Patents by Inventor Yoichiro Yamazaki

Yoichiro Yamazaki 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: 12104352
    Abstract: A compaction management system includes a position calculation unit that, when a bucket is pressed against a compaction target ground, calculates a position of the bucket, a rolling compaction force calculation unit that, when the bucket is pressed against the compaction target ground, calculates a rolling compaction force applied to the compaction target ground using the attitude of the machine body, the attitude of the attachment, a pressure of a cylinder, and dimensions of the attachment, a rolling compaction record creation unit that creates a rolling compaction record in which the position calculated by the position calculation unit is associated with the rolling compaction force calculated by the rolling compaction force calculation unit, and a storage control unit that causes a storage device to store the rolling compaction record created by the rolling compaction record creation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sho Fujiwara, Yusuke Kamimura, Yoichiro Yamazaki, Koji Yamashita, Daisuke Noda, Hideki Yoshihara
  • Patent number: 12091833
    Abstract: A work machine includes: a first posture detection device which detects a posture of an upper slewing body with respect to a lower travelling body; a second posture detection device which detects a posture of a blade; a laser beam receiver which is provided to the upper slewing body and can receive a laser beam emitted from a laser beam emitter; and a calculation unit which calculates a height position of a cutting edge of the blade with respect to a surface to be constructed. The calculation unit calculates the height position of the cutting edge of the blade with respect to the surface to be constructed based on a laser beam receiving position where the laser beam is received by the laser beam receiver, a posture of the upper slewing body with respect to the lower travelling body, and a posture of the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Kamimura, Yoichiro Yamazaki, Koji Yamashita, Daisuke Noda
  • Patent number: 12077943
    Abstract: There is provided a system and the like capable of assisting remote operation of a work machine performed by a remote operator in such a way that contact between the work machine and an actual machine operator and other unfavorable situations can be avoided. Even in a situation in which a first evaluation result is affirmative and a work machine 40 can be remotely operated via a remote operation apparatus 20, but in a situation in which a second evaluation result is affirmative and it is highly probable that a worker carrying a portable terminal 60, such as an actual machine operator OP2, is so close to the work machine 40 or on the work machine 40 that short-range wireless communication between the work machine 40 and the portable terminal 60 is established, remote operation of the work machine 40 is inhibited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryota Hama, Hitoshi Sasaki, Seiji Saiki, Yoichiro Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 12054915
    Abstract: There is provided a server and a system capable of enabling an operator of a remote operating device to recognize which remote operating device remotely operates a work machine displayed on an output interface constituting the remote operating device. For example, a first work environment image indicating a situation of a work site acquired through an image pickup device 412 loaded on a work machine 40 is outputted on an output interface 220 constituting each of a plurality of remote operating devices 20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Sasaki, Yoichiro Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20240248492
    Abstract: A system is provided which can achieve reliability of a notification about a moving manner of a work machine for a worker regardless of the distance between the work machine and the worker. A sign image M is projected onto a peripheral region of the worker (for example, a ground surface which is present in the vicinity of the worker to the extent that the worker is capable of visually recognizing the sign image M) by an unmanned aircraft 60. The sign image M is an image which represents a moving manner of a work machine 40. Thus, regardless of the distance between the work machine 40 and the worker, reliability of a notification about the moving manner of the work machine 40 for the worker is achieved compared to a case where the sign image M is projected onto an irrelevant place to the position of the worker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Yuki MORITA, Yusuke FUJIWARA, Kazuhiro UEDA, Yoichiro YAMAZAKI
  • Patent number: 12043982
    Abstract: A system or the like capable of making an operator recognize an environment around a working machine in an appropriate form in consideration of a state of the working machine. In the case where a working machine 40 is in a first state (an operable state), a display magnification of a captured image (environment image) outputted to a remote output interface 220 is controlled only in a range of a specified display magnification or lower, or is fixed at a value of the specified display magnification or lower. On the other hand, in the case where the working machine 40 is in a second state (an inoperable state), a zoom function of an actual machine image capturing device 412 is demonstrated according to a zoom operation through a remote input interface 210 by the operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daiki Ishida, Ryota Hama, Seiji Saiki, Yoichiro Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 12031297
    Abstract: A first operating mechanism 7 of a work machine 1 includes a first guide member 74 which tilts a fourth operating lever 5 in the right-left direction, and a first actuator 72 which generates a driving force for tilting a first direction guide member 74 on the basis of an operation command. The first actuator 72 is disposed at a position on the opposite side of the fourth operating lever 5 from a slave-side seat 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Sasaki, Seiji Saiki, Yoichiro Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 12028653
