Patents by Inventor Teruki IGARASHI
Teruki IGARASHI 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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Patent number: 11970840Abstract: An articulated-type front work implement has a boom, an arm, and a bucket that are driven members coupled to each other; a boom cylinder, an arm cylinder and a bucket cylinder that are hydraulic actuators each of which drives a corresponding one of the plurality of driven members on the basis of an operation signal; a plurality of operation members each outputting the operation signal to one of the hydraulic actuators; and a controller that outputs the operation signal to at least one of the plurality of hydraulic actuators or executes area limiting control of correcting the output operation signal such that the front work implement moves on a target surface preset for a work target of the front work implement or within an area above the target surface, and corrects the operation signal on the basis of information related to operation of the hydraulic actuator.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2019Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroki Takeuchi, Shiho Izumi, Ryu Narikawa, Shuuichi Meguriya, Teruki Igarashi
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Publication number: 20240026656Abstract: A work machine includes a swing structure, a work device, a position sensor, a posture sensor and a controller that performs machine control on the basis of a target surface set on the basis of target shape data, the position information of the swing structure, and the information about the posture of the work machine. When the controller becomes unable to obtain the position information of the swing structure, the controller stores swing angle information of the swing structure, the swing angle information being sensed by the posture sensor at that time. The controller prohibits execution of the machine control when the swing structure is positioned outside a swing range; and permits the execution of the machine control when the swing structure is positioned inside the swing range and when the swing structure is positioned inside the swing range again after being positioned outside the swing range.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2021Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: Shuuichi MEGURIYA, Teruki IGARASHI, Akihiro NARAZAKI
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Publication number: 20230332375Abstract: The invention of the present application intends to provide a work machine that can improve the work performance by keeping the work state of work equipment conforming to the intention of an operator in machine control for causing the work equipment to follow an excavation target surface. For this purpose, a controller determines the work state of the work equipment on the basis of an operation input amount inputted from an operation input device and the posture of the work equipment with respect to the target surface, computes a range of an action command value of actuators in which the work state determined is kept, and corrects, within the range, the action command value of the actuators to make the distance between the work equipment and the target surface small.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2021Publication date: October 19, 2023Inventors: Yusuke SUZUKI, Hiroaki TANAKA, Yasuhiko KANARI, Hiroshi SAKAMOTO, Teruki IGARASHI, Akihiro NARAZAKI
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Patent number: 11479941Abstract: A hydraulic excavator includes a controller having an actuator control section that executes machine control of operating a work implement in accordance with a predetermined condition in a case in which a work implement is positioned in a deceleration area, and that does not execute machine control in a case in which the work implement is positioned in a non-deceleration area. The controller further includes an operation deciding section that decides operation of the work implement on the basis of an operation amount of an operation device, and a display control section that displays, on a display device, a positional relationship among the work implement, a target surface and a boundary line between the deceleration area and the non-deceleration area.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2018Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Teruki Igarashi, Shiho Izumi
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Publication number: 20220275604Abstract: Provided is a remote control system for work machine capable of enhancing the stability and efficiently improving the operability. A remote control system for a work machine having a plurality of actuators 31 corrects all command signals for the actuators 31 being operated when a communication delay time occurs during operation with the actuators 31. This limits the operation of the actuators 31 while keeping the ratio of the command signals (operation signals) of the actuators 31.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2021Publication date: September 1, 2022Inventors: Teruki IGARASHI, Kento KUMAGAI, Akihiro NARAZAKI
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Publication number: 20220186459Abstract: A hydraulic actuator includes a control valve unit that controls a flow of a hydraulic fluid supplied from a hydraulic pump to a plurality of hydraulic actuators, a plurality of control lever devices that output a pilot pressure actuating the control valve unit, with use of a discharged pressure from a pilot pump as a source pressure, a solenoid valve unit including a plurality of solenoid pressure reducing valves connected between the plurality of control lever devices and the control valve unit, and a controller configured to calculate velocity limits for the plurality of hydraulic actuators on the basis of signals from a plurality of posture sensors and control openings of the solenoid pressure reducing valves, in which the controller is configured to control the openings of the solenoid pressure reducing valves for arm crowding and arm dumping to be larger than an opening based on the velocity limits while a boom raising operation signal is being output from the control lever devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2020Publication date: June 16, 2022Inventors: Teruki IGARASHI, Akihiro NARAZAKI, Masamichi ITOU
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Publication number: 20220145580Abstract: A work machine includes a work device having a boom, an arm, and work equipment and a controller that sets a target surface, and calculates a work equipment-to-target surface distance on the basis of signals from a position sensor and a posture sensor, and controls the boom and carries out deceleration control to decelerate the arm to keep the work equipment from excavating ground beyond the target surface when operation of the arm is carried out and the work equipment-target surface distance has become shorter than a predetermined distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2020Publication date: May 12, 2022Inventors: Teruki IGARASHI, Akihiro NARAZAKI, Shuuichi MEGURIYA
