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).
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Patent number: 12252868Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 25, 2021Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: SUMITOMO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Keiichi Tsuji, Takaaki Morimoto, Atsushi Nakayama
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Publication number: 20250024129Abstract: A camera module includes a substrate; an image sensor including a light-receiving unit and mounted to a top face of the substrate; a lens holder mounted to the top face of the substrate so as to cover the image sensor; and a lens held by the lens holder, wherein an inner circumferential surface of the lens holder and an outer circumferential surface of the image sensor have such a positional relationship that an offset in an in-plane direction of the substrate between a center line of the image sensor and an optical axis of the lens is smaller than or equal to a tolerable error.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2024Publication date: January 16, 2025Inventors: TAKAMIZU SASAKI, KAZUHIRO MORIMOTO, KEIICHIRO ICHIBA, KEIICHI SAWAI, TAKAAKI FUNAKOSHI
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Patent number: 12054919Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 25, 2021Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: SUMITOMO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Keiichi Tsuji, Takaaki Morimoto, Yusuke Sato
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Patent number: 11743406Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 30, 2022Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: GLORY LTD.Inventors: Takaaki Morimoto, Akira Bogaki, Naoki Tomigaki, Yuki Kiyose
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Publication number: 20220417381Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Applicant: Glory Ltd.Inventors: Takaaki MORIMOTO, Akira BOGAKI, Naoki TOMIGAKI, Yuki KIYOSE
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Patent number: 11519158Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 9, 2019Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: SUMITOMO(S.H.I.) CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Takaaki Morimoto, Yuho Nishimagi, Takeya Izumikawa
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Patent number: 11492783Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 11, 2020Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: SUMITOMO(S.H.I) CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Takashi Nishi, Sou Sakuta, Takaaki Morimoto, Takeya Izumikawa
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Publication number: 20220074171Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2021Publication date: March 10, 2022Inventors: Takeya IZUMIKAWA, Takaaki MORIMOTO, Atsushi NAKAYAMA, Keiichi TSUJI, Yusuke SATO, Takashi UMEDA
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Publication number: 20220042283Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Inventors: Keiichi TSUJI, Takaaki MORIMOTO, Yusuke SATO
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Publication number: 20220042286Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Inventors: Keiichi TSUJI, Takaaki MORIMOTO, Atsushi NAKAYAMA
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Publication number: 20220042282Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Inventors: Atsushi Nakayama, Takeya Izumikawa, Takaaki Morimoto
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Patent number: 11078647Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 22, 2019Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: SUMITOMO(S.H.I.) CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventor: Takaaki Morimoto
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Patent number: 11001992Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 20, 2019Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: SUMITOMO(S.H.I.) CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventor: Takaaki Morimoto
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Patent number: 10927528Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 13, 2018Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: SUMITOMO(S.H.I.) CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventor: Takaaki Morimoto
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Publication number: 20200370282Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2020Publication date: November 26, 2020Inventors: Takashi NISHI, Sou SAKUTA, Takaaki MORIMOTO, Takeya IZUMIKAWA
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Patent number: 10767347Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 27, 2018Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: SUMITOMO(S.H.I.) CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Takashi Nishi, Sou Sakuta, Takaaki Morimoto, Takeya Izumikawa
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Patent number: 10677646Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 31, 2015Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: GLORY LTD.Inventors: Akira Bogaki, Takahiro Yanagiuchi, Takaaki Morimoto, Satoru Oshima
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Patent number: 10604382Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 8, 2017Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: SUMITOMO(S.H.I.) CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Takaaki Morimoto, Yoshimitsu Yuzawa, Hiroyuki Kurokawa
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Publication number: 20190360178Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2019Publication date: November 28, 2019Inventors: Takaaki MORIMOTO, Yuho NISHIMAGI, Takeya IZUMIKAWA
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Publication number: 20190277008Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2019Publication date: September 12, 2019Inventor: Takaaki MORIMOTO