Patents by Inventor Yuichiro Morita

Yuichiro Morita 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: 10975551
    Abstract: There is provided an information controller (60) that calculates a work amount based on the positions of a construction target surface and a current surface in a set coordinate system set in the operational plane of a multi-joint type front work device (30), and a construction distance (L) by which a construction target surface and a current surface of configurations equivalent to those of the construction target surface and the current surface continue on a construction object, and that calculates a predicted requisite time of the work amount of a work based on the work amount and processing speed. A construction completion prediction time calculated by the information controller (60) or a prediction time calculated from the construction completion prediction time is displayed by a display device (67).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsumasa Uji, Yuichiro Morita, Kouichi Shibata
  • Patent number: 10876274
    Abstract: To provide an identification system for a work machine which is capable of preventing a setting error, the identification system for a work machine includes: a main control unit to control the entirety of a work machine; and a plurality of power control units to control components of the work machine. The main control unit acquires information about the entire vehicle body of the work machine. Each of the power control units acquires different information about a state of one of the components from that acquired by the other power control units, on the basis of a installation site of the power control unit installed on the work machine. In addition, the power control unit sets a function of the power control unit on the basis of the information about the state and the information about the entire vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouichi Shibata, Yuichiro Morita, Taiki Aizawa, Katsumasa Uji
  • Publication number: 20200224386
    Abstract: To provide an identification system for a work machine which is capable of preventing a setting error, the identification system for a work machine includes: a first control device to control the entirety of a work machine; and a plurality of second control devices to control components of the work machine. The first control device acquires information about the entire vehicle body of the work machine. Each of the second control devices acquires different information about a state of one of the components from that acquired by the other second control devices, on the basis of a installation site of the second control device installed on the work machine. In addition, the second control device sets a function of the second control device on the basis of the information about the state and the information about the entire vehicle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Kouichi SHIBATA, Yuichiro MORITA, Taiki AIZAWA, Katsumasa UJI
  • Publication number: 20190391801
    Abstract: A program rewriting device for a construction machine rewrites a program of an on-board controller is provided with a mode determination section that determines whether the operation mode of the construction machine is a maintenance mode in which the program can be rewritten and the operation of an actuator is prevented, a preparation mode in which the rewriting of the program and the operation of the actuator are prevented, or a work mode in which the rewriting of the program is prevented and the operation of the actuator is permitted, an urgency degree determination section determines the degree of urgency for rewriting of an update program, a rewriting execution section that, at the time of rewriting the program, when it has been determined that the operation mode is the preparation mode and the degree of urgency is high, rewrites the program by switching the operation mode to the maintenance mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Taiki AIZAWA, Yuichiro MORITA, Kouichi SHIBATA
  • Patent number: 10280591
    Abstract: A work machine that can prevent restarting of an engine against a will of an operator from an idle stop state is provided. A hydraulic excavator includes a display device that displays a confirmation screen image for allowing an operator to confirm whether or not an engine is to be restarted from an idle stop state, and an inputting device that allows the operator to input a restart instruction for the engine in an interlocked relationship with the display of the confirmation screen image. A machine controller includes a restart controlling section that restarts the engine based on the restart instruction for the engine inputted by the inputting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Takigawa, Yasunori Ota, Shiho Izumi, Yuichiro Morita, Kouichi Shibata
  • Patent number: 10207703
    Abstract: At the time of starting up an engine (9) using an assist motor generator (10), a main controller (28) lowers a lower limit value in a charge/discharge range of an electricity storage device (19) from a first lower limit value (min1) to a second lower limit value (min2) through an energy management control part (28B). The main controller (28) heightens the lower limit value in the charge/discharge range of an electricity storage device (19) from the second lower limit value (min2) to the first lower limit value (min1) when the start of the engine (9) is completed. Further, the main controller (28) displays engine stop prohibition information on a display device (30) when the start of the engine (9) is completed and when an SOC of the electricity storage device (19) falls below the first lower limit value (min1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsumasa Uji, Yuichiro Morita, Kouichi Shibata
  • Publication number: 20190017249
    Abstract: There is provided an information controller (60) that calculates a work amount based on the positions of a construction target surface and a current surface in a set coordinate system set in the operational plane of a multi-joint type front work device (30), and a construction distance (L) by which a construction target surface and a current surface of configurations equivalent to those of the construction target surface and the current surface continue on a construction object, and that calculates a predicted requisite time of the work amount of a work based on the work amount and processing speed. A construction completion prediction time calculated by the information controller (60) or a prediction time calculated from the construction completion prediction time is displayed by a display device (67).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Katsumasa UJI, Yuichiro MORITA, Kouichi SHIBATA
