Patents by Inventor Toru TAMBO
Toru TAMBO 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: 20240138282Abstract: A management system includes a storage and a processor. While an agricultural machine including an GNSS receiver is traveling, the storage stores GNSS data output from the GNSS receiver and sensing data output from a sensor sensing a surrounding environment of the agricultural machine in association with each other. The processor is configured or programmed to generate and output visualized data, which represents the surrounding environment of the agricultural machine, based on the GNSS data and the sensing data, when reception interference of a satellite signal occurs.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Yuki KUBOTA, Toru TAMBO, Itsuki OKUBO, Kazuki OTA
-
Publication number: 20240130263Abstract: A row detection system includes a camera mounted to an agricultural machine to image a ground surface that is traveled by the agricultural machine to acquire time-series images including at least a portion of the ground surface, and a processor configured or programmed to perform image processing for the time-series images and to select, from the time-series images, a search region in which to detect at least one of crop rows and ridges, the search region having a size and shape including at least a portion of one or more wheels of the agricultural machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Shunsuke MIYASHITA, Toru TAMBO, Mitsuaki NAGAO
-
Publication number: 20230339557Abstract: To reduce complexity of operation when a working vehicle performs automatic steering, the working vehicle includes a vehicle body to be manually steered with a steering wheel or automatically steered to travel forward or rearward, an operator's seat on the vehicle body, a console located forward of the operator's seat or located on one side of the operator's seat, a first manual operator for automatic steering provided in or on the console, and a second manual operator for automatic steering attachable at a location rearward of the operator's seat.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2023Publication date: October 26, 2023Inventors: Toru TAMBO, Shunsuke MIYASHITA, Yasuaki MORIOKA, Kunihiko NISHINO, Misako KIKUMOTO
-
Publication number: 20230320248Abstract: To stably and safely perform automatic steering during rearward travel of a working vehicle, the working vehicle includes a vehicle body to be manually steered with a steering wheel or automatically steered to travel forward or rearward, a prime mover on the vehicle body, a working implement supported on the vehicle body, a power take-off (PTO) shaft to transmit power from the prime mover to the working implement, and a controller to control automatic steering of the vehicle body and driving of the PTO shaft. The controller is configured or programmed to allow the automatic steering during rearward travel of the vehicle body when the PTO shaft is in a stopped state, and prohibit the automatic steering during rearward travel of the vehicle body when the PTO shaft is in a driven state.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2023Publication date: October 12, 2023Inventors: Toru TAMBO, Shunsuke MIYASHITA, Yasuaki MORIOKA, Kunihiko NISHINO, Misako KIKUMOTO
-
Patent number: 11760293Abstract: A tractor includes: a driver seat on which a driver can sit; a hood 5 provided in front of the driver seat; and an antenna unit that receives satellite positioning information. When viewed from the front, an upper end portion of a ROPS and at least part of the antenna unit overlap with each other.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2018Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventors: Kumiko Kobayashi, Misako Kawai, Kunihiko Nishino, Yasuaki Morioka, Shunsuke Miyashita, Yuki Kubota, Manabu Togo, Kenichi Iwami, Hiroki Suga, Toru Tambo
-
Patent number: 11713078Abstract: A working vehicle includes a steering device including a steering handle, a vehicle body to travel with either manual steering by the steering handle or automatic steering of the steering handle based on a traveling reference traveling line, and a controller to permit automatic steering based on steering angles of the steering device obtained when the vehicle body travels a predetermined distance while being steered by the manual steering.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2020Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Shunsuke Miyashita, Toru Tambo, Kenichi Iwami, Hiroki Suga, Yasuaki Morioka, Kunihiko Nishino, Kumiko Kobayashi, Misako Kawai
-
Patent number: 11399454Abstract: A working vehicle includes a vehicle body to travel, a steering handle to be turned to steer the vehicle body, and a steering switch to steer the vehicle body separately from the steering handle. The steering switch may be a switch to be operated in a pressing manner or in a sliding manner to steer the vehicle body. In addition, the steering switch may be arranged around the steering handle.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2020Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Shunsuke Miyashita, Kenichi Iwami, Hiroki Suga, Yuki Kubota, Toru Tambo, Kunihiko Nishino, Yasuaki Morioka, Kumiko Kobayashi, Misako Kawai, Manabu Togo, Yoshihiko Kuroshita
