Patents by Inventor Kota NIWA

Kota NIWA 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: 11977707
    Abstract: Each of first electrode sections forming a transmission electrode includes a first main line and a plurality of first auxiliary lines. Each of second electrode sections forming a reception electrode includes a second main line and a plurality of second auxiliary lines. With the transmission and reception electrodes and overlapping each other, the first main line and the second main line intersect with each other at one point, and a cell region is unclosed. The cell region is surrounded by two or more types of thin wires selected from a group consisting of the first main line, the first auxiliary lines, the second main line, and the second auxiliary lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Niwa, Kota Araki, Akihiro Yamamura, Hiroaki Nishiono
  • Patent number: 11477927
    Abstract: In the component mounting system, when an electronic component having a positioning target is held and mounted onto the upper face of a board, the positioning target is aligned to a predetermined position of the board. The component mounting system detects a positional deviation of the positioning target on the upper face of the electronic component and performs an arrangement operation of arranging a positioning material on the board by correcting the arrangement position in accordance with the detected positional deviation. The component mounting system then performs a mounting operation for mounting the electronic component on the board by aligning the positioning target to the predetermined position of the board on which the positioning material has been arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Sakurayama, Kota Niwa
  • Patent number: 11412648
    Abstract: A component mounting device is capable of mounting a component having a feature portion on an upper surface, on a board. The component mounting device picks up a component by a pickup member and loads the picked-up component on a temporary loading stand at an angle substantially equal to a target mounting angle to the board. Subsequently, the component mounting device images the upper surface of the loaded component by an upper imaging device and picks up again the loaded component. Then, the component mounting device mounts the component picked up again at the target mounting angle at the target mounting position corrected based on the positional deviation amount of the feature portion recognized by the upper surface image of the imaged upper surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidenori Goto, Ryohei Kamio, Kota Niwa, Kohei Sugihara
  • Publication number: 20210100143
    Abstract: A component mounting device is capable of mounting a component having a feature portion on an upper surface, on a board. The component mounting device picks up a component by a pickup member and loads the picked-up component on a temporary loading stand at an angle substantially equal to a target mounting angle to the board. Subsequently, the component mounting device images the upper surface of the loaded component by an upper imaging device and picks up again the loaded component. Then, the component mounting device mounts the component picked up again at the target mounting angle at the target mounting position corrected based on the positional deviation amount of the feature portion recognized by the upper surface image of the imaged upper surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidenori GOTO, Ryohei KAMIO, Kota NIWA, Kohei SUGIHARA
  • Patent number: 10966361
    Abstract: A dedicated correction value related to the mounting position of an upper surface recognition component with a characteristic section on an upper surface thereof is memorized in correction value folder 43a of an HDD, and when performing mounting work of mounting the upper surface recognition component on a board, a position deviation amount of the characteristic section is acquired based on an image of the upper surface of the upper surface recognition component captured by a mark camera, and the component is mounted at the mounting position based on the acquired position deviation amount and the dedicated correction value. Accordingly, it is possible to mount the specific component at a corrected mounting position such that the position of the characteristic section is appropriate, thereby improving mounting accuracy for the upper surface recognition component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Sakurayama, Mitsuru Sanji, Hidenori Goto, Kota Niwa
  • Publication number: 20190380235
    Abstract: In the component mounting system, when an electronic component having a positioning target is held and mounted onto the upper face of a board, the positioning target is aligned to a predetermined position of the board. The component mounting system detects a positional deviation of the positioning target on the upper face of the electronic component and performs an arrangement operation of arranging a positioning material on the board by correcting the arrangement position in accordance with the detected positional deviation. The component mounting system then performs a mounting operation for mounting the electronic component on the board by aligning the positioning target to the predetermined position of the board on which the positioning material has been arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2017
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: FUJl CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi SAKURAYAMA, Kota NIWA
  • Publication number: 20190133010
    Abstract: A dedicated correction value related to the mounting position of an upper surface recognition component with a characteristic section on an upper surface thereof is memorized in correction value folder 43a of an HDD, and when performing mounting work of mounting the upper surface recognition component on a board, a position deviation amount of the characteristic section is acquired based on an image of the upper surface of the upper surface recognition component captured by a mark camera, and the component is mounted at the mounting position based on the acquired position deviation amount and the dedicated correction value. Accordingly, it is possible to mount the specific component at a corrected mounting position such that the position of the characteristic section is appropriate, thereby improving mounting accuracy for the upper surface recognition component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi SAKURAYAMA, Mitsuru SANJI, Hidenori GOTO, Kota NIWA