Patents by Inventor Takeshi Kurihara

Takeshi Kurihara 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: 20180222390
    Abstract: A surroundings monitoring system for a work vehicle includes a bending angle data acquirer acquiring bending angle data between a vehicle body front and rear portions, and a shot image data acquirer acquiring shot images respectively shot by multiple cameras, and a bird's eye image compositor performing image processing of a plurality of the shot image data to generate a bird's eye image, and a storage storing representative images of the work vehicle respectively belong to multiple bending angle ranges between the vehicle body front and rear portions, and a determiner determining, from the multiple bending angle ranges, a bending angle range to which the bending angle belongs, and a selector selecting, from a plurality of the representative images, a representative image that belongs to the determined bending angle range, and a display controller causing a display to simultaneously display the generated bird's eye image and the selected representative image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Imaizumi, Takeshi Kurihara, Masataka Ozaki
  • Patent number: 9975485
    Abstract: A surroundings monitoring system includes: a detection device that is disposed in a work vehicle and configured to be able to detect an object around the work vehicle; and a display device that is disposed in the work vehicle so as to display the work vehicle on a screen and display a detection area of the detection device in which an abnormality has occurred around the work vehicle on the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Kurihara, Yukihiro Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 9956915
    Abstract: A dump truck having a periphery monitoring apparatus is adapted to display an image of surroundings of the dump truck on a display apparatus. A rearward camera is attached to a vehicle body of the dump truck underneath a vessel of the dump truck and positioned forward of a rear edge portion of the vessel. A rearward camera image captured by the rearward camera includes the rear edge portion of the vessel, an area below the vessel, and an area rearward of the vehicle body. A display control section is configured to display the rear edge portion of the vessel in an upper region of the rearward camera image, to display a ground surface below the vessel in a lower region of the rearward camera image, and to display a vehicle body outer edge line obtained by vertically projecting an outer edge of the vessel onto the ground surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Mitsuta, Shigeru Harada, Tomikazu Tanuki, Eishin Masutani, Yukihiro Nakanishi, Takeshi Kurihara, Dai Tsubone, Masaomi Machida
  • Publication number: 20180080198
    Abstract: A periphery monitoring apparatus of an operation machine, includes an acquisition unit acquiring a peripheral condition of the operation machine; an information output unit outputting information acquired by the acquisition unit; a lifted/lowered state detection unit detecting a lifted/lowered state of a lifting ladder provided in the operation machine; and an output control unit performing changing an output content in the information output unit in accordance with the lifted/lowered state of the lifting ladder, the output content being related to the information acquired by the acquisition unit, the lifted/lowered state being detected by the lifted/lowered state detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Masaomi Machida, Takeshi Kurihara
  • Patent number: 9903454
    Abstract: A reduction gear case (29) of a planetary gear reduction mechanism (28) is mounted on a reduction gear mounting part (18C) of an axle tube (18). A carrier (33) is provided with a wheel mounting part (33B) projecting outside of the reduction gear case (29). A wheel (2) is mounted on the wheel mounting part (33B) and an oil seal (39) is disposed between an outer peripheral surface of the wheel mounting part (33B) and an inner peripheral surface of the front wheel (2) of the reduction gear case (29). As a result, the oil seal (39) can be exposed by removing the front wheel (2) from the wheel mounting part (33B) in the carrier (33). On the other hand, a brake mechanism (40) is disposed on the inner peripheral side of the reduction gear mounting part (18C). Therefore, the brake mechanism (40) can be exposed by removing the front wheel (2) from the wheel mounting part (33B) in the carrier (33) and the planetary gear reduction mechanism (28) from the reduction gear mounting part (18C).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takeshi Kurihara
  • Publication number: 20180044893
    Abstract: A work machine includes plural cameras, a display unit and a controller controlling the cameras and the display unit. The controller includes an overview image generator generating an overview image from the images by the cameras, an image superimposing unit superimposing a top view image of the work machine on the overview image, a working-equipment display unit putting a part of working equipment in the top view image of the work machine in non- or transparent-display, and an operation judging unit judging at least one of operation of the working equipment and travel of the work machine. When the operation judging unit judges the operation of the working equipment etc. is performed, the working-equipment display unit displays the top view image of the work machine without displaying at least one part of the working equipment or with transparently displaying the at least one part of the working equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Masaomi Machida, Takeshi Kurihara
  • Publication number: 20170305018
