Patents by Inventor Wataru Hidese

Wataru Hidese 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: 9198336
    Abstract: An electronic component mounting system mounts an electronic component on a substrate to manufacture a mounting substrate, and can prevent a mounting failure due to a positional error in a height direction of a substrate and ensure mounting quality. A print test device for testing the substrate after solder printing measures a height position of a height measurement point set on the upper surface of the substrate 4 by a height measuring machine 22 and outputs a measurement result as substrate height data. In a component placing step using an electronic component placing device, a control parameter for controlling a component placing operation of the placing head 32 is updated. Accordingly, it is possible to correct a variation of the height position of an individual substrate and to prevent a mounting failure due to positional error in the height direction of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kihara, Masafumi Inoue, Wataru Hidese
  • Patent number: 8499688
    Abstract: There is provided a screen printer capable of concurrently, efficiently subjecting a plurality of substrates, including different types of substrates, to printing operation. In a screen printer 2 that makes up an electronic component mounting line 1 and that prints electronic component bonding paste on a substrate, a substrate conveyance section 8 that conveys a substrate 5 forwardly or backwardly in a direction of conveyance of a substrate is disposed at an intermediate position between a first screen printing section 7A and a second screen printing section 7B arranged symmetrically with respect to a center line CL. It thereby becomes possible to adopt a variety of substrate conveyance forms, as required, such as return conveyance for returning the substrate 5 from a downstream machine to an upstream side of the screen printer 2 and bypass conveyance for letting the substrate sent from an upstream side pass through the screen printer, to thus be conveyed to a downstream machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Seiichi Miyahara, Kazuhide Nagao, Wataru Hidese, Yoshiaki Awata
  • Patent number: 8375852
    Abstract: A screen printer capable of concurrently, efficiently subjecting a plurality of different types of substrates, to a printing operation. The screen printer makes up an electronic component mounting line and prints electronic component bonding paste on a substrate. A substrate conveyance section that conveys a substrate forwardly or backwardly in a direction of conveyance of a substrate is disposed at an intermediate position between a first screen printing section and a second screen printing section arranged symmetrically with respect to a center line CL. It thereby becomes possible to adopt a variety of substrate conveyance forms, as required, such as return conveyance for returning the substrate from a downstream machine to an upstream side of the screen printer and bypass conveyance for letting the substrate sent from an upstream side pass through the screen printer, to thus be conveyed to a downstream machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Seiichi Miyahara, Kazuhide Nagao, Wataru Hidese, Yoshiaki Awata
  • Patent number: 8327761
    Abstract: A screen printer capable of concurrently, efficiently subjecting a plurality of different types of substrates, to a printing operation. The screen printer makes up an electronic component mounting line and prints electronic component bonding paste on a substrate. A substrate conveyance section that conveys a substrate forwardly or backwardly in a direction of conveyance of a substrate is disposed at an intermediate position between a first screen printing section and a second screen printing section arranged symmetrically with respect to a center line CL. It thereby becomes possible to adopt a variety of substrate conveyance forms, as required, such as return conveyance for returning the substrate from a downstream machine to an upstream side of the screen printer and bypass conveyance for letting the substrate sent from an upstream side pass through the screen printer, to thus be conveyed to a downstream machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Seiichi Miyahara, Kazuhide Nagao, Wataru Hidese, Yoshiaki Awata
  • Patent number: 8196287
    Abstract: An electronic component installation apparatus 4 which constructs an electronic component mounting line 1 and installs an electronic component on a substrate is configured to include substrate conveyance lanes L1, L3 as two conveyance paths for feed which respectively feed the substrate carried from the upstream side to the downstream side, the conveyance paths for feed in which substrate positioning parts for positioning and holding the substrate in installation work positions are disposed between two component installation parts 22A, 22B for taking the electronic components out of component supply parts 23A, 23B and transferring and installing the electronic components to the substrate, and a substrate conveyance lane L2 as a return conveyance path which returns the substrate carried from the downstream side to the upstream side and is disposed in a state of being sandwiched between the substrate conveyance lanes L1, L3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Awata, Wataru Hidese, Kazuhide Nagao, Takuya Tsutsumi
  • Publication number: 20120090484
    Abstract: A screen printer capable of concurrently, efficiently subjecting a plurality of different types of substrates, to a printing operation. The screen printer makes up an electronic component mounting line and prints electronic component bonding paste on a substrate. A substrate conveyance section that conveys a substrate forwardly or backwardly in a direction of conveyance of a substrate is disposed at an intermediate position between a first screen printing section and a second screen printing section arranged symmetrically with respect to a center line CL. It thereby becomes possible to adopt a variety of substrate conveyance forms, as required, such as return conveyance for returning the substrate from a downstream machine to an upstream side of the screen printer and bypass conveyance for letting the substrate sent from an upstream side pass through the screen printer, to thus be conveyed to a downstream machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiichi Miyahara, Kazuhide Nagao, Wataru Hidese, Yoshiaki Awata
