Patents by Inventor Shinichi Ogimoto
Shinichi Ogimoto 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: 10864717Abstract: According to one embodiment, a tablet printing apparatus includes: a first rotator having an inner space; a duct configured to communicate with the inner space of the first rotator; a suction pipe configured to suck inside the duct; a second rotator arranged to face the first rotator across the duct; a conveyor belt wrapped around the first rotator and the second rotator; and a print head that performs printing on a tablet held on the conveyor belt. The conveyor belt includes a plurality of suction holes which communicate with the inner space of the first rotator and that of the duct, and are arranged in the rotation direction of the first rotator. The first rotator and the duct constitutes a suction chamber that applies a suction force to those of the suction holes of the conveyor belt located around the outer periphery of the first rotator and the duct.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2018Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Shinichi Ogimoto, Ryo Ikuta, Yutaka Okabe, Hitoshi Aoyagi, Hikaru Hoshino, Azusa Hirano, Toru Kuribayashi, Yasutsugu Tsuruoka, Junpei Tanaka
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Patent number: 10857818Abstract: According to one embodiment, a tablet printing apparatus includes: a conveyor configured to convey tablets sequentially supplied thereto while sucking and holding the tablets by a suction chamber 14; a print head located to face the conveyor and configured to elect ink to the tablet conveyed by the conveyor to perform printing; and partition walls 144, 144 and suction paths 1421, 1422 that serve as a suction force adjusting device configured to reduce a suction force applied to the tablet at a conveyance position facing the print head to be lower than a suction force applied to the tablet at conveyance positions in front of and behind the conveyance position.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2016Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Shinichi Ogimoto, Ryo Ikuta, Yutaka Okabe, Hitoshi Aoyagi, Hikaru Hoshino
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Patent number: 10814644Abstract: According to one embodiment, a tablet printing apparatus includes a conveyor, an inkjet print head, and a controller. The conveyor is configured to convey a tablet having an outer shape that does not determine the printing direction of a print pattern to be printed thereon. The print head includes a plurality of nozzles each configured to eject a liquid to print the print pattern on the tablet being conveyed. The controller is configured to control the print head to perform printing on the tablet being conveyed such that the printing direction of the print pattern is changed at predetermined intervals at least between a first direction which is parallel to or crosses the conveying direction of the tablet, and a second direction which crosses the conveying direction, and in which more nozzles are used for printing than in the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2019Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Azusa Hirano, Yasutsugu Tsuruoka, Noritsugu Tanio, Shinichi Ogimoto, Junsuke Komito
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Patent number: 10806674Abstract: According to one embodiment, a tablet printing apparatus includes a conveyor configured to convey tablets sequentially supplied while sucking and holding the tablets; a print head arranged to face the conveyor to perform printing on each of the tablets being conveyed; a detector arranged upstream of the print head to detect the posture of each of the tablets; and a print condition tester arranged downstream of the print head to check print condition on each of the tablets. Suction force applied to the tablets is reduced at least in an area from a detection position to a print condition check position than in other area.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2019Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Shinichi Ogimoto, Ryo Ikuta, Yutaka Okabe, Hitoshi Aoyagi, Hikaru Hoshino
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Publication number: 20200215833Abstract: According to one embodiment, a tablet printing apparatus includes: a conveyer configured to convey a tablet along a line; an applicator head including a plurality of nozzles arranged in a direction crossing the conveyance direction of the tablet conveyed by the conveyer, configured to perform printing on the tablet by ejecting a liquid from the nozzles; and a controller configured to control the ejection of the liquid from the nozzles of the applicator head. The length of an array of the nozzles in a direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction is equal to or longer than the length of the tablet in the direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction. The controller is further configured to control switching of a nozzle used for printing on the tablet among the nozzles by a plurality of sections determined in advance.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2020Publication date: July 9, 2020Applicant: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Hitoshi AOYAGI, Shinichi OGIMOTO
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Patent number: 10682849Abstract: According to one embodiment, a tablet printing apparatus includes a conveying device, an inkjet printing device, and a control device. The conveying device is configured to convey a tablet. The printing device includes a nozzle array in which a plurality of nozzles are arranged in a direction crossing a conveying path where the tablet is conveyed by the conveying device, and performs printing by ejecting ink from the nozzles to the tablet being conveyed by the conveying device. The control device increases either one of a resolution in the conveying direction of the tablet at the time of performing the printing and a resolution in the array direction of the nozzles at the time of performing the printing higher than the other according to a print density or a print shape on the tablet, and controls the printing device to perform the printing.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2018Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Ryo Ikuta, Junsuke Komito, Shinichi Ogimoto
