Patents by Inventor Yoshihiro Inanobe
Yoshihiro Inanobe 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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Patent number: 10650251Abstract: In an industrial machine, the work safety is further improved by eliminating blind spots from an image displayed on a monitor. A hydraulic excavator 1 which is the industrial machine is equipped with monitoring cameras 15F, 15B, 15L, 15R mounted in the respective places of a revolving upperstructure 3 in order to capture images for monitoring. A monitor 20 displays camera images 21F, 21B, 21L, 21R obtained by the cameras as well as an icon image 21C of an image illustration of the hydraulic excavator 1. The cameras 15F, 15L, 15R are mounted at the distal ends of support arms 40F, 40L, 40R to be located in positions jutting from a revolving upperstructure main unit 3a of the revolving upperstructure 3, so that a hidden area under the underside of a catwalk 14 provided on the revolving upperstructure 3 falls within the field of view.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2018Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoichi Kowatari, Hidefumi Ishimoto, Moritaka Oota, Yoshihiro Inanobe, Hiroyoshi Tanaka, Kouji Fujita, Takashi Kusama
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Patent number: 10506179Abstract: A slewing-type hydraulic excavator has a plurality of cameras 13 for respectively imaging toward different directions. A view point converting section 21 performs coordinate image data conversion to create overhead view images to look down from an upper position. A composite overhead view image creating section 22 creates a composite overhead view image P arranged around a graphic image of the hydraulic excavator 1. An interference scope indicating section 25 indicates the scope of potential interference on the overhead view image with a surrounding obstacle at respective ground heights at the time of rotating the hydraulic excavator 1. A display image creating section 26 produces the composite overhead view image P together with interference scope which is displayed on a monitor.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2018Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoichi Kowatari, Hidefumi Ishimoto, Yoshihiro Inanobe
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Publication number: 20190042858Abstract: In an industrial machine, the work safety is further improved by eliminating blind spots from an image displayed on a monitor. A hydraulic excavator 1 which is the industrial machine is equipped with monitoring cameras 15F, 15B, 15L, 15R mounted in the respective places of a revolving upperstructure 3 in order to capture images for monitoring. A monitor 20 displays camera images 21F, 21B, 21L, 21R obtained by the cameras as well as an icon image 21C of an image illustration of the hydraulic excavator 1. The cameras 15F, 15L, 15R are mounted at the distal ends of support arms 40F, 40L, 40R to be located in positions jutting from a revolving upperstructure main unit 3a of the revolving upperstructure 3, so that a hidden area under the underside of a catwalk 14 provided on the revolving upperstructure 3 falls within the field of view.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2018Publication date: February 7, 2019Inventors: Yoichi KOWATARI, Hidefumi ISHIMOTO, Moritaka OOTA, Yoshihiro INANOBE, Hiroyoshi TANAKA, Kouji FUJITA, Takashi KUSAMA
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Publication number: 20190037148Abstract: A slewing-type hydraulic excavator has a plurality of cameras 13 for respectively imaging toward different directions. A view point converting section 21 performs coordinate image data conversion to create overhead view images to look down from an upper position. A composite overhead view image creating section 22 creates a composite overhead view image P arranged around a graphic image of the hydraulic excavator 1. An interference scope indicating section 25 indicates the scope of potential interference on the overhead view image with a surrounding obstacle at respective ground heights at the time of rotating the hydraulic excavator 1. A display image creating section 26 produces the composite overhead view image P together with interference scope which is displayed on a monitor.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2018Publication date: January 31, 2019Inventors: Yoichi KOWATARI, Hidefumi ISHIMOTO, Yoshihiro INANOBE
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Patent number: 10145087Abstract: To recognize an obstacle such as a working face which may be touched by a revolving upperstructure including a height position thereof at the time of a swing control. A plurality of first cameras 13 for forming bird's eye views which photograph obliquely lower parts of directions different from each other are arranged in a revolving upperstructure 3, a composite bird's eye view 20 is displayed on a display 15, second cameras 16R, 16L for photographing through images including corner parts from a rear end of the revolving upperstructure 3 to side parts within a visual field range are arranged in lower part positions of a swing frame 3a of the revolving upperstructure 3 so as to rotate following swing of the revolving upperstructure 3, and corner part through images 30R, 30L are displayed on the display 15 so as to be superimposed on the composite bird's eye view 20.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2015Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoichi Kowatari, Kouji Fujita, Yoshihiro Inanobe, Hiroyoshi Tanaka, Takashi Kusama, Moritaka Oota, Hidefumi Ishimoto
