Patents by Inventor Takayoshi Niho

Takayoshi Niho 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: 10538897
    Abstract: An excavation machine includes a detector detecting a state of an object to be excavated, a storage storing a plurality of pieces of excavation information in which a state of a first portion before excavated by a learning excavation device, and a first operation of when the learning excavation device excavates the first portion are associated with each other, and a processor including an estimation unit obtaining a state of a second portion intended to be excavated, the state having been detected by the detector, an operation determining unit selecting the state of the first portion corresponding to the state of the obtained second portion, from among the states of the first portions of the excavation information, and determining the first operation corresponding to the selected state, as a second operation of when excavating the second portion, and an excavation controller operating an excavation device with the second operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Masaaki Uetake, Nobuki Hasegawa, Kazunari Kawai, Taito Fujita, Yuichi Kodama, Rui Fukui, Takayoshi Niho
  • Publication number: 20180258608
    Abstract: An excavation machine includes a detector detecting a state of an object to be excavated a storage storing a plurality of pieces of excavation information in which a state of a first portion before excavated by a learning excavation device, and a first operation of when the learning excavation device excavates the first portion are associated with each other, and a processor including an estimation unit obtaining a state of a second portion intended to be excavated the state having been detected by the detector, an operation determining unit selecting the state of the first portion corresponding to the state of the obtained second portion, from among the states of the first portions of the excavation information, and determining the first operation corresponding to the selected state, as a second operation of when excavating the second portion, and an excavation controller operating an excavation device with the second operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Masaaki Uetake, Nobuki Hasegawa, Kazunari Kawai, Taito Fujita, Yuichi Kodama, Rui Fukui, Takayoshi Niho