Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Manabu Dobashi

Makoto Yamamura

Takashi Hashizume

Tetsuya Matsuhisa

Ryota Hisada

Koji Kuriyagawa

Yoshihisa Shinogi

Kazuhiro Sato

Yusuke Ninomiya

Manabu Hashimoto

Yuta Kimura

Hiroshi Yamakawa

Hibiki Koga

Yoshiyuki Misumi

Hiroki Muta

Yusuke Nakajima

Kaori Kono

A communication device including: a drive device communication unit that communicates with a drive device to which an own device is connected; an external communication unit that communicates with another device via a network; a notification information storage that stores notification information that is information acquired from a drive device connected to the drive device communication unit, the information indicating operation or a state of the drive device; and a controller that acquires the notification information from the drive device connected to the drive device communication unit, records, into the notification information storage, the notification information having been acquired, and upon receiving error information from the drive device, transmits one piece or a plurality of pieces of notification information stored in the notification information storage to a predetermined other device via the external communication unit.

Communication device, communication method, and computer program

A working machine comprising: a control unit configured to cause the working machine to perform work in a first work mode in which work is performed without collecting diagnostic data; an acceptance unit configured to accept a diagnosis instruction; and a switching unit configured to switch from the first work mode to a second work mode in which work is performed while collecting the diagnostic data, in a case where the diagnosis instruction is accepted by the acceptance unit, wherein the control unit causes the working machine to perform work in the second work mode in a case where the switching unit switches to the second work mode.

Working machine, working machine control method, and storage medium

A management apparatus for managing a work machine capable of operating in a plurality of work modes, comprising: a work information reception unit configured to receive work information of the work machine; a change information reception unit configured to receive, if a work mode of the work machine is changed, work mode change information from the work machine; a storage unit configured to store the work information and the work mode in association with each other; and a specifying unit configured to specify a failure based on information stored in the storage unit.

Management apparatus, control method for management apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium

An antitheft device for a power generator electrically connectable to a work machine, comprising an acquisition unit configured to acquire position information from each of a plurality of power generators, a setting unit configured to set a single area including positions of the plurality of power generators as a movable area based on the position information acquired by the acquisition unit, and a notification unit configured to make a predetermined notification if at least one of the plurality of power generators has moved out of the movable area set by the setting unit.

Antitheft device and power generator antitheft system

This insurance premium setting system sets an insurance premium for obtaining compensation for the breakdown of a working machine, when the working machine is rented out. The insurance premium setting system is provided with an insurance premium setting unit which sets the insurance premium on the basis of breakdown-related information which is related to the possibility of breakdown of the working machine, when a user uses the working machine. The breakdown-related information is working information on the working machine, and the insurance premium setting unit sets the insurance premium on the basis of the working information. The working information includes a working load of the working machine, and the insurance premium setting unit sets the insurance premium more expensively, as the working load becomes larger.

Insurance premium setting system

A working system comprising a self-propelled working machine, an area wire for partitioning a working area of the working machine, and a station provided in the working area and configured to charge the working machine by connecting the working machine to the station, wherein the working machine comprises a traveling unit, a traveling control unit configured to control the traveling unit, a detection unit configured to detect the station, and an information acquisition unit, the information acquisition unit acquires input information which is input by a user, and the input information includes information indicating a layout of the station and the area wire for the station and its peripheral region, and the traveling control unit sets a control parameter of the traveling unit based on the input information in response to detection of the station by the detection unit.

Working system and working machine

A snowplow having a snow removal mechanism, the snowplow comprises: an obtainment unit configured to obtain topography information prior to snow accumulation; and a projection unit configured to, based on the topography information prior to snow accumulation obtained b the obtainment unit, project an image indicating the topography information prior to snow accumulation on a surface of accumulated snow that is to be removed by the snow removal mechanism.

Snowplow, projection method for snowplow, storage medium, and projection system

An internal combustion engine management system includes: a plurality of internal combustion engine units of which each includes an internal combustion engine, a first communicator configured to communicate with a server device, and a communication controller configured to transmit at least estimation information out of the estimation information which is used to estimate an environment in which the internal combustion engine is placed and information of a control map which is used to control the internal combustion engine to the server device using the first communicator; and the server device that includes a second communicator configured to communicate with the first communicator, and a processor configured to extract a second internal combustion engine unit having transmitted estimation information which is similar to the estimation information received from a first internal combustion engine unit out of the plurality of internal combustion engine units from the plurality of internal combustion engine units and to transmit the information of a control map received from the second internal combustion engine unit to the first internal combustion engine unit using the second communicator.

Internal combustion engine management system, server device, and internal combustion engine management method

A working machine is provided, which can suppress reduction in visibility of a spot illuminated by illuminating light even when an ambient light environment changes. A working machine in which a working unit that performs predetermined work is connected to a machine body that travels is configured to include a headlight that illuminates a traveling direction of the machine body and is capable of color adjustment, a camera that detects a color of an illumination spot P that is illuminated by illuminating light K of the headlight, and a control unit that performs color adjustment of the headlight in accordance with the color detected by the camera.

Working machine

A power generator management system comprises a plurality of power generators, and an information processing apparatus configured to process information acquired from the plurality of power generators. Each power generator comprises: a detection unit configured to detect a remaining fuel amount in a fuel tank of the power generator; a position acquisition unit configured to acquire position information of the power generator; a state acquisition unit configured to acquire information representing an operating state of the power generator; and a communication unit configured to transmit the remaining fuel amount, the position information, and information representing the operating state to the information processing apparatus, and the information processing apparatus comprises a processing unit configured to acquire a margin level of power supply in each of the plurality of power generators and provide a result of the acquisition.

Power generator management system

An anti-theft apparatus for an outboard motor that can be mounted on a boat, comprising a comparison unit configured to compare a vibration of the outboard motor with a vibration of a portion of the boat other than the outboard motor, and a notification unit configured to make a predetermined notification based on a comparison result by the comparison unit.

Anti-theft apparatus and outboard motor anti-theft system

A marine wireless communication system is capable of reliably and stably monitoring an outboard engine unit in a watercraft. The marine wireless communication system comprises at least one first wireless device disposed in at least one outboard engine unit secured to a stern of a watercraft, and at least one second wireless device disposed inside the watercraft, the first wireless device communicating with the second wireless device according to a predetermined protocol.

Marine wireless communication system

In an apparatus installed on a boat for identifying and controlling operation of an outboard motor selected by an operator and clamped to the boat from among outboard motors in different models prepared to be selectable by the operator, including a model having an analog device that produces analog signal and a model having a digital device that converts the analog signal produced by the analog device into a digital signal, it is discriminated whether the inputted signal is the analog signal inputted through the analog signal input/output or the digital signal inputted through the digital signal input/output, and the model of the selected outboard motor is identified based on the discriminated signal, thereby enabling to surely identify the model and control its operation.

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Wako, Japan

Manabu Dobashi