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Patent number: 10044933Abstract: A periphery monitoring device for a work machine includes imaging devices that capture an image of the surroundings of the work machine. An overhead view image is generated from the surroundings of the work machine based upon upper view-point images of the image devices. When generating an overhead view image of an overlap region of first and second upper view-point images relating to the images captured by the first and second imaging devices, the overhead view image generating unit, based upon a height of a virtual monitoring target, sets at least one of a first region in which the first upper view-point image is displayed and a second region in which the second upper view-point image is displayed, and also sets a third region in which a composite display image based upon the first and second upper view-point images is displayed.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2015Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventors: Moritaka Oota, Yoichi Kowatari, Yoshihiro Inanobe
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Patent number: 10017112Abstract: When a to-be-monitored image exists in an image lacking from a bird's-eye image for surroundings monitoring though the to-be-monitored image is imaged by a camera for monitoring, the to-be-monitored image is securely displayed on a display. Cameras 6F, 6B, 6L, 6R are provided in a longitudinal direction and in a lateral direction of a dump truck 1, in playing bird's-eye images 10F, 10B, 10L, 10R acquired by converting view points of a through image imaged by each camera, so as to display a to-be-monitored image in a to-be-monitored image undisplayable area, each through image imaged by each camera is aggregated on one screen by an image aggregating unit 21, this aggregated screen is scanned by a to-be-monitored image detector 20 to detect the to-be-monitored image, and the to-be-monitored image is superimposed on a synthetic bird's-eye image 10 displayed on the display 9 and is displayed.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2016Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoichi Kowatari, Yukihiro Kawamata, Yoshihiro Inanobe, Moritaka Oota
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Patent number: 9845051Abstract: This invention has an object to assist for traveling operation of a self-propelled industrial machine to display underneath image of the self-propelled industrial machine on a monitor of a display device mounted in a operator's cab. The display device of the self-propelled industrial machine according to the present invention is provided for a dump truck, which comprises cameras having field of view to underneath of the dump truck, a symbol image storage section to store a symbol image which is symbolized the dump truck, a superposing process section to make transparent with a predetermined transparent ratio in the symbol image as a transparent region and to superpose an image taken by the camera on the area corresponding to the transparent region as underneath image, and a monitor mounted in a cab of the dump truck for displaying the symbol image composed by the superposing process section.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2013Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoichi Kowatari, Naokazu Oda, Katsuhiko Shimizu, Yoshihiro Inanobe, Hidefumi Ishimoto
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Publication number: 20170341581Abstract: A bird's eye view image is displayed to be recognized by an operator intuitively and precisely, irrespective of the displayed direction of the bird's eye view image. The display device has a plurality of cameras having optical axis directed obliquely downward to take images around a self-propelled industrial machine. A view point converting section converts the camera images to an upper view point to create bird's eye images, and an image composing section creates a composite bird's eye view image by composing respective bird's eye images around a symbol image of a dump truck. A direction superposing section superposes a forward direction indicator to indicate the forward direction of the dump truck on the composite bird's eye view image, and a monitor mounted in a cab of the dump truck displays the composite bird's eye image in an arbitral direction which is composited with the forward direction indicator.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2017Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventors: Yoichi KOWATARI, Yoshihiro INANOBE, Hidefumi ISHIMOTO, Yoshiyuki NAGANO, Masayoshi HAYASAKA, Eitaro ITO, Takaaki ISHII, Kenta TSUKIJISHIN
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Publication number: 20170282794Abstract: When a to-be-monitored image exists in an image lacking from a bird's-eye image for surroundings monitoring though the to-be-monitored image is imaged by a camera for monitoring, the to-be-monitored image is securely displayed on a display. Cameras 6F, 6B, 6L, 6R are provided in a longitudinal direction and in a lateral direction of a dump truck 1, in playing bird's-eye images 10F, 10B, 10L, 10R acquired by converting view points of a through image imaged by each camera, so as to display a to-be-monitored image in a to-be-monitored image undisplayable area, each through image imaged by each camera is aggregated on one screen by an image aggregating unit 21, this aggregated screen is scanned by a to-be-monitored image detector 20 to detect the to-be-monitored image, and the to-be-monitored image is superimposed on a synthetic bird's-eye image 10 displayed on the display 9 and is displayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2016Publication date: October 5, 2017Inventors: Yoichi KOWATARI, Yukihiro KAWAMATA, Yoshihiro INANOBE, Moritaka OOTA