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Patent number: 11313107Abstract: A controller outputs a first velocity (first limiting velocity) as a limiting velocity for a boom cylinder when a boom lowering operation amount is smaller than a first operation amount, and outputs a second velocity when the boom lowering operation amount is equal to or larger than the first operation amount. The first velocity is set to decrease according to a decrease in a target surface distance. The second velocity is defined by a weighted average of the first velocity and a third velocity (second limiting velocity) set to change according to one of the target surface distance and the boom lowering operation amount of the operation device, and is set such that an increase in the boom lowering operation amount reduces a weight for the first velocity while increasing a weight for the third velocity.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2018Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Teruki Igarashi, Shiho Izumi, Ryu Narikawa, Shuuichi Meguriya, Hiroki Takeuchi
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Publication number: 20220025608Abstract: When a bucket 10 is grounded on soil, an operation signal is outputted or corrected such that a relative angle of the bucket 10 with respect to a target surface is maintained if a distance D between the bucket 10 and the target surface 60 is equal to or less than a preset first threshold value D1. When the bucket 10 is not grounded on soil, the operation signal is outputted or corrected such that the relative angle of the bucket 10 with respect to the target surface 60 is maintained if the distance between the bucket 10 and the target surface 60 is equal to or less than a preset second threshold value D2 set smaller than the first threshold value D1. As a result, control to maintain an angle of a work tool can be suitably started.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2019Publication date: January 27, 2022Inventors: Masamichi ITOH, Teruki IGARASHI, Akihiro NARAZAKI
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Publication number: 20210230843Abstract: An articulated-type front work implement has a boom, an arm, and a bucket that are driven members coupled to each other; a boom cylinder, an arm cylinder and a bucket cylinder that are hydraulic actuators each of which drives a corresponding one of the plurality of driven members on the basis of an operation signal; a plurality of operation members each outputting the operation signal to one of the hydraulic actuators; and a controller that outputs the operation signal to at least one of the plurality of hydraulic actuators or executes area limiting control of correcting the output operation signal such that the front work implement moves on a target surface preset for a work target of the front work implement or within an area above the target surface, and corrects the operation signal on the basis of information related to operation of the hydraulic actuator.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2019Publication date: July 29, 2021Inventors: Hiroki TAKEUCHI, Shiho IZUMI, Ryu NARIKAWA, Shuuichi MEGURIYA, Teruki IGARASHI
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Patent number: 11001985Abstract: A controller for a hydraulic excavator includes a first speed computation section that calculates a first speed of an arm cylinder from a value detected by an operation amount sensor; a second speed computation section that calculates a second speed from a value detected by a posture sensor and a third speed computation section calculates a third speed that is used as the speed of the arm cylinder in an actuator control section adapted to execute MC (machine control). The third speed computation section calculates the first speed as the third speed during the period between the detection of an input of operation for an arm by the operation amount sensor and predetermined time to, the third speed as a speed calculated from the first speed and the second speed during the period between t0 and time t1, and the second speed as the third speed at and after time t1.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2017Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Masamichi Ito, Hisami Nakano, Yusuke Suzuki, Akihiro Narazaki, Teruki Igarashi
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Publication number: 20200277752Abstract: A hydraulic excavator includes a controller having an actuator control section that executes machine control of operating a work implement in accordance with a predetermined condition in a case in which a work implement is positioned in a deceleration area, and that does not execute machine control in a case in which the work implement is positioned in a non-deceleration area. The controller further includes an operation deciding section that decides operation of the work implement on the basis of an operation amount of an operation device, and a display control section that displays, on a display device, a positional relationship among the work implement, a target surface and a boundary line between the deceleration area and the non-deceleration area.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2018Publication date: September 3, 2020Inventors: Teruki IGARASHI, Shiho IZUMI
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Publication number: 20200181883Abstract: A controller outputs a first velocity (first limiting velocity) as a limiting velocity for a boom cylinder when a boom lowering operation amount is smaller than a first operation amount, and outputs a second velocity when the boom lowering operation amount is equal to or larger than the first operation amount. The first velocity is set to decrease according to a decrease in a target surface distance. The second velocity is defined by a weighted average of the first velocity and a third velocity (second limiting velocity) set to change according to one of the target surface distance and the boom lowering operation amount of the operation device, and is set such that an increase in the boom lowering operation amount reduces a weight for the first velocity while increasing a weight for the third velocity.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2018Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventors: Teruki IGARASHI, Shiho IZUMI, Ryu NARIKAWA, Shuuichi MEGURIYA, Hiroki TAKEUCHI
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Publication number: 20200157768Abstract: A controller for a hydraulic excavator includes a first speed computation section that calculates a first speed of an arm cylinder from a value detected by an operation amount sensor; a second speed computation section that calculates a second speed from a value detected by a posture sensor and a third speed computation section calculates a third speed that is used as the speed of the arm cylinder in an actuator control section adapted to execute MC. The third speed computation section calculates the first speed as the third speed during the period between the detection of an input of operation for an arm by the operation amount sensor and predetermined time to, the third speed as a speed calculated from the first speed and the second speed during the period between t0 and time t1, and the second speed as the third speed at and after time t1.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2017Publication date: May 21, 2020Inventors: Masamichi ITO, Hisami NAKANO, Yusuke SUZUKI, Akihiro NARAZAKI, Teruki IGARASHI