Patents by Inventor Takehito SAKAKIBARA

Takehito SAKAKIBARA 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).

  • Publication number: 20230255138
    Abstract: A mower includes a mower main body and a controller. The mower main body includes a mowing blade for mowing grass. The controller identifies subsidence on a ground surface where the mower main body is not able to travel based on three-dimensional point cloud data composed of three-dimensional data of multiple positioning points in a target area, and sets a travel route of the mower main body by avoiding the identified subsidence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinsuke SATO, Takehito SAKAKIBARA
  • Publication number: 20230255139
    Abstract: The mower includes a mower body having a mower blade portion for mowing grass, a first position estimation unit for estimating a self position of the mower main body using a satellite positioning system, a second position estimation unit for estimating a self position of the mower body using a sensor portion provided in the mower body, a detection unit for detecting a portion covered with grass and tree on a preset travel path, and an automatic travel control unit for causing the mower body to travel on the travel path with reference to the self position estimated by the first position estimation unit, and for causing the mower body to travel by switching to refer to the self position estimated by the second position estimation unit at a portion covered with the grass and tree detected by the detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinsuke SATO, Takehito SAKAKIBARA
  • Publication number: 20230232745
    Abstract: A mower includes: driving devices respectively provided on a right side and a left side of the mower and configured to be driven independently; and one or more processors configured to: estimate a gradient of a slope on a travel path; and drive the driving devices with different driving forces on the right side and the left side based on the estimated gradient such that the mower does not slip down the slope when the mower travels in a direction crossing the slope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinsuke SATO, Takehito SAKAKIBARA
  • Patent number: 11358844
    Abstract: An industrial vehicle remote operation system includes an industrial vehicle that includes a vehicle communication unit performing wireless communication; and a remote operation device that includes a remote communication unit performing wireless communication with the vehicle communication unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Hironobu Okamoto, Takehito Sakakibara, Koji Hika
  • Publication number: 20210221664
    Abstract: An industrial vehicle remote operation system includes an industrial vehicle that includes a vehicle communication unit performing wireless communication; and a remote operation device that includes a remote communication unit performing wireless communication with the vehicle communication unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Hironobu OKAMOTO, Takehito SAKAKIBARA, Koji HIKA