Patents by Inventor Takafumi Morishita
Takafumi Morishita 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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Publication number: 20240081167Abstract: An agricultural work assistance system includes a display to display a map representing an agricultural field, and a controller configured or programmed to define or function as an area setter to set a first area and a second area located inward of the first area in the map displayed by the display, and a route creator to create, in at least one of the first area or the second area, a travel route along which an agricultural machine is to travel. The route creator is configured or programmed to set at least a portion of the travel route as an automatic steering route on which the agricultural machine is to be automatically steered and a travel speed of the agricultural machine is to be changed manually.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Takanori MORIMOTO, Takafumi MORISHITA, Kenji TAMATANI, Fumiya YOSHIMURA, Ryota KIKUCHI, Ken SAKUTA
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Patent number: 11556132Abstract: A work vehicle includes: an electronic control system for automatic driving; and a cabin with which a boarding space is formed. The electronic control system includes an antenna unit for satellite navigation, and the antenna unit is attached to a central area of a roof of the cabin in a left-right direction. An upper surface of an area of the roof around the antenna unit is formed so as to be an inclined surface that is inclined in a front-rear direction. Left and right end portions of the roof are provided with left and right bulging edge portions that bulge upward from the left and right end portions and have a length that spans between front and rear ends of the roof, and water drain grooves that guide water on the roof toward the left and right bulging edge portions such that water detours the antenna unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2017Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Keishiro Nishi, Atsushi Shinkai, Tomofumi Fukunaga, Takahiro Nakatsuka, Yushi Matsuzaki, Kazuo Sakaguchi, Takafumi Morishita
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Publication number: 20220266841Abstract: A working vehicle includes a vehicle body, a linkage provided on the vehicle body to link a working device, a controller to cause the vehicle body to perform automatic travel, a rear obstacle detector to detect obstacles behind the vehicle body, and a setting changer to change rear setting information regarding obstacle detection performed by the rear obstacle detector.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2022Publication date: August 25, 2022Inventors: Koichi SHINTANI, Fumiya YOSHIMURA, Takuya NISHIKUBO, Takafumi MORISHITA, Kotaro YAMAGUCHI
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Patent number: 10939605Abstract: A controller for a work machine includes a steering control circuit, a memory, and a speed control circuit. The steering control circuit is configured to control a steering of the work machine to change a steering angle based on a travel route. The memory is to store a threshold angle. The speed control circuit is configured to control a speed of the work machine if the steering angle is equal to or larger than the threshold angle and if the steering control circuit does not control the steering.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2018Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Yushi Matsuzaki, Atsushi Shinkai, Kazunobu Sugano, Kotaro Yamaguchi, Takafumi Morishita, Kenji Tamatani, Hiroki Suga
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Patent number: 10905042Abstract: A controller for a master work vehicle, includes a wireless circuit, an acquisition circuit, a message generation circuit, and a display control circuit. The wireless circuit is to receive, from a slave work vehicle configured to travel automatically, first information indicating a state of work travel of the slave work vehicle. The master work vehicle is configured to work in cooperation with the slave work vehicle. The acquisition circuit is configured to acquire second information indicating a state of work travel of the master work vehicle. The message generation circuit is configured to generate a first message based on the first information and a second message based on the second information. The display control circuit is configured to control a display to display the first message and the second message.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2018Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Atsushi Shinkai, Megumi Suzukawa, Kenji Tamatani, Izuru Shimamoto, Takafumi Morishita, Kazuo Sakaguchi
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Publication number: 20190384321Abstract: A work vehicle includes: an electronic control system for automatic driving; and a cabin with which a boarding space is formed. The electronic control system includes an antenna unit for satellite navigation, and the antenna unit is attached to a central area of a roof of the cabin in a left-right direction. An upper surface of an area of the roof around the antenna unit is formed so as to be an inclined surface that is inclined in a front-rear direction. Left and right end portions of the roof are provided with left and right bulging edge portions that bulge upward from the left and right end portions and have a length that spans between front and rear ends of the roof, and water drain grooves that guide water on the roof toward the left and right bulging edge portions such that water detours the antenna unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2017Publication date: December 19, 2019Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Keishiro NISHI, Atsushi SHINKAI, Tomofumi FUKUNAGA, Takahiro NAKATSUKA, Yushi MATSUZAKI, Kazuo SAKAGUCHI, Takafumi MORISHITA
