Patents by Inventor Isato IWATA
Isato IWATA 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: 10793388Abstract: A feeder arrangement support system for supporting an arrangement of a feeder on a feeder arrangement unit includes a imaging unit that images information, a processor that superimposes arrangement support information for supporting the feeder arrangement on the feeder arrangement unit on an image obtained by imaging the feeder arrangement unit or a field of view of a worker, to generate a superimposed composite image, and a display that displays the superimposed composite image.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2017Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: PANASONINC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Naofumi Ikuta, Takuya Yamazaki, Hiroki Sagara, Isato Iwata
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Patent number: 10775775Abstract: A production system includes a production line for producing a product by connecting a plurality of production facilities having working units for doing work on a transported workpiece; a gap time calculator that calculates a plurality of gap times respectively corresponding to the plurality of the production facilities until a next workpiece is transported from an upstream production facility to each of the plurality of the production facilities based on a production status of each of the plurality of the production facilities; and a preparation operation determination unit that determines an automatic preparation operation capable of being executed in each of the plurality of the production facilities based on the plurality of the gap times. Each of the plurality of the production facilities executes the determined automatic preparation operation.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Isato Iwata, Takuya Yamazaki, Naofumi Ikuta, Hiroki Sagara
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Patent number: 10466685Abstract: In a production management method of a substrate in a component mounting system having plural component mounting lines configured to include plural component mounting apparatuses, reading production data of an interrupt type substrate; collecting equipment data of each of the component mounting lines; and determining at least one component mounting line to produce the interrupt type substrate based on the read production data of the interrupt type substrate and the collected equipment data of each of the component mounting lines are performed.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2015Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Isato Iwata, Takuya Yamazaki, Hirokazu Takehara, Hiroki Sagara
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Publication number: 20190064784Abstract: A production system includes a production line for producing a product by connecting a plurality of production facilities having working units for doing work on a transported workpiece; a gap time calculator that calculates a plurality of gap times respectively corresponding to the plurality of the production facilities until a next workpiece is transported from an upstream production facility to each of the plurality of the production facilities based on a production status of each of the plurality of the production facilities; and a preparation operation determination unit that determines an automatic preparation operation capable of being executed in each of the plurality of the production facilities based on the plurality of the gap times. Each of the plurality of the production facilities executes the determined automatic preparation operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Inventors: ISATO IWATA, TAKUYA YAMAZAKI, NAOFUMI IKUTA, HIROKI SAGARA
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Patent number: 10149420Abstract: A component mounting method is provided in a component mounting apparatus that mounts a component onto a board using a plurality of pieces of production data linked to component data. The method includes executing, when the component data is changed, a simulation of a production cycle time based on the production data, and comparing a simulation result of the production cycle time after change of the component data with a production cycle time or a simulation result of the production cycle time before change of the component data, and outputting a comparison result.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2015Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Isato Iwata, Hirokazu Takehara, Takuya Yamazaki, Hiroki Sagara
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Patent number: 9997502Abstract: There is provided a component arrangement determination method, in a component mounting apparatus including a plurality of component supply units for supplying components, for determining arrangement of the component supply units used for production of a plurality of types of component mounted boards. The method includes specifying a production frequency of each of the plurality of types of component mounted boards for a predetermined period of time, grouping the plurality of types of component mounted boards into a plurality of groups capable of being produced without changing the arrangement of the component supply units based on the production frequency, and determining arrangement, in the component mounting apparatus, of the component supply units for supplying components necessary for production of types of component mounted boards that belong to each group of the plurality of groups.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2015Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroki Sagara, Takuya Yamazaki, Hirokazu Takehara, Isato Iwata
