Patents by Inventor Toru Matsuyama

Toru Matsuyama 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: 20160069040
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a speed limit calculation portion, a speed determination portion, an adjustment portion, and a boom speed determination portion. The speed limit calculation portion calculates a speed limit for limiting a speed of a cutting edge of a bucket. The speed determination portion determines whether or not a speed of raising the boom has been lowered when an amount of operation of an arm is smaller than a prescribed amount. The adjustment portion delays speed change to the speed limit. The boom speed determination portion determines a target speed of the boom based on the speed limit after delay by the adjustment portion when it is determined that the speed of raising the boom has been lowered, and determines a target speed of the boom based on the speed limit calculated when it is not determined that the speed of raising the boom has been lowered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Yoshiki KAMI, Takeo YAMADA, Toru MATSUYAMA, Yuto FUJII, Takeshi TAKAURA
  • Patent number: 9259949
    Abstract: A liquid discharging apparatus includes: a discharging portion which discharges liquid; a carriage which has the discharging portion mounted thereon, and is provided with a conductive member; a power supply source which supplies power for discharging the liquid from the discharging portion; a housing which has the power supply source installed therein; and a carriage guide axis which supports the carriage to be movable with respect to the housing, in which between the carriage guide axis and the conductive member, a coupling capacitance is formed by electric field coupling, and in which the coupling capacitance is included in a power supplying path to the discharging portion or a discharging path from the discharging portion, in a transmission path of the power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shuji Otsuka, Isao Nomura, Hidenori Usuda, Toru Matsuyama
  • Publication number: 20160040398
    Abstract: A control method includes: detecting an attitude of a work machine including a boom, an arm, and a bucket; operating an operating device to drive a movable member including the arm and the bucket; detecting an amount of operation of the operating device; generating position data of a cutting edge of the bucket based on the detected attitude; acquiring a target shape of an excavation object to be excavated by the work machine and calculating a distance between the cutting edge and the target shape based on the position data and the target shape; setting a limited amount of operation limiting a speed of the movable member based on the detected amount of operation; and outputting a signal to a valve that adjusts an amount of operating oil supplied to a hydraulic cylinder driving the work machine so that the movable member is driven with the limited amount of operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Kitajima, Yoshiki Kami, Takeo Yamada, Toru Matsuyama, Masashi Ichihara
  • Publication number: 20150343814
    Abstract: A liquid discharging apparatus includes: a discharging portion which discharges liquid; a carriage which has the discharging portion mounted thereon, and is provided with a conductive member; a power supply source which supplies power for discharging the liquid from the discharging portion; a housing which has the power supply source installed therein; and a carriage guide axis which supports the carriage to be movable with respect to the housing, in which between the carriage guide axis and the conductive member, a coupling capacitance is formed by electric field coupling, and in which the coupling capacitance is included in a power supplying path to the discharging portion or a discharging path from the discharging portion, in a transmission path of the power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Shuji OTSUKA, Isao NOMURA, Hidenori USUDA, Toru MATSUYAMA
  • Patent number: 9194106
    Abstract: A working unit control system includes a working unit, an operating tool, a work type determining part, and a drive controlling part. The operating tool is configured to receive a user operation to drive the working unit, and to output an operation signal in accordance with the user operation. The work type determining part is configured to determine to which of a shaping work and a cutting edge aligning work a work type of the working unit corresponds based on the operation signals. The drive controlling part configured to move the bucket along a designed surface when the work type corresponds to the shaping work, the drive controlling art being configured in a predetermined position set with reference to the designed surface when the work type corresponds to the cutting edge aligning work, the designed surface indicating a target shape of an excavation object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventor: Toru Matsuyama
  • Publication number: 20150273895
    Abstract: Provided is a printing apparatus including: a head unit that is provided with a discharge unit which discharges a liquid; a carriage into which the head unit is built; a power delivery unit that delivers at least a part of supplied power to the head unit; and a power supply unit that supplies power to the power delivery unit, in which the power delivery unit is provided with a first conductor and a second conductor, wherein power that is supplied from the power supply unit is delivered to the head unit through a coupling capacitance that is formed by the first conductor and the second conductor, and in which the power supply unit supplies different amounts of power to the power delivery unit depending on a type of a recording medium that is in a transport pathway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Shuji OTSUKA, Isao NOMURA, Hidenori USUDA, Toru Matsuyama