    Abstract: A surrounding monitoring device of a work machine includes: a display unit; a plurality of cameras acquiring a surrounding condition of the work machine; an image processing unit generating a bird's-eye image indicating the surrounding condition of the work machine on the basis of images imaged by the cameras; a work machine operation detection unit detecting an operation of the work machine; and a display control unit displaying, on the display unit, a single camera image imaged by one or more cameras, of the plurality of cameras, the bird's-eye image, mechanical gauge display, menu display, and/or breakdown information display. Further, when the operation of the work machine is detected, the display control unit performs control of enlarging surroundings of the work machine on the bird's-eye image, compared with surroundings of the work machine on the bird's-eye image before the operation of the work machine is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Masaomi Machida, Takeshi Kurihara
  • Patent number: 9796330
    Abstract: A working vehicle periphery monitoring system includes: image capturing devices attached to a working vehicle with a vessel and capturing the periphery of the working vehicle to output image information; a bird's eye image synthesizing unit synthesizing the image information to generate a bird's eye image information for displaying bird's eye images of the working vehicle and the periphery thereof; and a display control unit displaying at least one of a first bird's eye image obtained by superimposing a first vessel image including the vessel other than a part of the vessel at a rear side of the working vehicle on an area of the working vehicle in the bird's eye image and a second bird's eye image obtained by superimposing a second vessel image including all of the vessel on the area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Mitsuta, Takeshi Kurihara
  • Publication number: 20170298595
    Abstract: A surrounding monitoring device for a work machine including an work device on an upper swing body includes: a plurality of cameras configured to acquire a surrounding condition of the work machine; an image processing unit configured to generate a bird's-eye image based on images imaged by the plurality of cameras; a display unit configured to display at least one of: a single camera image imaged by one of the plurality of cameras; and the bird's-eye image; and a display control unit configured to display, on the at least one of the single camera image and the bird's-eye image, distance guide information formed of linear parts with a predetermined length respectively extending perpendicularly to straight lines extending from a swing center of the upper swing body to front-rear and right-left directions, and arc parts of concentric circles connecting end parts of the linear parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Masaomi Machida, Takeshi Kurihara
  • Publication number: 20170284069
    Abstract: A surrounding monitoring device for a work machine including a work device on an upper swing body includes: a plurality of cameras configured to acquire a surrounding condition of the work machine; an image processor configured to generate a bird's-eye image based on images imaged by the plurality of cameras; a display configured to display at least one of: a single camera image imaged by one of the plurality of cameras; and the bird's-eye image; and a display controller configured to display, on the at least one of the single camera image and the bird's-eye image, direction guide information arranged from a reference position of the upper swing body to surroundings of the upper swing body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Masaomi Machida, Takeshi Kurihara
  • Publication number: 20170229235
    Abstract: An inductor bridge is provided with a flexible flat plate-shaped element body, a first connector, and a second connector. The element body includes therein an inductor portion. The inductor portion is configured by a spiral conductor pattern. The first connector is provided on the element body and is connected to a first circuit. The second connector is provided on the element body and is connected to a second circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Kuniaki YOSUI, Noboru KATO, Yuki WAKABAYASHI, Bunta OKAMOTO, Naoto IKEDA, Takeshi KURIHARA
  • Patent number: 9666352
    Abstract: An inductor bridge is provided with a flexible flat plate-shaped element body, a first connector, and a second connector. The element body includes therein an inductor portion. The inductor portion is configured by a spiral conductor pattern. The first connector is provided on the element body and is connected to a first circuit. The second connector is provided on the element body and is connected to a second circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kuniaki Yosui, Noboru Kato, Yuki Wakabayashi, Bunta Okamoto, Naoto Ikeda, Takeshi Kurihara
  • Publication number: 20170120823
    Abstract: A dump truck having a periphery monitoring apparatus is adapted to display an image of surroundings of the dump truck on a display apparatus. A rearward camera is attached to a vehicle body of the dump truck underneath a vessel of the dump truck and positioned forward of a rear edge portion of the vessel. A rearward camera image captured by the rearward camera includes the rear edge portion of the vessel, an area below the vessel, and an area rearward of the vehicle body. A display control section is configured to display the rear edge portion of the vessel in an upper region of the rearward camera image, to display a ground surface below the vessel in a lower region of the rearward camera image, and to display a vehicle body outer edge line obtained by vertically projecting an outer edge of the vessel onto the ground surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Shinji MITSUTA, Shigeru HARADA, Tomikazu TANUKI, Eishin MASUTANI, Yukihiro NAKANISHI, Takeshi KURIHARA, Dai TSUBONE, Masaomi MACHIDA
  • Publication number: 20170089042
    Abstract: A surroundings monitoring device of a crawler-type work machine includes: cameras configured to take images of surroundings of the crawler-type work machine; a display unit configured to display the images taken by the cameras; and a controller configured to superimpose an outer-edge guide image generated based on the farthest position of an undercarriage from a revolution center of the crawler-type work machine on the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Masaomi Machida, Takeshi Kurihara