  • Publication number: 20180246712
    Abstract: A program rewriting device for a construction machine rewrites a program of an on-board controller is provided with a mode determination section that determines whether the operation mode of the construction machine is a maintenance mode in which the program can be rewritten and the operation of an actuator is prevented, a preparation mode in which the rewriting of the program and the operation of the actuator are prevented, or a work mode in which the rewriting of the program is prevented and the operation of the actuator is permitted, an urgency degree determination section determines the degree of urgency for rewriting of an update program, a rewriting execution section that, at the time of rewriting the program, when it has been determined that the operation mode is the preparation mode and the degree of urgency is high, rewrites the program by switching the operation mode to the maintenance mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Taiki AIZAWA, Yuichiro MORITA, Kouichi SHIBATA
  • Publication number: 20180238024
    Abstract: A work machine that can prevent restarting of an engine against a will of an operator from an idle stop state is provided. A hydraulic excavator includes a display device 52 that displays a confirmation screen image 58 for allowing an operator to confirm whether or not an engine 32 is to be restarted from an idle stop state, and an inputting device 54 that allows the operator to input a restart instruction for the engine in an interlocked relationship with the display of the confirmation screen image 58. A machine controller 100 includes a restart controlling section 118 that restarts the engine 32 based on the restart instruction for the engine inputted by the inputting device 54.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki TAKIGAWA, Yasunori OTA, Shiho IZUMI, Yuichiro MORITA, Kouichi SHIBATA
  • Publication number: 20170282907
    Abstract: At the time of starting up an engine (9) using an assist motor generator (10), a main controller (28) lowers a lower limit value in a charge/discharge range of an electricity storage device (19) from a first lower limit value (min1) to a second lower limit value (min2) through an energy management control part (28B). The main controller (28) heightens the lower limit value in the charge/discharge range of an electricity storage device (19) from the second lower limit value (min2) to the first lower limit value (min1) when the start of the engine (9) is completed. Further, the main controller (28) displays engine stop prohibition information on a display device (30) when the start of the engine (9) is completed and when an SOC of the electricity storage device (19) falls below the first lower limit value (min1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Katsumasa UJI, Yuichiro MORITA, Kouichi SHIBATA
  • Patent number: 9777466
    Abstract: A maintenance device for a construction machine includes: an abnormality detection means for detecting abnormality of an apparatus installed on the construction machine; an abnormality information output means for outputting abnormality information about the apparatus detected by the abnormality detection means; and a maintenance mode setting means for setting a maintenance mode for performing a maintenance work of the apparatus, wherein the abnormality information output means for eliminating negation or output of the information, if any abnormality of the apparatus is detected in a state in which the maintenance mode is set by the maintenance mode setting means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taiki Aizawa, Yuichiro Morita, Koichi Shibata
  • Patent number: 9731624
    Abstract: An electric driving wheel type work vehicle has a traveling motor, an inverter for supplying the motor with three-phase power converted from DC power, a pre-driver circuit for supplying a gate signal to the inverter on the basis of an input PWM signal, a controller for outputting to the pre-driver circuit the PWM signal for controlling the driving of the motor, a parking brake, and a parking brake condition detector that detects the condition of the parking brake. When it is detected that the parking brake has been operated, the pre-driver circuit cuts off the output of the gate signal or the input of the PWM signal to the pre-driver circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichiro Morita, Shigeyuki Yoshihara, Kazuo Ishida, Noritaka Ito, Hirofumi Shimada
  • Patent number: 9650038
    Abstract: A vehicle control system which can ensure high reliability, real-time processing, and expandability with a simplified ECU configuration and a low cost by backing up an error through coordination in the entire system without increasing a degree of redundancy of individual controllers beyond the least necessary level. The vehicle control system comprises a sensor controller for taking in sensor signals indicating a status variable of a vehicle and an operation amount applied from a driver, a command controller for generating a control target value based on the sensor signals taken in by the sensor controller, and an actuator controller for receiving the control target value from the command controller and operating an actuator to control the vehicle, those three controller being interconnected via a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kentaro Yoshimura, Kohei Sakurai, Nobuyasu Kanekawa, Yuichiro Morita, Yoshiaki Takahashi, Kenichi Kurosawa, Toshimichi Minowa, Masatoshi Hoshino, Yasuhiro Nakatsuka, Kotaro Shimamura, Kunihiko Tsunedomi, Shoji Sasaki
  • Patent number: 9621079
