Patents by Inventor Yasuhisa Uoya

Yasuhisa Uoya 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: 11168992
    Abstract: A travel route generation device for a field work vehicle includes a memory and circuitry. The circuitry is configured to generate, based on field data stored in the memory, a travel route. The circuitry is configured to determine a getting-off point in the travel route at which a driver gets off the field work vehicle. The circuitry is configured to determine a getting-on point in the travel route at which the driver gets on the field work vehicle. The circuitry is configured to define a first partial route in the travel route between the entrance and the getting-off point and a second partial travel route in the travel route between the getting-on point and the entrance as a manual travel route. The circuitry is configured to define a third partial travel route in the travel route between the getting-off point and the getting-on point as an automatic travel route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhisa Uoya, Izuru Shimamoto, Kenji Tamatani, Megumi Suzukawa, Atsushi Shinkai, Kazuo Sakaguchi
  • Patent number: 10989541
    Abstract: A travel route generation device includes circuitry configured to calculate positions of a starting point, an end point, and intermediate points from a start vehicle position, an end vehicle position, and intermediate vehicle positions, respectively, based on a distance from a contour point to a reference point. The circuitry is configured to define the shape of the target work region by calculating a line connecting the starting point, the intermediate points, and the end point, the line defining the shape of the target work region. The circuitry is configured to generate a travel route along which the work vehicle is to travel in the target work region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhisa Uoya, Izuru Shimamoto, Kenji Tamatani, Megumi Suzukawa, Atsushi Shinkai, Kazuo Sakaguchi
  • Patent number: 10952369
    Abstract: A grass management system includes a first moisture-obtaining device to obtain a first moisture value of grass in a mowing operation performed by a mower, a position-detecting device to detect a mowing position of the mower, and a creation supporting circuit to support creation of an operation plan for a working machine based on the first moisture value and the mowing position, the working machine being configured to perform an operation relating to the grass already mowed. The grass management system includes a moisture map creating circuit to create a moisture map of an agricultural field based on the first moisture value and the mowing position. The creation supporting circuit is configured to display the moisture map that is created by the moisture map creating circuit in creating the operation plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Araki, Yasuhisa Uoya, Yoshito Hayakawa, Yuto Kamiya, Ryuji Hashizume
  • Patent number: 10788821
    Abstract: A wireless management system for work vehicles includes a first communication device and a second communication device. The first communication device is configured to perform wireless communication in frequency bands to control the work vehicles. The second communication device is configured to perform the wireless communication with the first communication device. The first communication device and the second communication device are configured to select a frequency band from the frequency bands based on wireless transmission data in order to perform the wireless communication for the wireless transmission data in the frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yushi Matsuzaki, Kenichi Iwami, Yasuhisa Uoya
  • Patent number: 10536851
    Abstract: In addition to improving security of data communication between a control device and a mobile terminal, to make it possible to easily make the data communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke Miura, Susumu Umemoto, Hiroyuki Araki, Yasuhisa Uoya
  • Publication number: 20190249991
    Abstract: A travel route generation device includes circuitry configured to calculate positions of a starting point, an end point, and intermediate points from a start vehicle position, an end vehicle position, and intermediate vehicle positions, respectively, based on a distance from a contour point to a reference point. The circuitry is configured to define the shape of the target work region by calculating a line connecting the starting point, the intermediate points, and the end point, the line defining the shape of the target work region. The circuitry is configured to generate a travel route along which the work vehicle is to travel in the target work region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhisa UOYA, Izuru SHIMAMOTO, Kenji TAMATANI, Megumi SUZUKAWA, Atsushi SHINKAI, Kazuo SAKAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 10231374
    Abstract: A travel support system for a work vehicle including a vehicle body and a work device provided on the vehicle body includes a first calculator to calculate a vehicle body occupied area including the vehicle body in a plan view. A second calculator is to calculate a work device occupied area including the work device in the plan view. A third calculator is to calculate a work vehicle occupied area including the work vehicle in the plan view, the work vehicle occupied area including the vehicle body occupied area and the work device occupied area. A position calculator is to calculate a position of the work vehicle in a work field based on positioning data. A controller is to control the work vehicle to move in the work field based on the position of the work vehicle and the work vehicle occupied area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuo Sakaguchi, Yasuhisa Uoya, Takafumi Morishita, Kotaro Yamaguchi, Hiroki Suga, Megumi Suzukawa
  • Publication number: 20180363272