  • Publication number: 20120085252
    Abstract: A screen printer capable of concurrently, efficiently subjecting a plurality of different types of substrates, to a printing operation. The screen printer makes up an electronic component mounting line and prints electronic component bonding paste on a substrate. A substrate conveyance section that conveys a substrate forwardly or backwardly in a direction of conveyance of a substrate is disposed at an intermediate position between a first screen printing section and a second screen printing section arranged symmetrically with respect to a center line CL. It thereby becomes possible to adopt a variety of substrate conveyance forms, as required, such as return conveyance for returning the substrate from a downstream machine to an upstream side of the screen printer and bypass conveyance for letting the substrate sent from an upstream side pass through the screen printer, to thus be conveyed to a downstream machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiichi MIYAHARA, Kazuhide NAGAO, Wataru HIDESE, Yoshiaki AWATA
  • Publication number: 20110023294
    Abstract: An object is to provide an electronic component installation apparatus capable of efficiently doing component installation work for which plural substrates including a double-sided mounting substrate are targeted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Awata, Wataru Hidese, Kazuhide Nagao, Takuya Tsutsumi
  • Publication number: 20110017080
    Abstract: There is provided a screen printer capable of concurrently, efficiently subjecting a plurality of substrates, including different types of substrates, to printing operation. In a screen printer 2 that makes up an electronic component mounting line 1 and that prints electronic component bonding paste on a substrate, a substrate conveyance section 8 that conveys a substrate 5 forwardly or backwardly in a direction of conveyance of a substrate is disposed at an intermediate position between a first screen printing section 7A and a second screen printing section 7B arranged symmetrically with respect to a center line CL. It thereby becomes possible to adopt a variety of substrate conveyance forms, as required, such as return conveyance for returning the substrate 5 from a downstream machine to an upstream side of the screen printer 2 and bypass conveyance for letting the substrate sent from an upstream side pass through the screen printer, to thus be conveyed to a downstream machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiichi Miyahara, Kazuhide Nagao, Wataru Hidese, Yoshiaki Awata
  • Publication number: 20100071195
    Abstract: To provide an electronic component mounting system and an electronic component mounting method which can prevent a mounting failure due to positional error in a height direction of a substrate and ensure mounting quality. The electronic component mounting system includes a plurality of electronic component mounting devices connected to one another and mounts an electronic component on a substrate to manufacture a mounting substrate. A print test device for testing the substrate after solder printing measures a height position of a height measurement point set on the upper surface of the substrate 4 by a height measuring machine 22 and outputs a measurement result as substrate height data. In a component placing step using an electronic component placing device, a control parameter for controlling a component placing operation of the placing head 32 is updated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2006
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kihara, Masafumi Inoue, Wataru Hidese
  • Patent number: 7243420
    Abstract: In an electronic component mounting method, a camera transporting mechanism transports a camera to a component supplying unit to take an image of a component. Thereafter the camera is evacuated from an upper area of the component. The image taken by the camera is processed by a recognition processing unit to acquire a position of the component. A mounting head transporting mechanism positions the mounting head to the component based upon the recognition processing unit, and the component is picked up by the mounting head. Another camera transporting mechanism transports another camera over a board to take an image of the board. Thereafter, the camera is evacuated from an upper area of the board. The image taken of the board is processed by another recognition processing unit to determine a mounting position. The mounting head then positions the component on the board based upon the determined mounting position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Haji, Wataru Hidese
  • Patent number: 7137195
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic parts mount apparatus for taking out semiconductor chips from a semiconductor wafer held on a wafer hold section by a transfer head comprising a plurality of suction nozzles and transporting and mounting the semiconductor chips to and on a board has a parts recognition camera disposed in a manner that it can advance to and retreat from the wafer hold section for picking up an image of the semiconductor wafer. Also provided is a method including a parts mounting step for mounting a plurality of semiconductor chips on the board by the transfer head and an image picking up step for picking up a plurality of semiconductor chips to be next taken out by the parts recognition camera which are performed concurrently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Haji, Wataru Hidese
  • Patent number: 7059043
    Abstract: An electronic parts mount apparatus for taking out electronic parts from a parts supply section 3by a transfer head 9 and transporting and mounting the electronic parts to and on a board 2 has a board recognition camera 15 moving independently of the transfer head 9 and advancing to and retreating from the board 2 positioned on a transfer passage 1 for picking up an image of the board 2 to detect the position thereof. The image pickup step of the board 2 by the board recognition camera 15 and the parts taking out step in the parts supply section by the transfer head 9 are performed concurrently. Thus, the tact time can be shortened and the electronic parts can be mounted on the board efficiently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wataru Hidese, Toshiaki Nakashima, Hiroshi Haji
  • Publication number: 20050108873
