Patents by Inventor Yosuke KOGAWA

Yosuke KOGAWA 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: 11408149
    Abstract: A work vehicle control system includes an actual topography acquisition device, a storage device, and a controller. The actual topography acquisition device acquires actual topography information, which indicates an actual topography of a work target. The storage device stores design topography information, which indicates a final design topography that is a target topography of the work target. The controller acquires the actual topography information from the actual topography acquisition device, and the design topography information from the storage device. The controller determines an intermediate design topography positioned above the actual topography and below the final design topography. The controller generates a command signal to move the work implement based on the intermediate design topography. The intermediate design topography includes a plurality of intermediate design surfaces divided in the traveling direction of the work vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji Ishibashi, Akifumi Inamaru, Seiji Nagano, Kenji Yamamoto, Kazuyuki Kirino, Yasuhito Yonezawa, Yosuke Kogawa, Takahiro Shimojo
  • Patent number: 11371218
    Abstract: A control system for a work vehicle includes a controller. The controller receives actual topography information of a work target. The controller determines a design surface that is positioned below the actual topography. The controller generates a command signal to move a work implement of the work vehicle along the design surface. The controller determines if slip of the work vehicle has occurred. Upon determining that slip has occurred, the controller changes the design surface to a position equal to or higher than a blade tip position of the work implement when the slip occurred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji Ishibashi, Takahiro Shimojo, Akifumi Inamaru, Toshihiro Kawano, Yasuhito Yonezawa, Yosuke Kogawa
  • Patent number: 11268264
    Abstract: A control system for a work vehicle includes a controller. The controller receives actual topography information of a work target. The controller determines a design surface that is positioned below the actual topography. The controller generates a command signal to move the work implement along the design surface. The controller determines if slip of the work vehicle has occurred. The controller raises the design surface when the blade tip of the work implement is positioned below an initial target surface when the slip occurs. The initial target surface is the design surface before the occurrence of the slip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji Ishibashi, Takahiro Shimojo, Akifumi Inamaru, Toshihiro Kawano, Yasuhito Yonezawa, Yosuke Kogawa
  • Patent number: 11136742
    Abstract: A controller calculates a virtual design surface including a first design surface extending from an excavation start position in a traveling direction of a work vehicle and a second design surface further extending from the first design surface in the traveling direction. The controller generates a command signal that causes the work implement to move along the virtual design surface. The controller changes a position of the first design surface so that the first design surface extends along the current landscape or is located below the current landscape when the first design surface is located above the current landscape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji Ishibashi, Akifumi Inamaru, Yosuke Kogawa
  • Publication number: 20210285186
    Abstract: A control system for a work vehicle includes a controller. The controller receives actual topography information of a work target. The controller determines a design surface that is positioned below the actual topography. The controller generates a command signal to move a work implement of the work vehicle along the design surface. The controller determines if slip of the work vehicle has occurred. Upon determining that slip has occurred, the controller changes the design surface to a position equal to or higher than a blade tip position of the work implement when the slip occurred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Eiji ISHIBASHI, Takahiro SHIMOJO, Akifumi INAMARU, Toshihiro KAWANO, Yasuhito YONEZAWA, Yosuke KOGAWA
  • Patent number: 11105071
    Abstract: A work vehicle control system includes an actual topography acquisition device, a storage device, and a controller. The actual topography acquisition device acquires actual topography information which indicates an actual topography of a work target. The storage device stores design topography information which indicates a final design topography which is a target topography of the work target. The controller acquires the actual topography information from the actual topography acquisition device. The controller acquires the design topography information from the storage device. The controller generates a command signal to move the work implement along a first locus that follows a slope of the actual topography, and a second locus positioned above the actual topography and below the final design topography in front of the first locus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji Ishibashi, Akifumi Inamaru, Seiji Nagano, Kenji Yamamoto, Kazuyuki Kirino, Yasuhito Yonezawa, Yosuke Kogawa
  • Patent number: 11091898
    Abstract: A work vehicle control system includes an actual topography acquisition device and a controller. The actual topography acquisition device acquires actual topography information, which indicates an actual topography of a work target. The controller acquires the actual topography information from the actual topography acquisition device. The controller generates a command signal to move the work implement along a locus positioned above the target topography by a predetermined distance when the actual topography is positioned below the target topography of the work target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji Ishibashi, Akifumi Inamaru, Seiji Nagano, Yosuke Kogawa
  • Patent number: 11001993