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Patent number: 9999170Abstract: Electronic component mounting method for mounting an electronic component on a plurality of board types includes: placing, on tray holding shelves, trays storing components for first and second board types, respectively; recognizing on which tray holding shelf the tray is placed by reading identification information from the trays. The method further includes: rearranging the trays in the tray feeder to a first tray arrangement adapted for the first board type, based on recognized placement position of the tray and the first tray arrangement data, before start of production of the board of the first board type; and rearranging the trays in the tray feeder to a second tray arrangement adapted for the second board type, based on the second tray arrangement data, before start of production of the board of the second board type.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2015Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Isato Iwata, Takuya Yamazaki, Hirokazu Takehara, Hiraki Sagara
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Publication number: 20180089860Abstract: There is provided a component management support system which supports put-in and out of a component to and from a component storage place, the system including a imaging unit that images information; a support information display processor that generates a superimposed composite image by superimposing the support information for supporting the put-in and out of the component to and from the component storage place on an image obtained by imaging the component storage place or a field of view of the worker; and a display that displays the superimposed composite image.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2017Publication date: March 29, 2018Inventors: NAOFUMI IKUTA, TAKUYA YAMAZAKI, HIROKI SAGARA, ISATO IWATA
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Publication number: 20180086592Abstract: A feeder arrangement support system for supporting an arrangement of a feeder on a feeder arrangement unit includes a imaging unit that images information, a processor that superimposes arrangement support information for supporting the feeder arrangement on the feeder arrangement unit on an image obtained by imaging the feeder arrangement unit or a field of view of a worker, to generate a superimposed composite image, and a display that displays the superimposed composite image.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2017Publication date: March 29, 2018Inventors: NAOFUMI IKUTA, TAKUYA YAMAZAKI, HIROKI SAGARA, ISATO IWATA
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Publication number: 20160116898Abstract: In a production management method of a substrate in a component mounting system having plural component mounting lines configured to include plural component mounting apparatuses, reading production data of an interrupt type substrate; collecting equipment data of each of the component mounting lines; and determining at least one component mounting line to produce the interrupt type substrate based on the read production data of the interrupt type substrate and the collected equipment data of each of the component mounting lines are performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2015Publication date: April 28, 2016Inventors: Isato IWATA, Takuya YAMAZAKI, Hirokazu TAKEHARA, Hiroki SAGARA
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Publication number: 20160048127Abstract: There is provided a component arrangement determination method, in a component mounting apparatus including a plurality of component supply units for supplying components, for determining arrangement of the component supply units used for production of a plurality of types of component mounted boards. The method includes specifying a production frequency of each of the plurality of types of component mounted boards for a predetermined period of time, grouping the plurality of types of component mounted boards into a plurality of groups capable of being produced without changing the arrangement of the component supply units based on the production frequency, and determining arrangement, in the component mounting apparatus, of the component supply units for supplying components necessary for production of types of component mounted boards that belong to each group of the plurality of groups.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2015Publication date: February 18, 2016Inventors: Hiroki SAGARA, Takuya YAMAZAKI, Hirokazu TAKEHARA, Isato IWATA
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Publication number: 20160021761Abstract: A component mounting method is provided in a component mounting apparatus that mounts a component onto a board using a plurality of pieces of production data linked to component data. The method includes executing, when the component data is changed, a simulation of a production cycle time based on the production data, and comparing a simulation result of the production cycle time after change of the component data with a production cycle time or a simulation result of the production cycle time before change of the component data, and outputting a comparison result.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2015Publication date: January 21, 2016Inventors: Isato IWATA, Hirokazu TAKEHARA, Takuya YAMAZAKI, Hiroki SAGARA
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Publication number: 20160021803Abstract: A component mounting method is provided in a component mounting apparatus that mounts a component onto a board using a plurality of pieces of production data linked to component data. The method includes executing, when the component data is changed, a simulation of a production cycle time based on the production data, and making an improvement plan for the production cycle time as a target based on a simulation result after change of the component data, and outputting the improvement plan.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2015Publication date: January 21, 2016Inventors: Isato IWATA, Hirokazu TAKEHARA, Takuya YAMAZAKI, Hiroki SAGARA