    Abstract: An electronic parts mount apparatus for taking out electronic parts from a parts supply section 3by a transfer head 9 and transporting and mounting the electronic parts to and on a board 2 has a board recognition camera 15 moving independently of the transfer head 9 and advancing to and retreating from the board 2 positioned on a transfer passage 1 for picking up an image of the board 2 to detect the position thereof. The image pickup step of the board 2 by the board recognition camera 15 and the parts taking out step in the parts supply section by the transfer head 9 are performed concurrently. Thus, the tact time can be shortened and the electronic parts can be mounted on the board efficiently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2004
    Publication date: May 26, 2005
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wataru Hidese, Toshiaki Nakashima, Hiroshi Haji
  • Patent number: 6874225
    Abstract: In this electronic component mounting apparatus, a mounting head is movably arranged between the electronic component supplying unit and the board holding unit. A first camera for taking an image of the board in the board holding unit and detecting an electronic component mounting position, and a second camera for taking images of the chips of the electronic component supplying unit are arranged in such a manner that the first camera and the second camera can be entered/evacuated as against the electronic component supplying unit. Therefore, the electronic component supplying unit and the board holding unit are defined as a range to be transported, and the mounting head, the first camera, and the second camera are relatively traveled in conjunction to each other, a loss-time in both the electronic component supplying unit and the board holding unit can be avoided, and tact time can be shortened to improve a work-efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Haji, Wataru Hidese
  • Patent number: 6865803
    Abstract: A component mounter which picks up components from two or more tape feeders aligned in a component feeder carriage, and mounts them a board. Suction nozzles for vacuum-holding components are disposed on the transfer head at a predetermined basic pitch in the X direction (tape feeders alignment direction) to form a nozzle line. Two or more nozzle lines are aligned in the Y direction (perpendicular to the X direction). These suction nozzles pick up two or more components from the tape feeders simultaneously, enabling to reduce the space required for installing the mounter and making the mounter more compact. Increased feasibility of simultaneous pickup of several components also improves mounting efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wataru Hidese
  • Patent number: 6839960
    Abstract: Method for taking out electronic parts from a parts supply section by a transfer head and transporting and mounting the electronic parts to and on a board positioned on a transfer passage. In an image pickup step, a board recognition camera moves independently of the transfer head and advances to and retreats from the board for picking up an image of the board to detect the position thereof in a position detecting step. The image pickup step of the board by the board recognition camera and the parts taking out step in the parts supply section by the transfer head are performed concurrently. Thus, the tact time can be shortened and the electronic parts can be mounted on the board efficiently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wataru Hidese, Toshiaki Nakashima, Hiroshi Haji
  • Publication number: 20040205961
    Abstract: In this electronic component mounting apparatus, a mounting head is movably arranged between the electronic component supplying unit and the board holding unit. A first camera for taking an image of the board in the board holding unit and detecting an electronic component mounting position, and a second camera for taking images of the chips of the electronic component supplying unit are arranged in such a manner that the first camera and the second camera can be entered/evacuated as against the electronic component supplying unit. Therefore, the electronic component supplying unit and the board holding unit are defined as a range to be transported, and the mounting head, the first camera, and the second camera are relatively traveled in conjunction to each other, a loss-time in both the electronic component supplying unit and the board holding unit can be avoided, and tact time can be shortened to improve a work-efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Haji, Wataru Hidese
  • Patent number: 6792676
    Abstract: An electronic parts mount apparatus for taking out semiconductor chips from a semiconductor wafer held on a wafer hold section by a transfer head comprising a plurality of suction nozzles and transporting and mounting the semiconductor chips to and on a board has a parts recognition camera disposed in a manner that it can advance to and retreat from the wafer hold section for picking up an image of the semiconductor wafer. A parts mounting step for mounting a plurality of semiconductor chips on the board by the transfer head and an image picking up step for picking up a plurality of semiconductor chips to be next taken out by the parts recognition camera are performed concurrently. Thereby, the number of electronic parts per mount turn can be increased, the tact time can be shortened, and the electronic parts can be efficiently taken out and mounted on the board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Haji, Wataru Hidese
  • Publication number: 20040148769
    Abstract: An electronic parts mount apparatus for taking out semiconductor chips from a semiconductor wafer held on a wafer hold section by a transfer head comprising a plurality of suction nozzles and transporting and mounting the semiconductor chips to and on a board has a parts recognition camera disposed in a manner that it can advance to and retreat from the wafer hold section for picking up an image of the semiconductor wafer. A parts mounting step for mounting a plurality of semiconductor chips on the board by the transfer head and an image picking up step for picking up a plurality of semiconductor chips to be next taken out by the parts recognition camera are performed concurrently. Thereby, the number of electronic parts per mount turn can be increased, the tact time can be shortened, and the electronic parts can be efficiently taken out and mounted on the board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2004
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Haji, Wataru Hidese