Patents by Inventor Takahiro Yokomae

Takahiro Yokomae 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: 9811075
    Abstract: A production system includes a production facility and a portable operation terminal connectable to the production facility through a wireless communication. A connection state is brought between the production facility and the portable operation terminal by sending a connection request signal for a connection request to the production facility from the portable operation terminal, and sending a connection permission signal for responding to the connection request signal to the portable operation terminal from the production facility according to a predetermined condition, and it is permitted that the operation input to a control processing portion of the production facility from the portable operation terminal in the connection state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Yokomae, Nobuya Matsuo
  • Patent number: 9439336
    Abstract: In a component mounting system, a portable operation terminal is wirelessly connectable to mounting machines. The portable operation terminal includes: a processing portion which displays a screen allowing a worker to select one of the mounting machines to be connected to the portable operation terminal; and a terminal-side connection processing portion which issues a connection request to the selected mounting machine and which connects the portable operation terminal to the mounting machine upon reception of an acknowledgement from the mounting machine. The mounting machine includes: an equipment-side connection processing portion which connects the mounting machine to the portable operation terminal in response to the connection request, and a notification unit which notifies the worker of the fact that the mounting machine has been connected to the portable operation terminal, directly by at least one of sound and light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Yokomae, Nobuya Matsuo, Teruaki Nishinaka
  • Publication number: 20150135524
    Abstract: In a component mounting system, a portable operation terminal is wirelessly connectable to mounting machines. The portable operation terminal includes: a processing portion which displays a screen allowing a worker to select one of the mounting machines to be connected to the portable operation terminal; and a terminal-side connection processing portion which issues a connection request to the selected mounting machine and which connects the portable operation terminal to the mounting machine upon reception of an acknowledgement from the mounting machine. The mounting machine includes: an equipment-side connection processing portion which connects the mounting machine to the portable operation terminal in response to the connection request, and a notification unit which notifies the worker of the fact that the mounting machine has been connected to the portable operation terminal, directly by at least one of sound and light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Takahiro YOKOMAE, Nobuya MATSUO, Teruaki NISHINAKA
  • Publication number: 20150045916
    Abstract: A production system includes a production facility and a portable operation terminal connectable to the production facility through a wireless communication. A connection state is brought between the production facility and the portable operation terminal by sending a connection request signal for a connection request to the production facility from the portable operation terminal, and sending a connection permission signal for responding to the connection request signal to the portable operation terminal from the production facility according to a predetermined condition, and it is permitted that the operation input to a control processing portion of the production facility from the portable operation terminal in the connection state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Takahiro YOKOMAE, Nobuya MATSUO
  • Patent number: 6941200
    Abstract: A waiting time of an automated guided vehicle is substantially eliminated by significantly shortening the communication time of various information, and the transport efficiency of an automated guided vehicle as well as the operating rate of work stations and production lines as a whole are improved, and in addition, the flexibility of an operation control system for the automated guided vehicle is improved. An automated guided vehicle (1) includes a wireless local area network adapter (11) for passing information by radio with an operation control unit connected to the local area network or with another automated guided vehicle, a memory part (12) for storing at least information from the operation control unit or from another automated guided vehicle and information related to the automated guided vehicle itself, and a control part (14) for controlling the wireless local area network adapter and the memory part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Sonoyama, Takahiro Yokomae, Yoichi Sugitomo, Masahide Yoshihara, Osamu Matsushima, Toyotoshi Tsujikawa, Takeshi Asano, Hitoshi Kubota
  • Publication number: 20040122570
    Abstract: A waiting time of an automated guided vehicle is substantially eliminated by significantly shortening the communication time of various information, and the transport efficiency of an automated guided vehicle as well as the operating rate of work stations and production lines as a whole are improved, and in addition, the flexibility of an operation control system for the automated guided vehicle is improved. An automated guided vehicle 1 includes a wireless local area network adapter 11 for passing information by radio with an operation control unit connected to the local area network or with another automated guided vehicle, a memory part 12 for storing at least information from the operation control unit or from another automated guided vehicle and information related to the automated guided vehicle itself, and a control part 14 for controlling the wireless local area network adapter and the memory part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: Osamu Sonoyama, Takahiro Yokomae, Yoichi Sugitomo, Masahide Yoshihara, Osamu Matsushima, Toyotoshi Tsujikawa, Takeshi Asano, Hitoshi Kubota