-
Publication number: 20220107649Abstract: A working vehicle includes a vehicle body to travel either by manual steering with a steering wheel or by automatic steering with the steering wheel, a reference registration controller configured or programmed to register a traveling reference line based on a position of the vehicle body caused to travel by the manual steering, a traveling line setter configured or programmed to set, based on the traveling reference line, scheduled traveling lines for traveling using the automatic steering, and an automatic steering controller to control the automatic steering based on the scheduled traveling lines. The traveling line setter is configured or programmed to change an adjacency width between the scheduled traveling lines adjoining each other among the plurality of scheduled traveling lines.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventors: Misako KIKUMOTO, Kunihiko NISHINO, Yasuaki MORIOKA, Hideaki EZAKI, Shunsuke MIYASHITA, Toru TAMBO
-
Publication number: 20220104423Abstract: A working vehicle includes a vehicle body capable of traveling either by either manual steering with a steering wheel or by automatic steering with the steering wheel, a reference registration controller configured or programmed to register a traveling reference line based on a position of the vehicle body caused to travel by the manual steering, an automatic steering controller configured or programmed to perform control by the automatic steering on a set scheduled traveling line based on the traveling reference line, a display to display information about the automatic steering when forward traveling by the automatic steering is to be performed, and a notifier to issue a notification of the information about the automatic steering aside from the information displayed on the display when rearward traveling by the automatic steering is to be performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventors: Misako KIKUMOTO, Kunihiko NISHINO, Yasuaki MORIOKA, Hideaki EZAKI, Shunsuke MIYASHITA, Toru TAMBO
-
Publication number: 20220109224Abstract: A riding management machine includes a traveling vehicle including a vehicle body, an operator's seat provided on the vehicle body, and a hood provided in front of the operator's seat, a working device attached to the traveling vehicle, a position detector to detect a position of the vehicle body based on a signal from a positioning satellite, and a support body to support the position detector above the hood. The support body includes a pair of struts on opposite sides of the vehicle body in a vehicle-width direction, a connector to connect tops of the pair of struts to each other, and reinforcements to connect the respective struts to the vehicle body.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventors: Misako KIKUMOTO, Kunihiko NISHINO, Yasuaki MORIOKA, Hideaki EZAKI, Shunsuke MIYASHITA, Toru TAMBO
-
Publication number: 20210114659Abstract: A working vehicle includes a steering device including a steering handle, a vehicle body to travel with either manual steering by the steering handle or automatic steering of the steering handle based on a traveling reference traveling line, and a controller to permit automatic steering based on steering angles of the steering device obtained when the vehicle body travels a predetermined distance while being steered by the manual steering.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventors: Shunsuke MIYASHITA, Toru TAMBO, Kenichi IWAMI, Hiroki SUGA, Yasuaki MORIOKA, Kunihiko NISHINO, Kumiko KOBAYASHI, Misako KAWAI
-
Publication number: 20200398780Abstract: A tractor includes: a driver seat on which a driver can sit; a hood 5 provided in front of the driver seat; and an antenna unit that receives satellite positioning information. When viewed from the front, an upper end portion of a ROPS and at least part of the antenna unit overlap with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2018Publication date: December 24, 2020Inventors: Kumiko Kobayashi, Misako Kawai, Kunihiko Nishino, Yasuaki Morioka, Shunsuke Miyashita, Yuki Kubota, Manabu Togo, Kenichi Iwami, Hiroki Suga, Toru Tambo
-
Publication number: 20200383261Abstract: A working vehicle includes a vehicle body to travel, a steering handle to be turned to steer the vehicle body, and a steering switch to steer the vehicle body separately from the steering handle. The steering switch may be a switch to be operated in a pressing manner or in a sliding manner to steer the vehicle body. In addition, the steering switch may be arranged around the steering handle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2020Publication date: December 10, 2020Inventors: Shunsuke MIYASHITA, Kenichi IWAMI, Hiroki SUGA, Yuki KUBOTA, Toru TAMBO, Kunihiko NISHINO, Yasuaki MORIOKA, Kumiko KOBAYASHI, Misako KAWAI, Manabu TOGO, Yoshihiko KUROSHITA