    Abstract: A work vehicle control system includes an actual topography acquisition device, a storage device, a soil amount acquisition device, and a controller. The actual topography acquisition device acquires actual topography information, which indicates an actual topography of a work target. The storage device stores design topography information, which indicates a final design topography of the work target. The soil amount acquisition device generates a soil amount signal indicating a held soil amount of the work implement. The controller acquires the actual topography information from the actual topography acquisition device, the design topography information from the storage device, and the soil amount signal from the soil amount acquisition device. The controller determines an intermediate design topography positioned above the actual topography and below the final design topography in accordance with the held soil amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji Ishibashi, Seiji Nagano, Kenji Yamamoto, Kazuyuki Kirino, Yasuhito Yonezawa, Yosuke Kogawa
  • Patent number: 10907325
    Abstract: A work vehicle control system includes an actual topography acquisition device, a storage device, and a controller. The actual topography acquisition device acquires actual topography information, which indicates an actual topography of a work target. The storage device stores design topography information, which indicates a final design topography that is a target topography of the work target. The controller acquires the actual topography information from the actual topography acquisition device. The controller acquires the design topography information from the storage device. When the actual topography positioned below the final design topography is sloped, the controller generates a command signal to move the work implement along a locus positioned below the final design topography and below the actual topography, and a sloped locus that is positioned below the final design topography and above the actual topography.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji Ishibashi, Akifumi Inamaru, Kenji Yamamoto, Yasuhito Yonezawa, Yosuke Kogawa
  • Patent number: 10822771
    Abstract: A sensor outputs a signal indicating an excavation start position at which a work implement starts excavation. A controller determines an inclination angle of a virtual design surface so that an amount of soil between the virtual design surface extending from the excavation start position and a current landscape matches a predetermined target amount of soil. The controller generates a command signal that causes the work implement to move along the virtual design surface extending from the excavation start position in a direction inclined at the inclination angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji Ishibashi, Kazuhiro Hashimoto, Akifumi Inamaru, Yosuke Kogawa
  • Publication number: 20200308809
    Abstract: A work vehicle control system includes an actual topography acquisition device, a storage device, and a controller. The actual topography acquisition device acquires actual topography information, which indicates an actual topography of a work target. The storage device stores design topography information, which indicates a final design topography that is a target topography of the work target. The controller acquires the actual topography information from the actual topography acquisition device, and the design topography information from the storage device. The controller determines an intermediate design topography positioned above the actual topography and below the final design topography. The controller generates a command signal to move the work implement based on the intermediate design topography. The intermediate design topography includes a plurality of intermediate design surfaces divided in the traveling direction of the work vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Eiji ISHIBASHI, Akifumi INAMARU, Seiji NAGANO, Kenji YAMAMOTO, Kazuyuki KIRINO, Yasuhito YONEZAWA, Yosuke KOGAWA, Takahiro SHIMOJO
  • Patent number: 10787789
    Abstract: A work vehicle control system includes an actual topography acquisition device, a storage device, and a controller. The actual topography acquisition device acquires actual topography information, which indicates an actual topography of a work target. The storage device stores design topography information, which indicates a final design topography that is a target topography of the work target. The controller acquires the actual topography information from the actual topography acquisition device. The controller acquires the design topography information from the storage device. The controller generates a command signal to move the work implement along a locus that is more gently sloped than the actual topography when the actual topography positioned below the final design topography is sloped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji Ishibashi, Akifumi Inamaru, Seiji Nagano, Kenji Yamamoto, Yasuhito Yonezawa, Yosuke Kogawa, Takahiro Shimojo
  • Publication number: 20200299925
    Abstract: A work vehicle control system includes an actual topography acquisition device and a controller. The actual topography acquisition device acquires actual topography information, which indicates an actual topography of a work target. The controller acquires the actual topography information from the actual topography acquisition device. The controller generates a command signal to move the work implement along a locus positioned above the target topography by a predetermined distance when the actual topography is positioned below the target topography of the work target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Eiji ISHIBASHI, Akifumi INAMARU, Seiji NAGANO, Yosuke KOGAWA
  • Publication number: 20200291616