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Patent number: 10395447Abstract: To properly manage data collected by a data collection device even when the data collection device is attached to an agricultural machine different from a specified agricultural machine.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2014Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Keisuke Miura, Isao Tanaka, Kazuo Sakaguchi, Yoshito Hayakawa, Takafumi Morishita
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Patent number: 10231374Abstract: A travel support system for a work vehicle including a vehicle body and a work device provided on the vehicle body includes a first calculator to calculate a vehicle body occupied area including the vehicle body in a plan view. A second calculator is to calculate a work device occupied area including the work device in the plan view. A third calculator is to calculate a work vehicle occupied area including the work vehicle in the plan view, the work vehicle occupied area including the vehicle body occupied area and the work device occupied area. A position calculator is to calculate a position of the work vehicle in a work field based on positioning data. A controller is to control the work vehicle to move in the work field based on the position of the work vehicle and the work vehicle occupied area.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2016Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuo Sakaguchi, Yasuhisa Uoya, Takafumi Morishita, Kotaro Yamaguchi, Hiroki Suga, Megumi Suzukawa
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Publication number: 20180338408Abstract: A controller for a master work vehicle, includes a wireless circuit, an acquisition circuit, a message generation circuit, and a display control circuit. The wireless circuit is to receive, from a slave work vehicle configured to travel automatically, first information indicating a state of work travel of the slave work vehicle. The master work vehicle is configured to work in cooperation with the slave work vehicle. The acquisition circuit is configured to acquire second information indicating a state of work travel of the master work vehicle. The message generation circuit is configured to generate a first message based on the first information and a second message based on the second information. The display control circuit is configured to control a display to display the first message and the second message.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Applicant: Kubota CorporationInventors: Atsushi SHINKAI, Megumi SUZUKAWA, Kenji TAMATANI, Izuru SHIMAMOTO, Takafumi MORISHITA, Kazuo SAKAGUCHI
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Publication number: 20180338407Abstract: A controller for a work machine includes a steering control circuit, a memory, and a speed control circuit. The steering control circuit is configured to control a steering of the work machine to change a steering angle based on a travel route. The memory is to store a threshold angle. The speed control circuit is configured to control a speed of the work machine if the steering angle is equal to or larger than the threshold angle and if the steering control circuit does not control the steering.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Applicant: Kubota CorporationInventors: Yushi MATSUZAKI, Atsushi SHINKAI, Kazunobu SUGANO, Kotaro YAMAGUCHI, Takafumi MORISHITA, Kenji TAMATANI, Hiroki SUGA
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Patent number: 10003910Abstract: Data on agricultural machines can be outputted to mobile terminals easily and properly. A data collection device is provided separately from a control device that controls the operation of an agricultural machine and is connected to a vehicle communication network installed in the agricultural machine, and is removably connected to the vehicle communication network. The data collection device includes a data collection unit for collecting agricultural machine data outputted to the vehicle communication network, an authorization determination unit for implementing authentication with a mobile terminal to determine whether or not the collected data is transmitted to the mobile terminal by wireless communication, and a data communication unit for transmitting data to the mobile terminal by wireless communication when the authorization determination unit authorizes data transmission.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2013Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Keisuke Miura, Isao Tanaka, Yasuhisa Uoya, Takafumi Morishita, Yoshito Hayakawa
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Publication number: 20180011495Abstract: A route search system for a work vehicle includes a receiver, a processor, and a controller. The receiver is to obtain a reference position of the work vehicle. The processor is to define, as a search area, an area around a vehicle reference point in a plan view. The vehicle reference point indicates the reference position of the work vehicle. The controller is to determine a guidance travel route along which the work vehicle is to travel and which is closest to the vehicle reference point in the search area among travel route candidates stored in a memory.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2016Publication date: January 11, 2018Applicant: Kubota CorporationInventors: Kazuo SAKAGUCHI, Yasuhisa UOYA, Takafumi MORISHITA, Kotaro YAMAGUCHI, Hiroki SUGA, Megumi SUZUKAWA