    Abstract: A remote control system 1 having a function as an inspection system includes a plurality of cameras 25, 60 which are located in a location environment of a construction machine 10, a captured image processing unit 50a configured to cause a display unit 45 to display captured images, and a camera selection unit 50b configured to select an inspection camera from the plurality of cameras 25, 60 at a time of inspection of the construction machine 10. The captured image processing unit 50a is configured to receive an image captured by the selected inspection camera to include an image of a portion to be inspected and cause the display unit 45 to display the captured image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Sasaki, Yoichiro Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20240180331
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a remote control device which is easy to get on and off and further to provide a remote control device which is easy to get on and off without having a firm foot retainment portion. A remote control device includes a seat device 40 and operates a machine by a remote operation, and the remote control device includes an operation mode which is for an operator to operate the machine and a getting on-off mode which is for the operator to get on and off the seat device 40. In the getting on-off mode, at least a part of the seat device 40 is positioned closer to a floor compared to the operation mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Masaki OTANI, Hitoshi SASAKI, Yoichiro YAMAZAKI
  • Patent number: 11993922
    Abstract: Provided is a system which can supply appropriate information to one operator from a viewpoint that the one operator grasps a remotely operational mode for a working machine by the other operator. In a first remote operation apparatus 10, a passive mode detector 112 detects a passive mode of a first operation mechanism 111, and transmits operational mode data corresponding to the passive mode. In a second remote operation apparatus 20, an operation of an actuator 212 is controlled in accordance with the passive mode of the first operation mechanism 111 in response to the operational mode data, and thereby, a second operation mechanism 211 actively operates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Otani, Hitoshi Sasaki, Seiji Saiki, Yoichiro Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 11989674
    Abstract: Provided are a server and a system which enable a worker of a work machine to intuitively recognize work contents and the like to be performed using the work machine in each of a plurality of work locations. In response to a first designated operation through a remote input interface 210 of a remote operation device 20, a remote output interface 220 of the remote operation device 20 outputs a work environment image showing positions of designated work locations Q1 and Q2, and information about at least one of a designated work period and a designated work content. The designated work location, the designated work period and the designated work content are included in designated work information that is work information fitting a designated position depending on the first designated operation among a plurality of pieces of work information registered in a database 102.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Sawada, Hitoshi Sasaki, Seiji Saiki, Yoichiro Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20240141616
    Abstract: Provided is a system or the like capable of reducing mental burdens on an operator who remotely operates a work machine, when an image range acquired by a real machine image pickup device loaded on the work machine is changed. A previous notice indicating a future change mode of a real space area projected in a work environment image displayed at a remote image output device 221 is output to a remote output interface 220. It is possible to make the operator who encounters a virtual sound source Vss displaced according to a displacement mode of the real space area and/or an icon image A1 in an arrow shape indicating the displacement mode of the real space area recognize beforehand that the real space area projected in the work environment image is to be displaced according to the displacement mode in the future.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Yuki MORITA, Masaki OTANI, Yusuke SAWADA, Yusuke KAMIMURA, Yoichiro YAMAZAKI
  • Patent number: 11959250
    Abstract: A first operation mechanism 3 includes a first driving source 30 which generates a driving force based on a drive command and a first driving mechanism 32 which inclines a left-side traveling pedal 1c by the driving force from the first driving source 30. The first driving mechanism 32 has a first abutting portion 32a which abuts a pedal surface of the left-side traveling pedal 1c and a first driving unit 32b which inclines the left-side traveling pedal 1c by inclining the first abutting portion. The first driving unit 32b is arranged in a position shifted to a lateral side from a space in which the first abutting portion 32a moves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., Asahi Intecc Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Sasaki, Seiji Saiki, Yoichiro Yamazaki, Kohei Nakamizo
  • Patent number: 11952747
    Abstract: A remote operation device includes: a vibration detector to detect a plurality of vibration components in a plurality of directions different from each other, the vibration components being included in a vibration caused on an attachment; a transmission device; and a transmission control section that controls an operation of the transmission device. A vibration determination condition is set in advance, the vibration determination condition including a condition that an amplitude of a maximum vibration component largest in amplitude among the plurality of vibration components detected by the vibration detector is equal to or larger than a preset amplitude threshold. The transmission control section controls the operation of the transmission device to allow the vibration information to be transmitted to an operator only when the vibration determination condition is met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Noda, Koji Yamashita, Yoichiro Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20240052594