    Abstract: A work vehicle control system includes an actual topography acquisition device, a storage device, a soil amount acquisition device, and a controller. The actual topography acquisition device acquires actual topography information, which indicates an actual topography of a work target. The storage device stores design topography information, which indicates a final design topography of the work target. The soil amount acquisition device generates a soil amount signal indicating a held soil amount of the work implement. The controller acquires the actual topography information from the actual topography acquisition device, the design topography information from the storage device, and the soil amount signal from the soil amount acquisition device. The controller determines an intermediate design topography positioned above the actual topography and below the final design topography in accordance with the held soil amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Eiji ISHIBASHI, Seiji NAGANO, Kenji YAMAMOTO, Kazuyuki KIRINO, Yasuhito YONEZAWA, Yosuke KOGAWA
  • Publication number: 20200291615
    Abstract: A work vehicle control system includes an actual topography acquisition device, a storage device, and a controller. The actual topography acquisition device acquires actual topography information which indicates an actual topography of a work target. The storage device stores design topography information which indicates a final design topography which is a target topography of the work target. The controller acquires the actual topography information from the actual topography acquisition device. The controller acquires the design topography information from the storage device. The controller generates a command signal to move the work implement along a first locus that follows a slope of the actual topography, and a second locus positioned above the actual topography and below the final design topography in front of the first locus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Eiji ISHIBASHI, Akifumi INAMARU, Seiji NAGANO, Kenji YAMAMOTO, Kazuyuki KIRINO, Yasuhito YONEZAWA, Yosuke KOGAWA
  • Publication number: 20190194912
    Abstract: A control system for a work vehicle includes a controller. The controller receives actual topography information of a work target. The controller determines a design surface that is positioned below the actual topography. The controller generates a command signal to move the work implement along the design surface. The controller determines if slip of the work vehicle has occurred. The controller raises the design surface when the blade tip of the work implement is positioned below an initial target surface when the slip occurs. The initial target surface is the design surface before the occurrence of the slip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Eiji ISHIBASHI, Takahiro SHIMOJO, Akifumi INAMARU, Toshihiro KAWANO, Yasuhito YONEZAWA, Yosuke KOGAWA
  • Publication number: 20190078301
    Abstract: A work vehicle control system includes an actual topography acquisition device, a storage device, and a controller. The actual topography acquisition device acquires actual topography information, which indicates an actual topography of a work target. The storage device stores design topography information, which indicates a final design topography that is a target topography of the work target. The controller acquires the actual topography information from the actual topography acquisition device. The controller acquires the design topography information from the storage device. When the actual topography positioned below the final design topography is sloped, the controller generates a command signal to move the work implement along a locus positioned below the final design topography and below the actual topography, and a sloped locus that is positioned below the final design topography and above the actual topography.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Eiji ISHIBASHI, Akifumi INAMARU, Kenji YAMAMOTO, Yasuhito YONEZAWA, Yosuke KOGAWA
  • Publication number: 20190078298
    Abstract: A sensor outputs a signal indicating an excavation start position at which a work implement starts excavation. A controller determines an inclination angle of a virtual design surface so that an amount of soil between the virtual design surface extending from the excavation start position and a current landscape matches a predetermined target amount of soil. The controller generates a command signal that causes the work implement to move along the virtual design surface extending from the excavation start position in a direction inclined at the inclination angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Eiji ISHIBASHI, Kazuhiro HASHIMOTO, Akifumi INAMARU, Yosuke KOGAWA
  • Publication number: 20190078297
    Abstract: A work vehicle control system includes an actual topography acquisition device, a storage device, and a controller. The actual topography acquisition device acquires actual topography information, which indicates an actual topography of a work target. The storage device stores design topography information, which indicates a final design topography that is a target topography of the work target. The controller acquires the actual topography information from the actual topography acquisition device. The controller acquires the design topography information from the storage device. The controller generates a command signal to move the work implement along a locus that is more gently sloped than the actual topography when the actual topography positioned below the final design topography is sloped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Eiji ISHIBASHI, Akifumi INAMARU, Seiji NAGANO, Kenji YAMAMOTO, Yasuhito YONEZAWA, Yosuke KOGAWA, Takahiro SHIMOJO
  • Publication number: 20190071846
    Abstract: A controller calculates a virtual design surface including a first design surface extending from an excavation start position in a traveling direction of a work vehicle and a second design surface further extending from the first design surface in the traveling direction. The controller generates a command signal that causes the work implement to move along the virtual design surface. The controller changes a position of the first design surface so that the first design surface extends along the current landscape or is located below the current landscape when the first design surface is located above the current landscape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Eiji ISHIBASHI, Akifumi INAMARU, Yosuke KOGAWA