  • Patent number: 9139028
    Abstract: Provided is a printing apparatus including: a head unit that is provided with a discharge unit which discharges a liquid; a carriage into which the head unit is built; a power delivery unit that delivers at least a part of supplied power to the head unit; and a power supply unit that supplies power to the power delivery unit, in which the power delivery unit is provided with a first conductor and a second conductor, wherein power that is supplied from the power supply unit is delivered to the head unit through a coupling capacitance that is formed by the first conductor and the second conductor, and in which the power supply unit supplies different amounts of power to the power delivery unit depending on a type of a recording medium that is in a transport pathway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuji Otsuka, Isao Nomura, Hidenori Usuda, Toru Matsuyama
  • Publication number: 20150258823
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a first pulley; a second pulley; a head unit ejecting a liquid; a carriage in which the head unit is provided; a motor that generates power for driving the carriage; a power supply that supplies the power for ejecting the liquid from the head unit; and a belt that is hung on the first pulley and the second pulley, drives the carriage by the power supplied from the motor, and transmits the power to the head unit, in which the belt includes a first member for electrically connecting the power supply and the head unit, and a second member having an electric resistivity higher than an electric resistivity of the first member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Shuji OTSUKA, Isao NOMURA, Hidenori USUDA, Toru MATSUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20150251446
    Abstract: A printing device includes a paper medium print mode configured to execute printing on a paper medium; and a textile print mode configured to execute printing on a fabric medium, a print resolution in the textile print mode being lower than a print resolution in the paper medium print mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventors: Tomohiro SAYAMA, Toru MATSUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20150251445
    Abstract: A printing device includes a paper medium print mode configured to execute printing on a paper medium; and a textile print mode configured to execute printing on a fabric medium, types of inks used in the textile print mode being greater in number than types of inks used in the paper medium print mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventors: Tomohiro SAYAMA, Toru MATSUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20150251447
    Abstract: A printing device includes a paper medium print mode configured to execute printing on a paper medium; and a textile print mode configured to execute printing on a fabric medium, an ink weight required for forming a maximum dot in the textile print mode being less than an ink weight required for forming a maximum dot in the paper medium print mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventors: Tomohiro SAYAMA, Toru MATSUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20150251444
    Abstract: A printing device includes a paper medium print mode configured to execute printing on a paper medium; and a textile print mode configured to execute printing on a fabric medium, a print speed in the textile print mode being slower than a print speed in the paper medium print mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventors: Tomohiro SAYAMA, Toru MATSUYAMA
  • Patent number: 9090059
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a piezoelectric element; a cavity whose internal volume is increased or decreased by displacement of the piezoelectric element; a nozzle connected to the cavity and ejecting the ink as ink droplets onto a print medium by increasing or decreasing of the internal volume of the cavity; a printing mode receiver receiving selection of at least one photographic paper printing mode for printing onto photographic paper and at least two plain paper printing modes for printing onto plain paper from among printing modes; and a control unit controlling a meniscus position in the nozzle to be separated further from an orifice surface of the nozzle when the selection of one plain paper printing mode from among the at least two plain paper printing modes is received by the printing mode receiver than when the selection of the photographic paper printing mode is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Sayama, Toru Matsuyama
  • Patent number: 9080317
    Abstract: An excavation control system includes a working unit, hydraulic cylinders, a prospective speed obtaining part, a speed limit selecting part and a hydraulic cylinder controlling art. The prospective speed part is configured to obtain a first prospective speed depending on a first distance between the bucket and a first designed surface, and a second prospective speed depending on a second distance between the bucket and a second designed surface. The speed limit selecting part is configured to select one of the first and second prospective speeds as a speed limit based on a relative relation between the first designed surface and the bucket and a relative relation between the second designed surface and the bucket. The hydraulic cylinder controlling part is configured to limit a relative speed of the bucket relative to one of the first and second designed surfaces to the speed limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventor: Toru Matsuyama
  • Patent number: 9020709