    Abstract: A remote operation system communicates with work machines and with a remote operation device which remotely operates one work machine as a target among the work machines. An actual machine image-capturing device capturing an image and an actual machine identification information of which is captured to be included in the image, are mounted on the work machine as a candidate of the target among the work machines. The system includes a first assistance process element which connects a cooperating work machine with the remote operation device, the work machine being identified by an identifier corresponding to selection information of the selected work machine, and acquires the image captured by the actual machine image-capturing device of the work machine and a second assistance process element which causes an output interface of the remote operation device to output the image captured by the actual machine image capturing device of the work machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Ryuichi HIROSE, Yuki MORITA, Yuya MATSUDA, Masaki OTANI, Seiji SAIKI, Yoichiro YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20240034247
    Abstract: There is provided a camera installation structure for inside of operation room that can obtain a camera image with reduced shake to enable remote operation and hardly obstructs rear visual field in a case where an operator boards a working machine. A camera installation structure 10 includes an operation seat 3, a scaffold member 20 disposed in a rear space 4, and mounting portions for mounting the scaffold member 20. The scaffold member 20 includes a plurality of shelves 21, 23, 25, and 27, a camera 50 installed on the fourth shelf 27, and mounting brackets. In a state where the mounting brackets are mounted on the mounting portions, a lens 51 of the camera is disposed at a height position corresponding to a height of eyes of an operator in a case where the operator sits on the operation seat 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Yusuke SAWADA, Fumino HASEGAWA, Hitoshi SASAKI, Yoichiro YAMAZAKI
  • Patent number: 11885101
    Abstract: Provided is a system which can avoid instability of an operating state of a working machine, when switching a remote operation actor of the working machine. In a case where a state of one or both of a working machine 40 or a first operator is a specified state when the working machine 40 is remotely operated through a first remote operation apparatus 10, a first notification corresponding to the specified state is transmitted to a remote operation server 30. In the remote operation server 30, a second remote operation apparatus 20 which is appropriate in view of content of the first notification is selected as the remote operation actor of the working machine 40.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Otani, Hitoshi Sasaki, Seiji Saiki, Yoichiro Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 11828607
    Abstract: A memory stores, in advance, target line information indicating an arrangement target of an object to be conveyed and related to a target line denoted by at least one of a curve or a polyline. A controller is configured to: calculate, based on the target line information, target information which is at least one of information about a target coordinate of the object and information about a target direction of the object; calculate, based on the at least one of the coordinate of the object and the direction of the object detected by the detector, detection information which is comparable with the target information; calculate a deviation of the detection information from the target information; and cause a display to display a moving direction of the object which allows the deviation to decrease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Fukuo, Yoichiro Yamazaki, Koji Yamashita, Yusuke Kamimura, Shingo Sekiguchi, Takayuki Iino, Hiroshi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11821171
    Abstract: A work machine 10 includes: a load detection unit 22a that detects a load on an operation mechanism 100; information output devices 43, 44, and 41a that output at least one of an image, a sound, and a vibration to an operator; and a control unit 47a that controls, according to the magnitude of a load detected by the load detection unit 22a, one or more of the level of at least one of the color intensity, the brightness, and the transparency of an image output by the information output device 44, at least one of the intensity and the level of frequency of a sound output by the information output device 43, and at least one of the intensity and the level of frequency of a vibration output by the information output device 41a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiji Saiki, Yoichiro Yamazaki, Hitoshi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 11821170
    Abstract: A remote operation system for a working machine includes a control device enabling an operator wearing a wearable display to grasp the surrounding situation of himself/herself. The control device includes an operation intention judgment section judging the presence/absence of an operator's operation intention to a remote operation lever based on the contents of acquired judgment information, and a display image switching section. With judgment of presence of the operation intention, the display image switching section makes a working area image taken by a working area image taking camera be displayed in a particular display area of the wearable display. With judgment of absence of the operation intention, the display image switching section stops the display of the working area image in the at least a part of the particular display area and switches it to a surrounding visual-recognition allowing area allowing the operator to visually recognize the surroundings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Otani, Yoichiro Yamazaki, Seiji Saiki, Hitoshi Sasaki