Patents by Inventor Hideo Sakon

Hideo Sakon 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).

  • Publication number: 20100027398
    Abstract: There is provided an optical disc device which can evaluate in a short time as to whether an optical disc is recorded with satisfying the standard or not. An optical disc device for measuring a recording deviation amount of data recorded on an optical disc on which physical addresses are previously provided, includes an address detection circuit which detects the physical address and outputs a physical address detection signal, a timer which is operated in synchronization with reproduced data from the optical disc, a recording deviation amount measurement circuit which measures the recording deviation amount of data recorded on the optical disc by using the physical address detection signal and the count value of the timer, a memory which stores the measured recording deviation amount, and a data transfer circuit which transfers the recording deviation amount to the memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventors: Takahiro Ichikura, Hideo Sakon, Yorikazu Takao, Daigo Senoo, Youichi Ogura
  • Patent number: 7017261
    Abstract: A component suction device includes a suction nozzle for sucking and holding a component, a nozzle turning device for holding the suction nozzle and turning the suction nozzle, and a nozzle up-and-down device which is located above the nozzle turning device and which is connected to the suction nozzle for moving up and down the suction nozzle along an axial direction of the suction nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Okamoto, Akira Kabeshita, Hideo Sakon, Yoichi Makino, Ken Takano
  • Publication number: 20020178578
    Abstract: The component suction device includes a suction nozzle (10) for sucking and holding a component (20), a nozzle turning device (25) for holding the suction nozzle and turning the suction nozzle, and a nozzle up-and-down device (26) which is located upward of the nozzle turning device and which is connected to the suction nozzle to serve for moving up and down the suction nozzle along an axial direction of the suction nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2002
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Inventors: Kenji Okamoto, Akira Kabeshita, Hideo Sakon, Yoichi Makino, Ken Takano
  • Patent number: 6390281
    Abstract: A method and device for feeding an electronic component are provided by which extensive shutdown of the electronic component mounting device due to lack of components is prevented, thereby enhancing the operation rate. The device has a feeder section designating unit (32) for designating a desired one of feeder sections (22), and a feeder section controller (31) for forcibly moving the feeder section which is currently feeding electronic components to a retracted position when the other feeder section has been designated by the feeder section designating unit (32) and for moving the designated feeder section which has been in a standby state to a predetermined component feeding position, by which a long-time pause of the electronic component mounting device caused by exhaustion of components is prevented and the operation rate is enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Nagai, Ryoji Inutsuka, Koichi Yabuki, Kunio Oe, Hideo Sakon
  • Patent number: 6366310
    Abstract: An electronic parts mounting apparatus for divisionally recognizing an electronic part (2) even when the apparatus is arranged in such that the relative positional relation between a recognition camera (4) and a nozzle (1) cannot be varied. The electronic part (2) is vacuum-clamped by a nozzle (1), the posture of the nozzle (1) or the posture of the electronic part (2) is changed a plurality of times by a rotary driving member (3), and a part of the electronic part (2) imaged by the recognition camera (4) every time the posture of the electronic part (2) is changed, whereby the part is recognized. Thus, the recognition of the contour of the electronic part (2) becomes possible, and the electronic part can be mounted accurately on a circuit board by making a positional correction on the basis of the amount of deviation obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Nagai, Ryoji Inutsuka, Kunio Ohe, Hideo Sakon, Koichi Yabuki, Kazuhiro Murata
  • Patent number: 6336268
    Abstract: It is an object of the invention to suck the central position of an electronic part precisely, and enhance the successful suction rate of electronic parts. To achieve the object, the central position of the suction opening 14 provided in the nozzle tip end 13 for sucking an electronic part is deviated from the central position of rotation of the nozzle tip end 13 by a specified amount, and the rotation amount of the nozzle tip end 13 and the positioning position of the part supply portion are controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryoji Inutsuka, Wataru Hirai, Muneyoshi Fujiwara, Kunio Ohe, Yoshiyuki Nagai, Hideo Sakon
  • Publication number: 20010000366
    Abstract: An electronic component mounting apparatus is provided with a plurality of support blocks for supporting boards. A support block is automatically selected from among the plurality of support blocks and exchanged in accordance with the switching of the kind of boards to be supported by the support block, so that the time required for switching the kind of boards is reduced, thereby improving the productivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Publication date: April 26, 2001
    Inventors: Ryoji Inutsuka, Kunio Ohe, Tomoyuki Nakano, Yoshiyuki Nagai, Hideo Sakon
  • Patent number: 6219897
    Abstract: An electronic component mounting apparatus is provided with a plurality of support blocks for supporting boards. A support block is automatically selected from among the plurality of support blocks and exchanged in accordance with the switching of the kind of boards to be supported by the support block, so that the time required for switching the kind of boards is reduced, thereby improving the productivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryoji Inutsuka, Kunio Ohe, Tomoyuki Nakano, Yoshiyuki Nagai, Hideo Sakon
  • Patent number: 5937513
    Abstract: An electronic component mounting apparatus is provided with a plurality of support blocks for supporting boards. A support block is automatically selected from among the plurality of support blocks and exchanged in accordance with the switching of the kind of boards to be supported by the support block, so that the time required for switching the kind of boards is reduced, thereby improving the productivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1999
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryoji Inutsuka, Kunio Ohe, Tomoyuki Nakano, Yoshiyuki Nagai, Hideo Sakon