Patents by Inventor Yoshibumi Fukuda
Yoshibumi Fukuda 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).
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Publication number: 20220349154Abstract: An operation record analysis system for a construction machine is provided which can efficiently extract work contents that may possibly make a factor of decrease in the operation rate from within operation information recorded at the time of operation of a construction machine. The operation record analysis system for a construction machine includes an object sensor that senses an object existing around a machine body. A controller calculates the position of the object on the basis of the information from the object sensor, decides, on the basis of the information from a machine body position sensor and a machine body posture sensor, and the position of the object, whether or not the machine body and the object are close to each other, and adds a result of the decision to the operation information.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2020Publication date: November 3, 2022Inventors: Yoshibumi FUKUDA, Takuya NAKA, Masatsugu ARAI, Koutarou MASUDA
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Patent number: 10160383Abstract: A surroundings monitoring system for a working machine prevents its own vehicle shadow from having an influence on the detection of an object existing around the working machine. The surroundings monitoring system for a working machine includes: a monocular camera picks up an image of the surroundings of the working machine. A characteristic pattern extraction unit extracts characteristic patterns in the picked-up image based on a characteristic amount of the image. A shadow profile extraction unit extracts a profile of a region, which can be regarded as a shadow of the working machine in the image, based on the characteristic amount of the image; and an object detection unit detects an obstacle existing around the working machine based on the remaining characteristic patterns obtained by excluding a shadow profile characteristic patterns positioned on the profile extracted by the shadow profile extraction unit from the characteristic patterns.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2015Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chieko Onuma, Ryo Yumiba, Yoshibumi Fukuda, Yukihiro Kawamata, Yoichi Kowatari, Moritaka Oota
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Patent number: 9990543Abstract: The vehicle exterior moving object detection system includes a surrounding-area image input section for capturing images in areas surrounding its own vehicle and delivering the captured images as surrounding-area images, a combined image constructing section for constructing a combined image including a result output from the detection of a moving object by combining the surrounding-area images, and an output section for presenting the combined image to the user.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2015Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshibumi Fukuda, Chieko Onuma, Moritaka Oota, Yukihiro Kawamata, Yoichi Kowatari
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Publication number: 20170286763Abstract: The vehicle exterior moving object detection system includes a surrounding-area image input section for capturing images in areas surrounding its own vehicle and delivering the captured images as surrounding-area images, a combined image constructing section for constructing a combined image including a result output from the detection of a moving object by combining the surrounding-area images, and an output section for presenting the combined image to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2015Publication date: October 5, 2017Inventors: Yoshibumi FUKUDA, Chieko ONUMA, Moritaka OOTA, Yukihiro KAWAMATA, Yoichi KOWATARI
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Publication number: 20170018070Abstract: A surroundings monitoring system for a working machine prevents its own vehicle shadow from having an influence on the detection of an object existing around the working machine. The surroundings monitoring system for a working machine includes: a monocular camera picks up an image of the surroundings of the working machine. A characteristic pattern extraction unit extracts characteristic patterns in the picked-up image based on a characteristic amount of the image. A shadow profile extraction unit extracts a profile of a region, which can be regarded as a shadow of the working machine in the image, based on the characteristic amount of the image; and an object detection unit detects an obstacle existing around the working machine based on the remaining characteristic patterns obtained by excluding a shadow profile characteristic patterns positioned on the profile extracted by the shadow profile extraction unit from the characteristic patterns.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2015Publication date: January 19, 2017Inventors: Chieko ONUMA, Ryo YUMIBA, Yoshibumi FUKUDA, Yukihiro KAWAMATA, Yoichi KOWATARI, Moritaka OOTA
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Patent number: 9463741Abstract: A vehicle peripheral obstacle notification system, used on a construction machine, detects a moving obstacle, gives composite display of the detected moving obstacle, and notifies a user thereof, the moving obstacle being at a location not appearing in a composite bird's-eye view obtained by onboard cameras acquiring images of the surroundings of the vehicle including an image immediately under the vehicle body. The system has a composite image formation part that extracts composite image formation areas from the surrounding images to compose a composite bird's-eye image. A moving obstacle is detected using the surrounding images and it is decided whether the detected position of the moving obstacle is inside or outside the composite image formation areas. If the detected position is determined to be outside the composite image formation areas, information about the detected position is extracted and an image thereof is output for superimposition onto the composite bird's-eye image.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2015Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshibumi Fukuda, Chieko Onuma, Hidefumi Ishimoto, Moritaka Oota, Yukihiro Kawamata
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Publication number: 20150307024Abstract: A vehicle peripheral obstacle notification system, used on a construction machine, detects a moving obstacle, gives composite display of the detected moving obstacle, and notifies a user thereof, the moving obstacle being at a location not appearing in a composite bird's-eye view obtained by onboard cameras acquiring images of the surroundings of the vehicle including an image immediately under the vehicle body. The system has a composite image formation part that extracts composite image formation areas from the surrounding images to compose a composite bird's-eye image. A moving obstacle is detected using the surrounding images and it is decided whether the detected position of the moving obstacle is inside or outside the composite image formation areas. If the detected position is determined to be outside the composite image formation areas, information about the detected position is extracted and an image thereof is output for superimposition onto the composite bird's-eye image.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2015Publication date: October 29, 2015Inventors: Yoshibumi FUKUDA, Chieko ONUMA, Hidefumi ISHIMOTO, Moritaka OOTA, Yukihiro KAWAMATA