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Patent number: 9776566Abstract: A plurality of images captured by a plurality of cameras respectively to create a plurality of upper viewpoint images. Display images are extracted from the upper viewpoint images, and the extracted display images are synthesized to create an overhead image or bird's eye view image of surroundings, which has an image corresponding to an operating machine at a center of the bird's eye view image. When extracting each of the display images, a region of the display image extracted from the upper viewpoint image is expanded beyond the size of a standard extraction region on the basis of the set height of a mating face. Each of the extracted display images is adjusted to the size of the standard extraction region, and synthesized. Thus, any three-dimensional object (obstacle) present near the boundary between display images constituting the bird's eye view image is displayed.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2013Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hidefumi Ishimoto, Yoichi Kowatari, Yoshihiro Inanobe
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Publication number: 20170274824Abstract: An object is to bring an operation to recognize precisely situation of an underneath of a vessel provided at a transportation vehicle and rearward situation on the basis of camera image which is attached to the transportation vehicle. Surveillance system of the transportation vehicle according to the present invention comprises a lamp unit 13 mounted at a position under the vessel and rear end of a frame of a dump truck 1, a rearward camera 10B mounted above the lamp unit 13 directing an optical axis toward obliquely downward and having a field of view including at least partially of an axle 11 provided rear wheels 6 of the dump truck 1, a shield plate 16 provided between the lamp unit 13 and the rearward camera 10B to be extended at a position to be included at least partially in the rearward camera 10B, a monitor device provided in the cab 2 of the dump truck 11 to display camera image taken by the rearward camera 10B.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2017Publication date: September 28, 2017Inventors: Hidefumi Ishimoto, Yoichi Kowatari, Yoshihiro Inanobe
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Publication number: 20170072857Abstract: The underneath image of a self-propelled industrial machine is displayed with as wide a range as possible on a monitor with cameras that take images around the self-propelled industrial machine in the form of bird's eye view images. A view point conversion section creates the bird's eye view image by converting images from plural cameras provided on a dump truck; and a superposing process section processes the images to make the underneath area in a symbol image a transparent region corresponding to the position in the bird's eye view. An image composing section sets the symbol image at the center position and the respective bird's eye view images around the symbol image. A monitor displays the composite image composed by the image composing section.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2016Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventors: Yoichi KOWATARI, Yoshihiro INANOBE, Katsuhiko SHIMIZU, Hidefumi ISHIMOTO
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Publication number: 20170016210Abstract: To recognize an obstacle such as a working face which may be touched by a revolving upperstructure including a height position thereof at the time of a swing control. A plurality of first cameras 13 for forming bird's eye views which photograph obliquely lower parts of directions different from each other are arranged in a revolving upperstructure 3, a composite bird's eye view 20 is displayed on a display 15, second cameras 16R, 16L for photographing through images including corner parts from a rear end of the revolving upperstructure 3 to side parts within a visual field range are arranged in lower part positions of a swing frame 3a of the revolving upperstructure 3 so as to rotate following swing of the revolving upperstructure 3, and corner part through images 30R, 30L are displayed on the display 15 so as to be superimposed on the composite bird's eye view 20.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2015Publication date: January 19, 2017Inventors: Yoichi KOWATARI, Kouji FUJITA, Yoshihiro INANOBE, Hiroyoshi TANAKA, Takashi KUSAMA, Moritaka OOTA, Hidefumi ISHIMOTO
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Publication number: 20160217331Abstract: In an industrial machine, the work safety is further improved by eliminating blind spots from an image displayed on a monitor. A hydraulic excavator 1 which is the industrial machine is equipped with monitoring cameras 15F, 15B, 15L, 15R mounted in the respective places of a revolving upperstructure 3 in order to capture images for monitoring. A monitor 20 displays camera images 21F, 21B, 21L, 21R obtained by the cameras as well as an icon image 21C of an image illustration of the hydraulic excavator 1. The cameras 15F, 15L, 15R are mounted at the distal ends of support arms 40F, 40L, 40R to be located in positions jutting from a revolving upperstructure main unit 3a of the revolving upperstructure 3, so that a hidden area under the underside of a catwalk 14 provided on the revolving upperstructure 3 falls within the field of view.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2015Publication date: July 28, 2016Applicant: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoichi KOWATARI, Hidefumi ISHIMOTO, Moritaka OOTA, Yoshihiro INANOBE, Hiroyoshi TANAKA, Kouji FUJITA, Takashi KUSAMA
