Patents by Inventor Takeshi Kikuchi

Takeshi Kikuchi 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: 11417185
    Abstract: In order to achieve the object described above, a communication management system includes: a surveying instrument including a survey unit, a GPS device, a control unit, and a communication unit; a management server capable of communicating with the surveying instrument; and a remote terminal capable of communicating with the management server, wherein the remote terminal sets a usable range of the surveying instrument, and sets determination on entrance and exit of the surveying instrument into and from the usable range, and an operation responsive to results of the determination, and makes the management server store these, the surveying instrument transmits own GPS information to the management server, and the management server compares entrance and exit of the surveying instrument into and from the usable range with the GPS information and executes the determination, and executes the operation based on results of the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Kikuchi, Mitsutaka Kagata, Sora Otaguro
  • Publication number: 20220252396
    Abstract: A three-dimensional position measuring system includes a surveying instrument including a distance-measuring section, an imaging section, an angle-measuring section, a drive section configured to drive the distance-measuring section to set angles, and a communication section, and a measuring marker including a position sensor, a posture sensor, a laser emitting section configured to emit laser light of visible light in an axial direction, an emission port for the laser light, and a communication section, wherein the measuring marker calculates position information and posture information of the emission port from the position sensor and the posture sensor and transmits the information to the surveying instrument, and the surveying instrument measures a three-dimensional position of the emission port, grasps the axial direction based on the posture information and searches for a measurement point in the axial direction by the imaging section, and measures a three-dimensional position of the measurement point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventor: Takeshi KIKUCHI
  • Patent number: 11403826
    Abstract: A management system includes a measuring device including a communication unit and a coordinate measuring unit, an eyewear device including a communication unit, a display, a relative position detection sensor, and a relative direction detection sensor, a storage unit configured to store CAD design data of a management site, and an arithmetic processing unit including a synchronous measuring unit configured to synchronize coordinate spaces of the measuring device, the eyewear device, and the CAD design data, wherein the synchronous measuring unit acquires information of a wire frame viewed from a point at the position in the direction of the eyewear device from the CAD design data, and the eyewear device displays the information of the wire frame that the eyewear device received on the display by superimposing the information on an actual construction product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takeshi Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20220226989
    Abstract: An end effector includes a hole plate includes a plurality of holes, a plurality of pins that respectively penetrate the plurality of holes and are hung on the hole plate to be movable upward, and a force applying part that applies an inward force to an outer pin of the plurality of pins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Takeshi KIKUCHI, Hideyuki KOUNO, Yuzuka ISOBE, Yoshinari MATSUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220227599
    Abstract: An end effector connectable to a robot arm for peeling off release paper includes a housing including a guide groove having a start position S, an intermediate position M, and an end position E and a rotary unit including a needle and a first support movable along the guide groove. Assume that a line segment connecting the start position S and the intermediate position M is defined as a line segment SM, a line segment connecting intermediate the position M and the end position E is defined as a line segment ME, an angle formed between the line segment SM and a horizontal direction when the end effector is placed on a floor surface is defined as ?1, and an angle formed between the line segment SM and the line segment ME is defined as ?2, ?1<?2<?1+180° is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Takeshi KIKUCHI, Hideyuki KOUNO, Yuzuka ISOBE, Yoshinari MATSUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220200475
    Abstract: A control device includes: a phase error calculation unit to calculate a phase error between a phase of a voltage command for the power converter and a phase of a point-of-interconnection voltage; and an isolated system determination unit to determine whether the AC power system has shifted from an interconnected system to an isolated system, based on the phase error and a magnitude of the point-of-interconnection voltage, the interconnected system being the AC power system connected to a generator, the isolated system being the AC power system not connected to the generator. The isolated system determination unit determines that the AC power system has shifted from the interconnected system to the isolated system, when at least a first condition is met that the phase error is outside a reference range and the magnitude of the point-of-interconnection voltage is greater than a first voltage threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Ryosuke UDA, Takeshi KIKUCHI, Shuhei FUJIWARA, Yoshiyuki KONO
  • Publication number: 20220158568
    Abstract: A control device includes: a phase generation unit to generate a phase of a voltage command for the power converter; a voltage control unit to generate a voltage value of the voltage command; and a command unit to output the voltage command having the phase and the voltage value to the power converter. The voltage control unit includes: a voltage compensator unit to compute a compensation voltage value, based on a voltage deviation of a point-of-interconnection voltage from a reference voltage; a droop calculator unit to compute a first droop value in accordance with a magnitude of a point-of-interconnection current, when the AC power system is an isolated system, the isolated system being the AC power system not connected to a generator; and a calculation unit to calculate the voltage value of the voltage command, based on a difference between the compensation voltage value and the first droop value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Ryosuke UDA, Takeshi KIKUCHI, Shuhei FUJIWARA, Yoshiyuki KONO