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Patent number: 8713580Abstract: To improve operability of screen switching of native APs and virtual machine APs. It is an information processing device capable of executing native APs described in a native code and JavaAPs described in a Java (registered trademark) bytecode. A key event processing unit manages a current mode. It also decides display or non-display of each of images generated by the native APs and images generated by the Java APs according to the current mode which is managed. It further changes the current mode which is managed according to a type of a key event received from a key driver. A graphics driver superimposes and outputs the images decided to be displayed in predetermined order.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2006Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Xanavi Informatics CorporationInventors: Yoshitaka Atarashi, Katsuaki Tanaka, Yoshibumi Fukuda
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Patent number: 8566065Abstract: An apparatus for supporting arrangement of operation areas layout includes: a storage unit that stores therein data on a position, a shape, and a use period of each operation area which has already been arranged in a prescribed site; a display control unit that references the data stored in the storage unit and makes a display unit display a top view illustrating arrangement of the operation areas at a given point of time on a temporal axis; and an operation areas layout arrangement processing unit that receives an input of a data on a position, a shape, and a use period of an operation area to be added into the prescribed site, references the data stored in the storage unit, and, if the received and added operation area is not determined to interfere with other already-arranged operation area, stores the data on the added operation area in the storage unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2010Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshibumi Fukuda, Takeshi Yokota, Hisanori Nonaka, Norito Watanabe, Toshiyuki Miyake, Kenji Akagi, Kensuke Morita
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Patent number: 8326664Abstract: A carry-in ready period calculation part calculates a candidate of a carry-in ready period which is a period during which a carry-in operation can be conducted and outputs the candidate in an output part so as to make entire construction works efficient. The calculation is performed based on a site arrival time schedule which is a time schedule showing when a carry-in target equipment arrives at a site, a temporary placement time schedule which is a time schedule showing when the equipment arrived is temporarily placed, and a construction time schedule of a building in which the equipment is carried.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2011Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshibumi Fukuda, Takeshi Yokota, Kenichirou Yamane, Kenji Akagi, Kensuke Morita
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Patent number: 8155928Abstract: A scheduling system and a CAD system are used to prepare a construction plan in plant construction simulation. A construction work managed by the scheduling system and a plant part used in the construction work and managed by the CAD system, are managed in association with each other. When the plant part is broken down into a plurality of lower plant parts constituting the plant part, as a plurality of lower construction works of the construction work, the processing for associating the lower plant parts with the lower construction works is performed. Data for mutually associating the construction works and the plant parts based on the processing is generated. The generated data is used to mutually link the scheduling system and the CAD system, and a situation in which appropriate parts are installed as progress of the construction work, is displayed.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2009Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy, Ltd.Inventors: Hisanori Nonaka, Kenji Araki, Norito Watanabe, Yoshibumi Fukuda, Toshiyuki Miyake, Masatoshi Takada, Hisako Okada
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Patent number: 8095346Abstract: An operation simulation system for plant construction, having operating expense calculated based on crane type determined by a command input; the expense to construct foundation calculated based on the foundation placement on which the determined crane is put; the operating expense calculated based on a period during which an operation is carried out; the expense to temporarily place the installation object calculated based on the specifications of the installation object before the installation; the installation operation expense calculated based on an installation milestone reflecting a due date of the installation object; the total necessary expense calculated based on all the expenses calculated; the total necessary expense is analyzed and evaluated; and the command input is adjusted by reflecting the results of an evaluation analysis so that the value of the command input falls in range of the set values in the specifications held by the corresponding setting apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2009Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignee: Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshibumi Fukuda, Kenji Araki, Hisanori Nonaka, Norito Watanabe, Toshiyuki Miyake, Kensuke Morita, Kenji Akagi
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Publication number: 20110301995Abstract: A carry-in ready period calculation part calculates a candidate of a carry-in ready period which is a period during which a carry-in operation can be conducted and outputs the candidate in an output part so as to make entire construction works efficient. The calculation is performed based on a site arrival time schedule which is a time schedule showing when a carry-in target equipment arrives at a site, a temporary placement time schedule which is a time schedule showing when the equipment arrived is temporarily placed, and a construction time schedule of a building in which the equipment is carried.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2011Publication date: December 8, 2011Inventors: Yoshibumi Fukuda, Takeshi Yokota, Kenichirou Yamane, Kenji Akagi, Kensuke Morita