    Abstract: A working machine includes a vehicle body configured to be coupled to a working device, a prime mover disposed on the vehicle body and configured to change a maximum output, and a control device configured to control the prime mover, the control device having a change obtaining part configured to obtain a change command to change the maximum output of the prime mover. The control device is configured to change the maximum output when the change obtaining part obtains the change command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicants: KUBOTA DEUTSCHLAND GmbH, KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Andreas KACZMARCZYK, Burkhard DITSCHE, Tobias EICHBERG, Susumu UMEMOTO, Yasuhisa UOYA
  • Publication number: 20180303031
    Abstract: A grass management system includes a first moisture-obtaining device to obtain a first moisture value of grass in a mowing operation performed by a mower, a position-detecting device to detect a mowing position of the mower, and a creation supporting circuit to support creation of an operation plan for a working machine based on the first moisture value and the mowing position, the working machine being configured to perform an operation relating to the grass already mowed. The grass management system includes a moisture map creating circuit to create a moisture map of an agricultural field based on the first moisture value and the mowing position. The creation supporting circuit is configured to display the moisture map that is created by the moisture map creating circuit in creating the operation plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki ARAKI, Yasuhisa UOYA, Yoshito HAYAKAWA, Yuto KAMIYA, Ryuji HASHIZUME
  • Publication number: 20180209799
    Abstract: A travel route generation device for a field work vehicle includes a memory and circuitry. The circuitry is configured to generate, based on field data stored in the memory, a travel route. The circuitry is configured to determine a getting-off point in the travel route at which a driver gets off the field work vehicle. The circuitry is configured to determine a getting-on point in the travel route at which the driver gets on the field work vehicle. The circuitry is configured to define a first partial route in the travel route between the entrance and the getting-off point and a second partial travel route in the travel route between the getting-on point and the entrance as a manual travel route. The circuitry is configured to define a third partial travel route in the travel route between the getting-off point and the getting-on point as an automatic travel route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicant: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhisa UOYA, Izuru SHIMAMOTO, Kenji TAMATANI, Megumi SUZUKAWA, Atsushi SHINKAI, Kazuo SAKAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20180210456
    Abstract: A travel route generation device includes circuitry configured to define a shape of a work field by calculating a first line connecting a starting point and one of intermediate points, and a second line connecting another of the intermediate points and an end point. The circuitry is configured to calculate a shape of an entrance passage in the work field though which a work vehicle is to enter a target work region in which the work vehicle is to work in the work field. The entrance passage has a shape of a substantially quadrangle including a first side extending along the first line from the starting point and a second side extending along the second line from the end point. The circuitry is configured to generate a travel route along which the work vehicle is to travel in the target work region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicant: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhisa UOYA, Izuru SHIMAMOTO, Kenji TAMATANI, Megumi SUZUKAWA, Atsushi SHINKAI, Kazuo SAKAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20180210440
    Abstract: A wireless management system for work vehicles includes a first communication device and a second communication device. The first communication device is configured to perform wireless communication in frequency bands to control the work vehicles. The second communication device is configured to perform the wireless communication with the first communication device. The first communication device and the second communication device are configured to select a frequency band from the frequency bands based on wireless transmission data in order to perform the wireless communication for the wireless transmission data in the frequency band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicant: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Yushi MATSUZAKI, Kenichi IWAMI, Yasuhisa UOYA
  • Patent number: 10003910
    Abstract: Data on agricultural machines can be outputted to mobile terminals easily and properly. A data collection device is provided separately from a control device that controls the operation of an agricultural machine and is connected to a vehicle communication network installed in the agricultural machine, and is removably connected to the vehicle communication network. The data collection device includes a data collection unit for collecting agricultural machine data outputted to the vehicle communication network, an authorization determination unit for implementing authentication with a mobile terminal to determine whether or not the collected data is transmitted to the mobile terminal by wireless communication, and a data communication unit for transmitting data to the mobile terminal by wireless communication when the authorization determination unit authorizes data transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke Miura, Isao Tanaka, Yasuhisa Uoya, Takafumi Morishita, Yoshito Hayakawa
  • Publication number: 20180011495
    Abstract: A route search system for a work vehicle includes a receiver, a processor, and a controller. The receiver is to obtain a reference position of the work vehicle. The processor is to define, as a search area, an area around a vehicle reference point in a plan view. The vehicle reference point indicates the reference position of the work vehicle. The controller is to determine a guidance travel route along which the work vehicle is to travel and which is closest to the vehicle reference point in the search area among travel route candidates stored in a memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo SAKAGUCHI, Yasuhisa UOYA, Takafumi MORISHITA, Kotaro YAMAGUCHI, Hiroki SUGA, Megumi SUZUKAWA
  • Publication number: 20170367252