  • Patent number: 11300423
    Abstract: Provided is a communication management system for a surveying instrument. The system includes: a surveying instrument including a survey unit configured to survey a target, a control unit configured to control the survey unit, and a communication unit connected to a communication network; a management server capable of communicating with the surveying instrument; and a remote terminal capable of communicating with the management server, wherein the remote terminal makes maintenance settings for the surveying instrument and cancels the maintenance settings, and stores the maintenance settings and cancellation of the settings in the management server, the management server gives a notification to at least one of a user and an administrator that the surveying instrument is in a state requiring predetermined maintenance work according to the maintenance settings, and when the maintenance settings are canceled, stops the notification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Kikuchi, Mitsutaka Kagata, Sora Otaguro
  • Patent number: 11228189
    Abstract: A loaded body housing device includes: an upper table which rotates about a rotation axis extending along a Z-axis and supports a plurality of batteries in a plurality of first storage spaces around the rotation axis; a lower table which rotates about a rotation axis extending along the Z-axis and supports a plurality of batteries in a plurality of second storage spaces around the rotation axis; and a casing having openings each of which exposes one storage space when viewed in a negative direction of the Z-axis. The upper table is positioned to have overlapping between a part of the plurality of first storage spaces and the plurality of second storage spaces and no overlapping between the plurality of first storage spaces and a second storage space when viewed in the negative direction of the Z-axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinari Matsuyama, Masaki Shikanai, Takeshi Kikuchi, Yuzuka Isobe
  • Publication number: 20220011107
    Abstract: Provided is a surveying apparatus including a distance-measuring unit for measuring a distance to a measurement point; an angle-measuring unit for measuring an angle to the measurement point; a control arithmetic unit configured to acquire three-dimensional coordinates of the measurement point as measurement data by performing distance and angle measurements by controlling the distance-measuring unit and the angle-measuring unit, to generate a projection image for displaying the measurement data on a surface of the measuring object by acquiring a three-dimensional shape of the measuring object based on the measurement data, and to control projection of the projection image onto the measuring object; and an image projecting unit including a display element for forming an image as the projection image, a light irradiating device for causing projection light to enter the display element, and a projector lens for projecting the projection image emitted from the display element onto a measuring object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventor: Takeshi KIKUCHI
  • Patent number: 11215316
    Abstract: A storage device includes a storage body, which includes a bottom surface, wall surfaces surrounding a storage space, a front opening portion and an upper opening portion such that a package body is enabled to be inserted into the storage space from a plurality of directions, a front guide, which is provided on the bottom surface in proximity to the front opening portion, and includes an inclined surface descending toward a surface on a back side of the storage space among the wall surfaces, and a rear guide, which is provided on the surface on the back side in proximity to the upper opening portion, and restricts upward movement of the package body stored in the storage space along the surface on the back side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuzuka Isobe, Yoshinari Matsuyama, Masaki Shikanai, Takeshi Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20210404808
    Abstract: Provided is an eyewear display system 1 including a scanner 2 configured to irradiate pulsed distance-measuring light and acquire point cloud data as observation data; an eyewear device 4 including a display 41 and configured to detect its own position and direction; a storage device 66 configured to store an observation route calculated in consideration of three-dimensional CAD design data of an observation site and instrument information of the scanner; and an information processing device 60 including a coordinate synchronizing unit 601 configured to synchronize the eyewear device 4 and a coordinate space of the observation route 661, and an eyewear display control unit 602 configured to control display of the observation route on the display 41. The eyewear device 4 superimposes and displays the observation route 661 on a landscape of the site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Satoshi YASUTOMI, Takeshi KIKUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210348922
    Abstract: Provided is an eyewear display system including a scanner configured to acquire three-dimensional point cloud data; an eyewear device including a display and capable of acquiring a position and a direction, a difference detecting device configured to detect a difference between CAD design data of an observation site and the site. The display system receives information on a position and a direction of the scanner, information on a position and a direction of the eyewear device, and information on a position and a direction of the difference detecting device, synchronize a coordinate space of the scanner, a coordinate space of the eyewear device, a coordinate space of the difference detecting device, and a coordinate space of the CAD design data, calculate the difference in a synchronized coordinate space, correct the CAD design data based on calculation results of the difference, and display the corrected CAD design data on the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventor: Takeshi KIKUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210350627
