the last adjustment of the information of the working part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventor: Takaaki MORIMOTO
  • Patent number: 10316498
    Abstract: An excavator includes a machine guidance device having a machine guidance function, wherein the machine guidance function sets a standard surface at a position closer to a ground surface than an excavation target surface, compares a height of a region of work by an end attachment with a height of the standard surface, and performs guidance by a report sound based on a result of the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO(S.H.I.) CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takaaki Morimoto