Patents by Inventor Tsugio Sudou

Tsugio Sudou 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: 11780450
    Abstract: A tire management system assigns work to each of a plurality of vehicles and manages a loaded state of a tire mounted on each of the vehicles that perform the assigned work. The tire management system includes: an overload vehicle detection unit configured to detect an overloaded vehicle in which a tire load of the work assigned to each of the vehicles exceeds a predetermined tire load set in the tire itself of the vehicle; and a work contents changing processing unit configured to perform, when the overloaded vehicle is detected, processing of changing work contents of the overloaded vehicle such that the tire load of the overloaded vehicle becomes equal to or less than the predetermined tire load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsugio Sudou
  • Patent number: 11535374
    Abstract: A management system of a work site includes an image data acquisition unit that acquires image data of an unmanned vehicle stopped at the work site due to generation of a trouble, the image data being imaged by an imaging device mounted in a movable body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsugio Sudou
  • Patent number: 11307592
    Abstract: A management system of a work site includes a guidance unit which outputs, to a manned vehicle of a work site, guidance data for guiding the manned vehicle to an unmanned vehicle stopped due to occurrence of an abnormality at the work site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsugio Sudou
  • Patent number: 11269337
    Abstract: A management system of a work site includes a guidance unit which outputs, to a manned vehicle of a work site, guidance data for guiding the manned vehicle to an unmanned vehicle stopped due to occurrence of an abnormality at the work site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsugio Sudou
  • Publication number: 20210157324
    Abstract: A management system of a work site includes a guidance unit which outputs, to a manned vehicle of a work site, guidance data for guiding the manned vehicle to an unmanned vehicle stopped due to occurrence of an abnormality at the work site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventor: Tsugio Sudou
  • Publication number: 20200164980
    Abstract: A management system of a work site includes an image data acquisition unit that acquires image data of an unmanned vehicle stopped at the work site due to generation of a trouble, the image data being imaged by an imaging device mounted in a movable body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventor: Tsugio Sudou
  • Publication number: 20190135298
    Abstract: A tire management system assigns work to each of a plurality of vehicles and manages a loaded state of a tire mounted on each of the vehicles that perform the assigned work. The tire management system includes: an overload vehicle detection unit configured to detect an overload vehicle in which a tire load of the work assigned to each of the vehicles exceeds a predetermined tire load set in the tire itself of the vehicle; and a work contents changing processing unit configured to perform, when the overload vehicle is detected, processing of changing work contents of the overload vehicle such that the tire load of the overload vehicle becomes equal to or less than the predetermined tire load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventor: Tsugio Sudou
  • Patent number: 10245905
    Abstract: A tire abnormality management system assigns work to each of a plurality of vehicles and manages an abnormal state of a tire mounted on each of the vehicles that perform the assigned work. The tire abnormality management system includes: a tire sensor configured to detect a tire pressure and/or a tire temperature of each of the vehicles; a grouping processing unit configured to group vehicles, in which a tire load of the work assigned to each of the vehicles is within a predetermined range, into a vehicle group; and a tire abnormal vehicle identifying unit configured to identify, among the grouped vehicles, a vehicle with an abnormal tire based on the tire pressure or the tire temperature detected by the tire sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsugio Sudou
  • Patent number: 10155653
    Abstract: An automatic supply system of a consumable material includes: an automatic supply device that automatically supplies a consumable material to a vehicle capable of being loaded with a cargo; and a control device that obtains loading information indicating whether or not the cargo is loaded on the vehicle, and is able to control an automatic supply of the consumable material to the vehicle based on the obtained loading information, wherein, when the control device determines that the cargo is loaded on the vehicle from the obtained loading information, the control device controls the automatic supply device not to perform the automatic supply of the consumable material to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanori Tojima, Kouichi Yamashita, Tsugio Sudou, Koji Takeda
  • Patent number: 10112619
    Abstract: A tire management system assigns work to each of a plurality of vehicles and manages a loaded state of a tire mounted on each of the vehicles that perform the assigned work. The tire management system includes: an overload vehicle detection unit configured to detect an overload vehicle in which a tire load of the work assigned to each of the vehicles exceeds a predetermined tire load set in the tire itself of the vehicle; and a work contents changing processing unit configured to perform, when the overload vehicle is detected, processing of changing work contents of the overload vehicle such that the tire load of the overload vehicle becomes equal to or less than the predetermined tire load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsugio Sudou
  • Patent number: 9651954
    Abstract: A fuel supply system includes: a fuel supply facility capable of supplying fuel; an earth-moving machine capable of traveling toward the fuel supply facility; and a control apparatus that acquires execution permission information indicating whether or not fuel can be supplied to the earth-moving machine, and is capable of executing control based on the acquired execution permission information, wherein when the control apparatus determines that fuel cannot be supplied to the earth-moving machine based on the execution permission information at a time of supplying the fuel to the earth-moving machine, the control apparatus executes entry restriction control for restricting an entry to the fuel supply facility by the earth-moving machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanori Tojima, Tsugio Sudou, Koji Takeda, Kouichi Yamashita
  • Patent number: 9507360