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Publication number: 20170367252Abstract: A travel support system for a work vehicle including a vehicle body and a work device provided on the vehicle body includes a first calculator to calculate a vehicle body occupied area including the vehicle body in a plan view. A second calculator is to calculate a work device occupied area including the work device in the plan view. A third calculator is to calculate a work vehicle occupied area including the work vehicle in the plan view, the work vehicle occupied area including the vehicle body occupied area and the work device occupied area. A position calculator is to calculate a position of the work vehicle in a work field based on positioning data. A controller is to control the work vehicle to move in the work field based on the position of the work vehicle and the work vehicle occupied area.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2016Publication date: December 28, 2017Applicant: Kubota CorporationInventors: Kazuo SAKAGUCHI, Yasuhisa UOYA, Takafumi MORISHITA, Kotaro YAMAGUCHI, Hiroki SUGA, Megumi SUZUKAWA
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Patent number: 9386449Abstract: A management server includes a user management database in which mobile terminal identification information on the mobile terminal and working machine identification information on a sold working machine are registered in association with each other, a user registration determination unit adapted to determine whether or not the mobile terminal and the working machine are registered in association with each other on the basis of the mobile terminal identification information and the working machine identification information outputted from the mobile terminal and the mobile terminal identification information and the working machine identification information stored in the user management database, and an authorization information output unit adapted to output an authorization key necessary for wireless communication between the mobile terminal and the working machine in the case where the user registration determination unit determines that the mobile terminal and the working machine are registered in associaType: GrantFiled: September 25, 2013Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Keisuke Miura, Isao Tanaka, Yasuhisa Uoya, Takafumi Morishita
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Publication number: 20160055688Abstract: To properly manage data collected by a data collection device even when the data collection device is attached to an agricultural machine different from a specified agricultural machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2014Publication date: February 25, 2016Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Keisuke MIURA, Isao TANAKA, Kazuo SAKAGUCHI, Yoshito HAYAKAWA, Takafumi MORISHITA
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Publication number: 20150052581Abstract: Data on agricultural machines can be outputted to mobile terminals easily and properly. A data collection device is provided separately from a control device that controls the operation of an agricultural machine and is connected to a vehicle communication network installed in the agricultural machine, and is removably connected to the vehicle communication network. The data collection device includes a data collection unit for collecting agricultural machine data outputted to the vehicle communication network, an authorization determination unit for implementing authentication with a mobile terminal to determine whether or not the collected data is transmitted to the mobile terminal by wireless communication, and a data communication unit for transmitting data to the mobile terminal by wireless communication when the authorization determination unit authorizes data transmission.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2013Publication date: February 19, 2015Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Keisuke Miura, Isao Tanaka, Yasuhisa Uoya, Takafumi Morishita, Yoshito Hayakawa
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Publication number: 20150052591Abstract: A management server includes a user management database in which mobile terminal identification information on the mobile terminal and working machine identification information on a sold working machine are registered in association with each other, a user registration determination unit adapted to determine whether or not the mobile terminal and the working machine are registered in association with each other on the basis of the mobile terminal identification information and the working machine identification information outputted from the mobile terminal and the mobile terminal identification information and the working machine identification information stored in the user management database, and an authorization information output unit adapted to output an authorization key necessary for wireless communication between the mobile terminal and the working machine in the case where the user registration determination unit determines that the mobile terminal and the working machine are registered in associaType: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2013Publication date: February 19, 2015Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Keisuke Miura, Isao Tanaka, Yasuhisa Uoya, Takafumi Morishita