    Abstract: A travel support system for a work vehicle including a vehicle body and a work device provided on the vehicle body includes a first calculator to calculate a vehicle body occupied area including the vehicle body in a plan view. A second calculator is to calculate a work device occupied area including the work device in the plan view. A third calculator is to calculate a work vehicle occupied area including the work vehicle in the plan view, the work vehicle occupied area including the vehicle body occupied area and the work device occupied area. A position calculator is to calculate a position of the work vehicle in a work field based on positioning data. A controller is to control the work vehicle to move in the work field based on the position of the work vehicle and the work vehicle occupied area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo SAKAGUCHI, Yasuhisa UOYA, Takafumi MORISHITA, Kotaro YAMAGUCHI, Hiroki SUGA, Megumi SUZUKAWA
  • Patent number: 9839174
    Abstract: A work vehicle cooperation system includes: a master traveling track calculation unit that calculates a traveling track of a master work vehicle (1P) based on a detection position at which the master work vehicle (1P) was detected; a slave traveling target calculation unit that calculates a target traveling position of the slave work vehicle (1C) based on the traveling track of the master work vehicle (1P); a master parameter generation unit that generates a master work/driving parameter relating to work/driving executed by the master work vehicle (1P), the master work/driving parameter being linked with the detection position; a slave parameter generation unit that generates a slave work/driving parameter for the slave work vehicle (1C) based on the master work/driving parameter, the slave work/driving parameter being linked with the target traveling position for the slave work vehicle (1C); and a navigation control unit that navigates the slave work vehicle in an unmanned manner based on a detection positio
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshitomo Fujimoto, Hiroyuki Araki, Yasuhisa Uoya
  • Patent number: 9526199
    Abstract: A work vehicle coordinating system includes a main vehicle position detection module for detecting a position of a main work vehicle, a sub vehicle position detection module for detecting a position of a sub work vehicle, a central work land path calculation section for calculating a central work land traveling path to be used by the sub work vehicle in an unmanned steered work traveling in a central work land, a first steering control section for unmanned-steering the sub work vehicle ahead of the main work vehicle based on the position of the sub work vehicle detected by the sub vehicle position detection module and the central work land traveling path, a headland path calculation section for calculating a headland traveling path, and a second steering control section for unmanned-steering the sub work vehicle to follow the main work vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Yushi Matsuzaki, Atsushi Shinkai, Yasuhisa Uoya
  • Patent number: 9448561
    Abstract: A work vehicle cooperation system includes: a master traveling tack calculation unit that calculates a traveling track of a master work vehicle (1P) based on its position; a loop traveling detection unit that detects loop traveling in a loop work area (B); a redirection traveling target calculation unit that calculates a redirection traveling start point and a redirection traveling end point (Pc3) of a slave work vehicle (1C) based on a redirection traveling track including a redirection traveling start point (Pp1) and a redirection traveling end point of redirection traveling of the master work vehicle (1P); and a loop work traveling target calculation unit that calculates a target traveling position in loop work traveling of the slave work vehicle (1C) for the redirection traveling end point (Pc3) to a next redirection traveling start point (Pc1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Kubota Coporation
    Inventors: Yoshitomo Fujimoto, Hiroyuki Araki, Yasuhisa Uoya
  • Patent number: 9386449
    Abstract: A management server includes a user management database in which mobile terminal identification information on the mobile terminal and working machine identification information on a sold working machine are registered in association with each other, a user registration determination unit adapted to determine whether or not the mobile terminal and the working machine are registered in association with each other on the basis of the mobile terminal identification information and the working machine identification information outputted from the mobile terminal and the mobile terminal identification information and the working machine identification information stored in the user management database, and an authorization information output unit adapted to output an authorization key necessary for wireless communication between the mobile terminal and the working machine in the case where the user registration determination unit determines that the mobile terminal and the working machine are registered in associa
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke Miura, Isao Tanaka, Yasuhisa Uoya, Takafumi Morishita
  • Publication number: 20160174453
    Abstract: A work vehicle coordinating system includes a main vehicle position detection module for detecting a position of a main work vehicle, a sub vehicle position detection module for detecting a position of a sub work vehicle, a central work land path calculation section for calculating a central work land traveling path to be used by the sub work vehicle in an unmanned steered work traveling in a central work land, a first steering control section for unmanned-steering the sub work vehicle ahead of the main work vehicle based on the position of the sub work vehicle detected by the sub vehicle position detection module and the central work land traveling path, a headland path calculation section for calculating a headland traveling path and a second steering control section for unmanned-steering the sub work vehicle (to follow the main work vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Yushi Matsuzaki, Atsushi Shinkai, Yasuhisa Uoya