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Publication number: 20190217631Abstract: According to one embodiment, a tablet printing apparatus includes a conveyor, an inkjet print head, and a controller. The conveyor is configured to convey a tablet having an outer shape that does not determine the printing direction of a print pattern to be printed thereon. The print head includes a plurality of nozzles each configured to eject a liquid to print the print pattern on the tablet being conveyed. The controller is configured to control the print head to perform printing on the tablet being conveyed such that the printing direction of the print pattern is changed at predetermined intervals at least between a first direction which is parallel to or crosses the conveying direction of the tablet, and a second direction which crosses the conveying direction, and in which more nozzles are used for printing than in the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2019Publication date: July 18, 2019Applicant: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Azusa Hirano, Yasutsugu Tsuruoka, Noritsugu Tanio, Shinichi Ogimoto, Junsuke Komito
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Publication number: 20190183733Abstract: According to one embodiment, a tablet printing apparatus includes a conveyor configured to convey tablets sequentially supplied while sucking and holding the tablets; a print head arranged to face the conveyor to perform printing on each of the tablets being conveyed; a detector arranged upstream of the print head to detect the posture of each of the tablets; and a print condition tester arranged downstream of the print head to check print condition on each of the tablets. Suction force applied to the tablets is reduced at least in an area from a detection position to a print condition check position than in other area.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2019Publication date: June 20, 2019Applicant: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Shinichi OGIMOTO, Ryo IKUTA, Yutaka OKABE, Hitoshi AOYAGI, Hikaru HOSHINO
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Publication number: 20190099996Abstract: According to one embodiment, a tablet printing apparatus includes a conveying device, an inkjet printing device, and a control device. The conveying device is configured to convey a tablet. The printing device includes a nozzle array in which a plurality of nozzles are arranged in a direction crossing a conveying path where the tablet is conveyed by the conveying device, and performs printing by ejecting ink from the nozzles to the tablet being conveyed by the conveying device. The control device increases either one of a resolution in the conveying direction of the tablet at the time of performing the printing and a resolution in the array direction of the nozzles at the time of performing the printing higher than the other according to a print density or a print shape on the tablet, and controls the printing device to perform the printing.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2018Publication date: April 4, 2019Applicant: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Ryo IKUTA, Junsuke KOMITO, Shinichi OGIMOTO
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Publication number: 20190091990Abstract: According to one embodiment, a tablet printing apparatus includes: a first rotator having an inner space; a duct configured to communicate with the inner space of the first rotator; a suction pipe configured to suck inside the duct; a second rotator arranged to face the first rotator across the duct; a conveyor belt wrapped around the first rotator and the second rotator; and a print head that performs printing on a tablet held on the conveyor belt. The conveyor belt includes a plurality of suction holes which communicate with the inner space of the first rotator and that of the duct, and are arranged in the rotation direction of the first rotator. The first rotator and the duct constitutes a suction chamber that applies a suction force to those of the suction holes of the conveyor belt located around the outer periphery of the first rotator and the duct.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2018Publication date: March 28, 2019Applicant: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Shinichi OGIMOTO, Ryo IKUTA, Yutaka OKABE, Hitoshi AOYAGI, Hikaru HOSHINO, Azusa HIRANO, Toru KURIBAYASHI, Yasutsugu TSURUOKA, Junpei TANAKA
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Publication number: 20180154659Abstract: According to one embodiment, a tablet printing apparatus includes: a conveyor configured to convey tablets sequentially supplied thereto while sucking and holding the tablets by a suction chamber 14; a print head located to face the conveyor and configured to elect ink to the tablet conveyed by the conveyor to perform printing; and partition walls 144, 144 and suction paths 1421, 1422 that serve as a suction force adjusting device configured to reduce a suction force applied to the tablet at a conveyance position facing the print head to be lower than a suction force applied to the tablet at conveyance positions in front of and behind the conveyance position.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2016Publication date: June 7, 2018Applicant: Shibaura Mechatronics CorporationInventors: Shinichi OGIMOTO, Ryo IKUTA, Yutaka OKABE, Hitoshi AOYAGI, Hikaru HOSHINO
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Publication number: 20170259595Abstract: According to one embodiment, a tablet printing apparatus includes: a conveyer configured to convey a tablet along a line; an applicator head including a plurality of nozzles arranged in a direction crossing the conveyance direction of the tablet conveyed by the conveyer, configured to perform printing on the tablet by ejecting a liquid from the nozzles; and a controller configured to control the ejection of the liquid from the nozzles of the applicator head. The length of an array of the nozzles in a direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction is equal to or longer than the length of the tablet in the direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction. The controller is further configured to control switching of a nozzle used for printing on the tablet among the nozzles by a plurality of sections determined in advance.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2017Publication date: September 14, 2017Applicant: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Hitoshi AOYAGI, Shinichi Ogimoto
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Patent number: 7367601Abstract: The present invention provides a substrate carrying apparatus capable of surely carrying a substrate with electronic parts mounted thereon, at low costs without causing the electronic parts to fall off the substrate, and without damaging the substrate. A substrate carrying apparatus has an arm body capable of vertical and horizontal movement. The arm body is provided with a plurality of substrate suction pads capable of sticking to the upper surface of the glass substrate by suction to hold the glass substrate, and a plurality of electronic part suction pads disposed above the electronic parts so as to correspond to the electronic parts, respectively. The electronic part suction pads are capable of sticking to the upper surfaces of the electronic parts by suction to hold the electronic parts. The suction pads are connected to a suction device by suction lines.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2001Date of Patent: May 6, 2008Assignee: Shibaura Mechatronics CorporationInventor: Shinichi Ogimoto