  • Publication number: 20170082182
    Abstract: A reduction gear case (29) of a planetary gear reduction mechanism (28) is mounted on a reduction gear mounting part (18C) of an axle tube (18). A carrier (33) is provided with a wheel mounting part (33B) projecting outside of the reduction gear case (29). A wheel (2) is mounted on the wheel mounting part (33B) and an oil seal (39) is disposed between an outer peripheral surface of the wheel mounting part (33B) and an inner peripheral surface of the front wheel (2) of the reduction gear case (29). As a result, the oil seal (39) can be exposed by removing the front wheel (2) from the wheel mounting part (33B) in the carrier (33). On the other hand, a brake mechanism (40) is disposed on the inner peripheral side of the reduction gear mounting part (18C). Therefore, the brake mechanism (40) can be exposed by removing the front wheel (2) from the wheel mounting part (33B) in the carrier (33) and the planetary gear reduction mechanism (28) from the reduction gear mounting part (18C).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Applicant: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takeshi Kurihara
  • Patent number: 9597997
    Abstract: A periphery monitoring apparatus for a work vehicle includes a plurality of obstacle detection sensors, a warning region setting section and a warning section. The obstacle detection sensors are mounted on the work vehicle, and each of the obstacle detection sensors is configured to determine a relative position of an obstacle with regard to the work vehicle by detecting the obstacle in the surroundings of the work vehicle. The warning region setting section is configured to set a warning region, where it is necessary to warn a driver of a presence of the obstacle, according to a movement state of the work vehicle. The warning section is configured to warn a driver that the relative position of the obstacle is positioned in the warning region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Mitsuta, Shigeru Harada, Tomikazu Tanuki, Eishin Masutani, Yukihiro Nakanishi, Takeshi Kurihara, Dai Tsubone, Masaomi Machida
  • Publication number: 20170026618
    Abstract: A perimeter monitoring device is configured to monitor a surrounding of a work vehicle and to display a monitored result on a display device. The perimeter monitoring device comprises a vehicle information detecting part, a plurality of cameras, a bird's-eye image display unit, a plurality of obstacle detecting sensors, an obstacle processing part, and a camera image displaying unit. The vehicle information detecting part detects a speed of the work vehicle. The cameras capture image data regarding the surrounding of the work vehicle. The bird's-eye image display unit displays a bird's-eye image based on the image data. The obstacle detecting sensors detect obstacles in the surrounding. The obstacle processing part issues a warning when an obstacle is detected. The camera image displaying unit displays a camera image adjacent the bird's-eye image. The images are not displayed and the warning is not issued when the vehicle speed exceeds a threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Shinji MITSUTA, Shigeru HARADA, Tomikazu TANUKI, Eishin MASUTANI, Yukihiro NAKANISHI, Takeshi KURIHARA, Dai TSUBONE, Masaomi MACHIDA
  • Patent number: 9497422
    Abstract: A perimeter monitoring device for a work vehicle is configured to monitor a surrounding of the work vehicle and display a monitored result on a display device. The perimeter monitoring device includes cameras, a bird's-eye image display unit, obstacle detecting sensors, a camera image specifying unit, and a camera image displaying unit. The camera image specifying unit is configured to specify one or more camera images in which one or more of obstacles are captured when the one or more of obstacles are detected by the obstacle detecting sensors. The camera image displaying unit is configured to display a relevant camera image in alignment with the bird's-eye image on the display device when a plurality of camera images are specified by the camera image specifying unit, the relevant camera image being ranked in a high priority ranking based on a priority order set in accordance with travelling states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Mitsuta, Shigeru Harada, Tomikazu Tanuki, Eishin Masutani, Yukihiro Nakanishi, Takeshi Kurihara, Dai Tsubone, Masaomi Machida
  • Patent number: 9457719
    Abstract: A work vehicle periphery monitoring system includes a plurality of imaging apparatuses which are attached to the work vehicle and image the periphery of a work vehicle to output image information, a display control unit which displays an image based on image information which is output from imaging apparatuses, and a pattern indicating information relating to the work vehicle periphery monitoring system on a monitor, and a pattern display control unit which changes a display position at which the pattern is displayed on the monitor 50 based on a display switching signal for switching a display of the monitor, before and after switching the display of the monitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomikazu Tanuki, Dai Tsubone, Takeshi Kurihara
  • Patent number: 9457715
    Abstract: A work vehicle periphery monitoring system which monitors a periphery of a work vehicle including a vehicle body frame supporting front and rear wheels and a vessel loading a load thereon, the work vehicle periphery monitoring system includes: an object detecting device which is attached to the work vehicle and detects an object existing at a rear side of the work vehicle; and a controller which notifies an alarm based on a detection result of the object detecting device and switches between a notification mode for notifying the alarm and a standby mode for stopping the notification of the alarm based on a state of the work vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Mitsuta, Yukihiro Nakanishi, Takeshi Kurihara