    Abstract: A construction machine includes: a swing structure; an electric motor that drives the swing structure; an operating device that outputs an operating signal according to an operating amount and an operating direction; an inverter device that controls the electric motor based on a control signal generated based on the operating signal; a position sensor that detects an actual speed of the electric motor; and a second controller that determines whether at least one of a first condition and a second condition is satisfied. The first condition is satisfied when a sign of a value computed by subtracting the actual speed from a target speed of the electric motor that defined by the control signal; and the second condition is satisfied when a difference between the target speed and the actual speed is greater than a first reference value, and when the acceleration is greater than a second reference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Ogawa, Kohei Sakurai, Yuichiro Morita
  • Publication number: 20170001539
    Abstract: An electric driving wheel type work vehicle has a traveling motor, an inverter for supplying the motor with three-phase power converted from DC power, a pre-driver circuit for supplying a gate signal to the inverter on the basis of an input PWM signal, a controller for outputting to the pre-driver circuit the PWM signal for controlling the driving of the motor, a parking brake, and a parking brake condition detector that detects the condition of the parking brake. When it is detected that the parking brake has been operated, the pre-driver circuit cuts off the output of the gate signal or the input of the PWM signal to the pre-driver circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Yuichiro MORITA, Shigeyuki YOSHIHARA, Kazuo ISHIDA, Noritaka ITO, Hirofumi SHIMADA
  • Patent number: 9457688
    Abstract: An electric driving wheel type work vehicle has a traveling motor, an inverter for supplying the motor with three-phase power converted from DC power, a pre-driver circuit for supplying a gate signal to the inverter on the basis of an input PWM signal, a controller for outputting to the pre-driver circuit the PWM signal for controlling the driving of the motor, a parking brake, and a parking brake condition detector that detects the condition of the parking brake. When it is detected that the parking brake has been operated, the pre-driver circuit cuts off the output of the gate signal or the input of the PWM signal to the pre-driver circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichiro Morita, Shigeyuki Yoshihara, Kazuo Ishida, Noritaka Ito, Hirofumi Shimada
  • Publication number: 20160036358
    Abstract: A construction machine includes: a swing structure; an electric motor that drives the swing structure; an operating device that outputs an operating signal according to an operating amount and an operating direction; an inverter device that controls the electric motor based on a control signal generated based on the operating signal; a position sensor that detects an actual speed of the electric motor; and a second controller that determines whether at least one of a first condition and a second condition is satisfied. The first condition is satisfied when a sign of a value computed by subtracting the actual speed from a target speed of the electric motor that defined by the control signal; and the second condition is satisfied when a difference between the target speed and the actual speed is greater than a first reference value, and when the acceleration is greater than a second reference value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Ogawa, Kohei Sakurai, Yuichiro Morita
  • Publication number: 20160002892
    Abstract: A maintenance device for a construction machine includes: an abnormality detection means for detecting abnormality of an apparatus installed on the construction machine; an abnormality information output means for outputting abnormality information about the apparatus detected by the abnormality detection means; and a maintenance mode setting means for setting a maintenance mode for performing a maintenance work of the apparatus, wherein the abnormality information output means for eliminating negation or output of the information, if any abnormality of the apparatus is detected in a state in which the maintenance mode is set by the maintenance mode setting means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Taiki AIZAWA, Yuichiro MORITA, Koichi SHIBATA
  • Publication number: 20150224895
    Abstract: An electric driving wheel type work vehicle has a traveling motor 21, an inverter 313 for supplying the motor with three-phase power converted from DC power, a pre-driver circuit 312 for supplying a gate signal 316 to the inverter 313 on the basis of an input PWM signal, a controller 311 for outputting to the pre-driver circuit the PWM signal 315 for controlling the driving of the motor 21, parking brake means 10, and parking brake condition detection means 12 that detects the condition of the parking brake means 10. When the parking brake condition detection means 12 detects the parking brake means 10 has been operated, the pre-driver circuit 312 cuts off the output of the gate signal 316, or the input of the PWM to the pre-driver circuit 312 is cut off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Yuichiro Morita, Shigeyuki Yoshihara, Kazuo Ishida, Noritaka Ito, Hirofumi Shimada
  • Publication number: 20150100207
    Abstract: A vehicle control system which can ensure high reliability, real-time processing, and expandability with a simplified ECU configuration and a low cost by backing up an error through coordination in the entire system without increasing a degree of redundancy of individual controllers beyond the least necessary level. The vehicle control system comprises a sensor controller for taking in sensor signals indicating a status variable of a vehicle and an operation amount applied from a driver, a command controller for generating a control target value based on the sensor signals taken in by the sensor controller, and an actuator controller for receiving the control target value from the command controller and operating an actuator to control the vehicle, those three controller being interconnected via a network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Kentaro YOSHIMURA, Kohei SAKURAI, Nobuyasu KANEKAWA, Yuichiro MORITA, Yoshiaki TAKAHASHI, Kenichi KUROSAWA, Toshimichi MINOWA, Masatoshi HOSHINO, Yasuhiro NAKATSUKA, Kotaro SHIMAMURA, Kunihiko TSUNEDOMI, Shoji SASAKI