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Publication number: 20110029098Abstract: An apparatus for supporting arrangement of operation areas layout includes: a storage unit that stores therein data on a position, a shape, and a use period of each operation area which has already been arranged in a prescribed site; a display control unit that references the data stored in the storage unit and makes a display unit display a top view illustrating arrangement of the operation areas at a given point of time on a temporal axis; and an operation areas layout arrangement processing unit that receives an input of a data on a position, a shape, and a use period of an operation area to be added into the prescribed site, references the data stored in the storage unit, and, if the received and added operation area is not determined to interfere with other already-arranged operation area, stores the data on the added operation area in the storage unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2010Publication date: February 3, 2011Inventors: Yoshibumi FUKUDA, Takeshi Yokota, Hisanori Nonaka, Norito Watanabe, Toshiyuki Miyake, Kenji Akagi, Kensuke Morita
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Patent number: 7610144Abstract: A navigation apparatus includes a receiving section for receiving program via a communication unit, a driving determining section for determining whether a vehicle equipped with the navigation apparatus is running or not if receiving a start request for the program, and an execution control section for activating the program if it is determined that the vehicle is running by the driving determining section and also if the program received by the receiving section is authorized. The executing control section cancels executing the program if it is determined that the vehicle is running by the driving determining section and also if the program received by the receiving section is not authorized.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2006Date of Patent: October 27, 2009Assignee: Xanavi Informatics CorporationInventors: Katsuaki Tanaka, Yoshibumi Fukuda, Yoshitaka Atarashi, Tadashi Kamiwaki
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Publication number: 20090192772Abstract: An operation simulation system for plant construction, in which operating expense in a construction operation is calculated based on crane type determined by a command input; the expense to construct foundation is calculated based on the foundation placement on which the determined crane is put; the operating expense is calculated based on a period during which an operation is carried out; the expense to temporarily place the installation object is calculated based on the specifications of the installation object before the installation; the installation operation expense is calculated based on an installation milestone reflecting a due date of the installation object; the total necessary expense is calculated based on all the expenses calculated; the total necessary expense is analyzed and evaluated; and the command input is adjusted by reflecting the results of an evaluation analysis so that the value of the command input falls within ranges set in mutually.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2009Publication date: July 30, 2009Inventors: Yoshibumi Fukuda, Kenji Araki, Hisanori Nonaka, Norito Watanabe, Toshiyuki Miyake, Kensuke Morita, Kenji Akagi
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Publication number: 20090187384Abstract: A method for generating data of plant construction simulation, in which a scheduling system and a CAD system are used to prepare a construction plan, comprises steps of: managing a construction work managed by said scheduling system and a plant part used in the construction work and managed by the CAD system in association with each other; and performing processing for associating the plant part with each of a plurality of lower construction work constituting the construction work, which are produced when the construction works are broken down.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2009Publication date: July 23, 2009Inventors: Hisanori NONAKA, Kenji Araki, Norito Watanabe, Yoshibumi Fukuda, Toshiyuki Miyake, Masatoshi Takada, Hisako Okada
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Patent number: 7493215Abstract: A technology for preventing a driver from being distracted even if a navigation operates on an input device in the rear seat. A navigation system, connected to a combination of an output/input devices of a driver and to a combination of an output device and an input device of a fellow passenger, comprises a setting information storage unit storing setting information indicating whether or not information generated is to be output to the output device of the driver and an output processing unit, to the output device of the driver according to the setting information read from the setting information storage unit. When operation information enters from the input device of the fellow passenger, the setting information, stored in the setting information storage unit for the processing, changes to the information indicating that information is not output to the output device of the driver.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2007Date of Patent: February 17, 2009Assignee: Xanavi Informatics CorporationInventors: Katsuaki Tanaka, Yoshibumi Fukuda, Yoshitaka Atarashi, Tadashi Kamiwaki
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Publication number: 20070233378Abstract: A technology for preventing a driver from being distracted even if a navigation operates on an input device in the rear seat. A navigation system, connected to a combination of an output/input devices of a driver and to a combination of an output device and an input device of a fellow passenger, comprises a setting information storage unit storing setting information indicating whether or not information generated is to be output to the output device of the driver and an output processing unit, to the output device of the driver according to the setting information read from the setting information storage unit. When operation information enters from the input device of the fellow passenger, the setting information, stored in the setting information storage unit for the processing, changes to the information indicating that information is not output to the output device of the driver.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2007Publication date: October 4, 2007Applicant: Xanavi Informatics CorporationInventors: Katsuaki Tanaka, Yoshibumi Fukuda, Yoshitaka Atarashi, Tadashi Kamiwaki
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Publication number: 20070067739Abstract: To improve operability of screen switching of native APs and virtual machine APs. It is an information processing device capable of executing native APs described in a native code and JavaAPs described in a Java (registered trademark) bytecode. A key event processing unit manages a current mode. It also decides display or non-display of each of images generated by the native APs and images generated by the Java APs according to the current mode which is managed. It further changes the current mode which is managed according to a type of a key event received from a key driver. A graphics driver superimposes and outputs the images decided to be displayed in predetermined order.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2006Publication date: March 22, 2007Applicant: Xanavi Informatics CorporationInventors: Yoshitaka Atarashi, Katsuaki Tanaka, Yoshibumi Fukuda