    Abstract: An excavation control system includes a working unit, hydraulic cylinders, a prospective speed obtaining part, a relative speed obtaining part, a speed limit selecting part and a hydraulic cylinder controlling part. The prospective speed obtaining part obtains first and second prospective speeds depending on first and second intervals between first and second monitoring points of the bucket and a designed surface, respectively. The relative speed obtaining part obtains first and second relative speeds of the first and second monitoring points relative to the designed surface, respectively. The speed limit selecting part selects one of the first and second prospective speeds as a speed limit based on relative relations between the first and second relative speeds and the first and second prospective speeds, respectively. The hydraulic cylinder controlling part limits a relative speed of one of the first and second monitoring points to the speed limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventor: Toru Matsuyama
  • Publication number: 20150050110
    Abstract: An excavation control system includes a working unit having a bucket, a designed landform data storage part storing designed landform data, a bucket position data generation part that generates bucket position data, a designed surface data generation part, and an excavation limit control part. The designed surface data generation part generates superior and subordinate designed surface data based on the designed landform and bucket position data. The superior designed surface data indicates a superior designed surface corresponding to a position of the bucket. The subordinate designed surface data indicates a first subordinate designed surface linked to the superior designed surface. The designed surface data generation part generates shape data indicating shapes of the superior designed surface and the first subordinate designed surface. The excavation limit control part automatically adjusts a position of the bucket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Toru MATSUYAMA, Yoshiki KAMI, Shin KASHIWABARA, Masashi ICHIHARA
  • Patent number: 8909439
    Abstract: An excavation control system includes a working unit having a bucket, a designed landform data storage part storing designed landform data, a bucket position data generation part that generates bucket position data, a designed surface data generation part, and an excavation limit control part. The designed surface data generation part generates superior and subordinate designed surface data based on the designed landform and bucket position data. The superior designed surface data indicates a superior designed surface corresponding to a prescribed position on the bucket. The subordinate designed surface data indicates a plurality of subordinate designed surfaces linked to the superior designed surface. The designed surface data generation part generates shape data based on the superior and subordinate designed surface data. The shape data indicates shapes of the superior designed surface and the plurality of subordinate designed surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Matsuyama, Yoshiki Kami, Shin Kashiwabara, Masashi Ichihara
  • Patent number: 8894171
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a reference drive signal generation section that generates a reference drive signal, a signal modulation section that modulates the reference drive signal to generate a modulation reference drive signal, a signal amplification section that amplifies the modulation reference drive signal using switching elements to generate a modulation drive signal, a signal conversion section that converts the modulation drive signal to a drive signal, and a head which includes a piezoelectric element that deforms in response to the drive signal, a pressure chamber that expands and contracts due to the deformation of the piezoelectric element and has a Helmholtz resonance frequency of a period Tc, and a nozzle opening portion that communicates with the pressure chamber. A period of an alternating current component contained in the modulation drive signal is a divisor of a section of one of the drive signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hironori Endo, Toshihisa Saruta, Toru Matsuyama
  • Patent number: 8857935
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a reference drive signal generation section that generates a reference drive signal, a signal modulation section that modulates the reference drive signal to generate a modulation reference drive signal, a signal amplification section that amplifies the modulation reference drive signal using switching elements to generate a modulation drive signal, a signal conversion section that converts the modulation drive signal to a drive signal, a piezoelectric element that deforms in response to the drive signal, a pressure chamber that expands or contracts due to the deformation of the piezoelectric element, and a nozzle opening portion that communicates with the pressure chamber. A period of alternating current components contained in the modulation drive signal are shorter than a duration of a maximum voltage or a minimum voltage, and is longer than a total time of turn-on delay times and turn-off delay times of the switching elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hironori Endo, Toshihisa Saruta, Toru Matsuyama
  • Patent number: 8845052
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a drive signal generation section which generates a drive signal and a liquid ejecting head. The drive signal is a periodic signal. One period of the drive signal has two durations of (i) a droplet ejection duration with a waveform part used to eject the droplet from the nozzle and (ii) a droplet non-ejection duration without the waveform part used to eject the droplet from the nozzle, and the droplet non-ejection duration is equal to or longer than the droplet ejection duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Noboru Tamura, Shinichi Yamada, Akito Sato, Toru Matsuyama