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Patent number: 7114245Abstract: An electronic component holding head, an electronic component mounting apparatus using same, and a method for mounting an electronic component, are provided for use in mounting an electronic component having a positioning mark formed on a film member.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2002Date of Patent: October 3, 2006Assignee: Shibaura Mechatronics CorporationInventor: Shinichi Ogimoto
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Patent number: 7075036Abstract: An electronic part compression bonding apparatus includes a compression bonding unit which bonds the electronic parts onto the substrate by thermocompression, a pressure supply unit, a pressure control unit which controls pressure, a heating unit which heats the compression bonding unit, a temperature control unit, and a thermocompression bonding control unit which controls the pressure control unit and the heating unit based on thermocompression bonding condition data in which at least one of pressure and heating temperature is variably set during a process from start until completion of a thermocompression bonding operation of the electronic parts. In the thermocompression bonding condition data, the pressure is set to a first pressure in a first stage in a process of the thermocompression bonding operation and a second pressure, which is lower than the first pressure, in a second stage that follows the first stage.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2002Date of Patent: July 11, 2006Assignee: Shibaura Mechatronics CorporationInventors: Shinichi Ogimoto, Koji Morita
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Patent number: 7010852Abstract: A substrate carrying device reduces time necessary for conducting changing work for changing the types of flat panel displays or the like. A substrate support member (10) has a support body (11) provided with an outer peripheral part (11a), which is joined to an inner peripheral part (21b) of an extension support member (20) to connect the substrate support member (10) to the extension support member (20). Only by the substrate support member (10) is used for supporting a small glass substrate (41) to carry the small glass substrate (41). A combination of the substrate support member (10) and the extension support member (20) is used for supporting a large glass substrate (41?) to carry the large glass substrate (41?).Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2001Date of Patent: March 14, 2006Assignee: Shibaura Mechatronics CorporationInventor: Shinichi Ogimoto
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Patent number: 6857182Abstract: A mounting system for mounting an electronic component on a substrate includes a component identifying apparatus that identifies an electronic component to be mounted on the substrate. The component identifying apparatus includes a holding mechanism that holds the electronic component, a color-perceptive sensor that perceives a color of a predetermined region on the electronic component, and a data processor that identifies the electronic component on the basis of the color perceived by the color-perceptive sensor. The mounting system also includes a controller that controls an electronic component mounting operation on the basis of a result of identification obtained by the component identifying apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2000Date of Patent: February 22, 2005Assignee: Shibaura Mechatronics CorporationInventor: Shinichi Ogimoto
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Publication number: 20040261930Abstract: There is disclosed a method comprising bonding two substrates to each other by a sealing agent, obtaining a positional shift amount between the bonded two substrates, and moving at least one of the two substrates by a correction movement amount obtained by multiplying the positional shift amount by a correction coefficient larger than 1 to correct the positional shift amount between these two substrates.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2004Publication date: December 30, 2004Applicant: Shibaura Mechatronics CorporationInventor: Shinichi Ogimoto
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Publication number: 20040233373Abstract: The present invention comprises an application step of applying a sealing agent 7 onto one of two substrates 3 and 4 in the form of a frame having corner portions, a dropping step of dropping a liquid material onto one of the two substrates with a predetermined arrangement pattern and dropping the liquid material only to corner portions of a peripheral portion deviating from the arrangement pattern in an area surrounded by the sealing agent, and a bonding step of bonding the two substrates to each other in a reduced pressure atmosphere.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2003Publication date: November 25, 2004Applicant: Shibaura Mechatronics CorporationInventor: Shinichi Ogimoto
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Publication number: 20040217100Abstract: An elongation amount of electronic parts to be bonded onto a substrate by thermocompression is accurately controlled, and thereby poor connection of the electronic parts is prevented. An electronic part compression bonding apparatus according to the present invention includes a compression bonding unit (41) which bonds the electronic parts onto the substrate by thermocompression, a pressure supply unit (48), a pressure control unit (83) which controls pressure, a heating unit (43) which heats the compression bonding unit (41), a temperature control unit (85), and a thermocompression bonding control unit (80) which controls the pressure control unit (83) and the heating unit (43) based on thermocompression bonding condition data in which at least one of pressure and heating temperature is variably set during a process from start until completion of a thermocompression bonding operation of the electronic parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2004Publication date: November 4, 2004Applicant: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Shinichi Ogimoto, Koji Morita