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Publication number: 20160205319Abstract: A periphery monitoring device for a work machine includes imaging devices that capture an image of the surroundings of the work machine. An overhead view image is generated from the surroundings of the work machine based upon upper view-point images of the image devices. When generating an overhead view image of an overlap region of first and second upper view-point images relating to the images captured by the first and second imaging devices, the overhead view image generating unit, based upon a height of a virtual monitoring target, sets at least one of a first region in which the first upper view-point image is displayed and a second region in which the second upper view-point image is displayed, and also sets a third region in which a composite display image based upon the first and second upper view-point images is displayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2015Publication date: July 14, 2016Applicant: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Moritaka OOTA, Yoichi KOWATARI, Yoshihiro INANOBE
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Publication number: 20160200252Abstract: A surroundings monitoring device for work machine includes: an imaging device; an image generation unit; a display control unit; an obstruction detection unit that detects an obstruction present in surroundings of the work machine; a movement direction determination unit that detects a direction of relative movement of the obstruction detected by the obstruction detection unit with respect to the work machine; and a determination unit that, based on the direction of relative movement detected by the movement direction determination unit, if the direction of relative movement of the obstruction falls within a predetermined range of movement direction, determines that the obstruction is an obstruction to be notified that needs to be notified to a driver of the work machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2015Publication date: July 14, 2016Inventors: Moritaka OOTA, Hidefumi ISHIMOTO, Yoichi KOWATARI, Yoshihiro INANOBE
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Publication number: 20160024758Abstract: Plural cameras are installed for the swiveling structure to monitor the vicinity of a working machine having a working member that is connected to the swiveling structure which is rotatably mounted on a traveling structure. The view field of two adjacent cameras partially overlap one another. A view point convertor converts the view point of the camera images acquired by the respective cameras to upper view point images. A display image creator creates an overhead view image composed of an illustration of the working machine as a plane view, and the upper view point images are converted from the converting view point convertor disposed around the illustration. An image display device is configured to show the overhead view image in the form of a plane view at least within a working reach region of the working member which is performing work by operation of the working member.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2013Publication date: January 28, 2016Inventors: Hidefumi ISHIMOTO, Moritaka OOTA, Yoichi KOWATARI, Yoshihiro INANOBE
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Publication number: 20160006947Abstract: A slewing-type hydraulic excavator has a plurality of cameras 13 for respectively imaging toward different directions. A view point converting section 21 performs coordinate image data conversion to create overhead view images to look down from an upper position. A composite overhead view image creating section 22 creates a composite overhead view image P arranged around a graphic image of the hydraulic excavator 1. An interference scope indicating section 25 indicates the scope of potential interference on the overhead view image with a surrounding obstacle at respective ground heights at the time of rotating the hydraulic excavator 1. A display image creating section 26 produces the composite overhead view image P together with interference scope which is displayed on a monitor.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2014Publication date: January 7, 2016Inventors: Yoichi KOWATARI, Hidefumi ISHIMOTO, Yoshihiro INANOBE
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Publication number: 20150203034Abstract: An object is to bring an operation to recognize precisely situation of an underneath of a vessel provided at a transportation vehicle and rearward situation on the basis of camera image which is attached to the transportation vehicle. Surveillance system of the transportation vehicle according to the present invention comprises a lamp unit 13 mounted at a position under the vessel and rear end of a frame of a dump truck 1, a rearward camera 10B mounted above the lamp unit 13 directing an optical axis toward obliquely downward and having a field of view including at least partially of an axle 11 provided rear wheels 6 of the dump truck 1, a shield plate 16 provided between the lamp unit 13 and the rearward camera 10B to be extended at a position to be included at least partially in the rearward camera 10B, a monitor device provided in the cab 2 of the dump truck 11 to display camera image taken by the rearward camera 10B.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2013Publication date: July 23, 2015Inventors: Hidefumi Ishimoto, Yoichi Kowatari, Yoshihiro Inanobe