    Abstract: A mine power management system includes: a first power line provided at an ascent and configured to exchange electric power with an ascending vehicle traveling on the ascent; a second power line provided at a descent and configured to exchange electric power with a descending vehicle traveling on the descent; and a power supply and storage apparatus configured to exchange electric power at least between the first power line and the second power line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanori Tojima, Kouichi Yamashita, Tsugio Sudou, Koji Takeda, Takao Nagai, Katsuhiro Kajino, Yasuhiro Yanagida, Yasuyuki Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20160229234
    Abstract: A tire abnormality management system assigns work to each of a plurality of vehicles and manages an abnormal state of a tire mounted on each of the vehicles that perform the assigned work. The tire abnormality management system includes: a tire sensor configured to detect a tire pressure and/or a tire temperature of each of the vehicles; a grouping processing unit configured to group vehicles, in which a tire load of the work assigned to each of the vehicles is within a predetermined range, into a vehicle group; and a tire abnormal vehicle identifying unit configured to identify, among the grouped vehicles, a vehicle with an abnormal tire based on the tire pressure or the tire temperature detected by the tire sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventor: Tsugio Sudou
  • Publication number: 20160221582
    Abstract: A tire management system assigns work to each of a plurality of vehicles and manages a loaded state of a tire mounted on each of the vehicles that perform the assigned work. The tire management system includes: an overload vehicle detection unit configured to detect an overload vehicle in which a tire load of the work assigned to each of the vehicles exceeds a predetermined tire load set in the tire itself of the vehicle; and a work contents changing processing unit configured to perform, when the overload vehicle is detected, processing of changing work contents of the overload vehicle such that the tire load of the overload vehicle becomes equal to or less than the predetermined tire load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventor: Tsugio Sudou
  • Patent number: 9315107
    Abstract: A transport vehicle equipped with a current collector, includes: a vessel to load a load; a current collector that extends to receive electric power from an overhead line and contracts and retracts so as to be disposed below the vessel; and a vehicle body that rotationally drives driving wheels by at least one of the electric power from the current collector and a self-propelled driving source and on which the vessel is placed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanori Tojima, Kouichi Yamashita, Tsugio Sudou, Koji Takeda
  • Patent number: 9022153
    Abstract: A transport vehicle equipped with a current collector, includes: a vessel to load a load; a current collector that extends to receive electric power from an overhead line and contracts and retracts so as to be disposed away from the overhead line; and a vehicle body that rotationally drives driving wheels by at least one of the electric power from the current collector and a self-propelled driving source and on which the vessel is placed; a pantograph position detector that detects a relative position of the current collector and the overhead line; and a control device that controls a driving direction of the vehicle body or gives an instruction of information with which a direction in which the vehicle body is to be operated can be recognized, so that the relative position is brought to a position where the current collector and the overhead line are connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanori Tojima, Kouichi Yamashita, Tsugio Sudou, Koji Takeda
  • Publication number: 20140107849
    Abstract: A fuel supply system includes: a fuel supply facility capable of supplying fuel; an earth-moving machine capable of traveling toward the fuel supply facility; and a control apparatus that acquires execution permission information indicating whether or not fuel can be supplied to the earth-moving machine, and is capable of executing control based on the acquired execution permission information, wherein when the control apparatus determines that fuel cannot be supplied to the earth-moving machine based on the execution permission information at a time of supplying the fuel to the earth-moving machine, the control apparatus executes entry restriction control for restricting an entry to the fuel supply facility by the earth-moving machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori Tojima, Tsugio Sudou, Koji Takeda, Kouichi Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20140041951
    Abstract: A transport vehicle equipped with a current collector, includes: a vessel to load a load; a current collector that extends to receive electric power from an overhead line and contracts and retracts so as to be disposed away from the overhead line; and a vehicle body that rotationally drives driving wheels by at least one of the electric power from the current collector and a self-propelled driving source and on which the vessel is placed; a pantograph position detector that detects a relative position of the current collector and the overhead line; and a control device that controls a driving direction of the vehicle body or gives an instruction of information with which a direction in which the vehicle body is to be operated can be recognized, so that the relative position is brought to a position where the current collector and the overhead line are connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori Tojima, Kouichi Yamashita, Tsugio Sudou, Koji Takeda
  • Publication number: 20140027013
    Abstract: An automatic supply system of a consumable material includes: an automatic supply device that automatically supplies a consumable material to a vehicle capable of being loaded with a cargo; and a control device that obtains loading information indicating whether or not the cargo is loaded on the vehicle, and is able to control an automatic supply of the consumable material to the vehicle based on the obtained loading information, wherein, when the control device determines that the cargo is loaded on the vehicle from the obtained loading information, the control device controls the automatic supply device not to perform the automatic supply of the consumable material to the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori Tojima, Kouichi Yamashita, Tsugio Sudou, Koji Takeda
  • Publication number: 20140032006
    Abstract: A mine power management system includes: a first power line provided at an ascent and configured to exchange electric power with an ascending vehicle traveling on the ascent; a second power line provided at a descent and configured to exchange electric power with a descending vehicle traveling on the descent; and a power supply and storage apparatus configured to exchange electric power at least between the first power line and the second power line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori Tojima, Kouichi Yamashita, Tsugio Sudou, Koji Takeda, Takao Nagai, Katsuhiro Kajino, Yasuhiro Yanagida, Yasuyuki Suzuki