    Abstract: Provided is an eyewear display system includes: a scanner including a measuring unit configured to acquire three-dimensional coordinates, a point cloud data acquiring unit configured to acquire point cloud data, and a communication unit; an eyewear device including a display, a relative position detection sensor, a relative direction detection sensor, and a communication unit; a storage device including CAD design data of an observation site; and a data processing device configured to synchronize a coordinate space of the scanner, a coordinate space of the eyewear device, and a coordinate space of the CAD design data, and convert observation data OD and/or observation data prediction PD into data in the coordinate space of the CAD design data, such that the eyewear device displays the observation data OD or observation data prediction PD on the display by superimposing the observation data OD or observation data prediction PD on an actual landscape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Satoshi YASUTOMI, Takeshi KIKUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210325183
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device configured to collect order information related to order details of surveying work, operation-related information related to a surveying operation for performing the surveying work, and a site surrounding image of the surveying work in relation to a plurality of kinds of surveying instruments; to store the order information, the operation-related information, and the site surrounding image; and to execute machine learning by using teacher data including the order information and the site surrounding image, and the operation-related information, and generate a learning model for estimating a surveying work, a surveying instrument, and a surveying method for performing new surveying work according to order information and a site surrounding image related to the new surveying work.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Takeshi KIKUCHI, Yuji TAKANO
  • Publication number: 20210302161
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device includes an acquiring unit configured to acquire order information related to order details of surveying work, and instrument-related information related to the type of instrument used with which the surveying work has been executed and the kind of carrying accessories; a collected data storage unit configured to store the order information and the instrument-related information; an input order information extracting unit configured to extract a workload level, the type of survey, attributes of a surveying object, and required deliverables accuracy as input order information from the order information acquired by the acquiring unit; and an estimation model generating unit configured to generate an estimation model to estimate instrument-related information corresponding to order information by executing machine learning by using the input order information and instrument-related information as a learning data set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Takeshi KIKUCHI, Yuji TAKANO
  • Patent number: 11126701
    Abstract: An object is to provide a surveying instrument and system to manage instrument setting and usage data for each personal user. The surveying instrument includes a personal authentication sensor, a control unit, and a storage unit. A personal information registration unit of the control unit acquires personal authentication information from the sensor and stores the personal authentication information in a personal identification information database of the storage unit in association with user information. A personal authentication execution unit of the control unit identifies a user based on whether authentication data acquired by the sensor matches personal authentication information stored in the personal identification information database. A personal setting application unit of the control unit refers to a personal setting information database in the storage unit, and when finding instrument setting saved by the authenticated user, applies the instrument setting and starts the surveying instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takeshi Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 11121637
    Abstract: A power conversion system includes a first power converter and a second power converter which are capable of converting an alternating-current power into a direct-current power or converting a DC power into an AC power. The first power converter is interconnectable to a first AC system via a first AC circuit breaker. The second power converter is interconnectable to a second AC system via a second AC circuit breaker. A first DC terminal of the first power converter and a second DC terminal of the second power converter are connectable. The first power converter begins operation prior to the second power converter. A first control device controls a voltage of the first DC terminal, based on a status of the second power converter sent from a second control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Kikuchi, Toshiyuki Fujii, Ryosuke Uda
  • Patent number: 11114872
    Abstract: A charging device includes: a connector that protrudes from a placement surface; a protective plate; a wall surface intersecting with the placement surface; a support member capable of moving to be in a first orientation in which the protective plate is supported and a second orientation in which the protective plate is not supported; and a lock mechanism that locks the support member in the first orientation. The lock mechanism includes a first protruding part that, when the support member is locked, releases the locking of the support member by being pushed. The support member (i) includes a second protruding part, and (ii) moves from the first orientation to the second orientation by the second protruding part being pushed toward the wall surface in a state where the locking is released. When the support member has moved, the protective plate is capable of moving to the placement stand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD
    Inventors: Masaki Shikanai, Yoshinari Matsuyama, Takeshi Kikuchi, Yuzuka Isobe
  • Publication number: 20210142576
    Abstract: A management system includes a measuring device including a communication unit and a coordinate measuring unit, an eyewear device including a communication unit, a display, a relative position detection sensor, and a relative direction detection sensor, a storage unit configured to store CAD design data of a management site, and an arithmetic processing unit including a synchronous measuring unit configured to synchronize coordinate spaces of the measuring device, the eyewear device, and the CAD design data, wherein the synchronous measuring unit acquires information of a wire frame viewed from a point at the position in the direction of the eyewear device from the CAD design data, and the eyewear device displays the information of the wire frame that the eyewear device received on the display by superimposing the information on an actual construction product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventor: Takeshi KIKUCHI