Patents by Inventor Kosuke ATSUTA

Kosuke ATSUTA 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: 12661838
    Abstract: A molding management device for managing an injection molding machine includes: a first production unit information generation unit configured to generate first production unit information which is information on a molding job for molding the molded article; a second production unit information generation unit configured to generate second production unit information which is information on a lot of the molded article and is associated with a specific cavity; a first acquisition unit configured to acquire shot identification information which is information on a shot for injecting the molding material into the cavity; a second acquisition unit configured to acquire molded article information which is information on the molded article; and a storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kosuke Atsuta, Yusuke Mitsuma
  • Publication number: 20260084356
    Abstract: A molding management system includes an information processing device, and the information processing device acquires, for each cycle, cycle data including one or more pieces of cycle-related information and first date-and-time information, and displays, in response to a received operation, a data display image displaying a list of one or more pieces of the cycle data, that are acquired, arranged in order of date and time on a display unit, each of the one or more pieces of cycle-related information includes feature value information indicating a feature value of a quantity detected for each cycle by a detection unit attached to an injection molding apparatus, and according to the feature value information of the cycle data contained in the list, the information processing device displays, in the data display image, abnormality occurrence notification information notifying that an abnormality occurs in the cycle, and indicates, in the data display image, a degree of the abnormality that occurs in the cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2025
    Publication date: March 26, 2026
    Inventors: Kosuke ATSUTA, Tatsuo AKASAKA, Tomohiro TAKIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20260084355
    Abstract: In a molding management system that manages production of a product in a production process including an injection molding process of the product performed by an injection molding apparatus, an information processing device acquires, for each cycle of executing injection molding, cycle data including one or more pieces of cycle-related information obtained in response to execution of the cycle by the injection molding apparatus and first date-and-time information, acquires injection molding condition data including one or more pieces of injection molding condition information each indicating an injection molding condition set in the injection molding apparatus and second date-and-time information, every time the injection molding condition is set in the injection molding apparatus, and outputs, to another device, a combination of first cycle data and first injection molding condition data associated with the first cycle data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2025
    Publication date: March 26, 2026
    Inventors: Tomohiro TAKIZAWA, Yusuke MITSUMA, Kosuke ATSUTA
  • Patent number: 12468286
    Abstract: A molding management apparatus includes an operation section as a selection section that selects an objective variable, a correlation calculation section that calculates a correlation between time series data corresponding to an objective variable and a plurality of time series data sets corresponding to explanatory variables describing the objective variable, and a display section for displaying a plurality of time series data sets corresponding to the explanatory variable in a display mode based on correlation, and displaying the time series data corresponding to the objective variable and the plurality of time series data sets corresponding to the explanatory variable displayed in a display mode based on correlation along a common time axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2025
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kosuke Atsuta, Hiroki Minowa
  • Publication number: 20250269574
    Abstract: A molding management system including a server communicably connected to a terminal device, the molding management system managing production of a product in a production process including an injection molding process for the product by an injection molding device, wherein the server includes: a storage unit configured to store one or more pieces of lot information in which lot identification information for identifying a lot of the product and lot related information including history information indicating a history concerning the product of at least the lot as one or more pieces of information concerning the lot of the product are associated with each other; and a control unit configured to cause the terminal device to display a history information display image for displaying the history information included in the lot related information of the lot information indicating a selected target lot among the lots indicated by the one or more pieces of lot information stored in the storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2025
    Publication date: August 28, 2025
    Inventors: Kosuke ATSUTA, Soji SHIOZAWA
  • Publication number: 20250269575
    Abstract: A molding management system that manages production of a product in a production process including an injection molding process of the product by an injection molding device, the molding management system includes a server communicably connected to a terminal device, wherein the server includes a storage section configured to store one or more sets of lot information in which lot identification information for identifying a lot of the product and lot related information including one or more sets of information relating to the lot of the product are associated with each other and a control section configured to cause the terminal device to display a nonconforming product information addition image for receiving a nonconforming product information addition operation for adding, to the lot information that indicates a target lot that was selected from the lots indicated by each of one or more sets of the lot information stored in the storage section, nonconforming product information including nonconforming pro
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2025
    Publication date: August 28, 2025
    Inventors: Kosuke ATSUTA, Yusuke MITSUMA, Soji SHIOZAWA
  • Publication number: 20250269572
    Abstract: There is provided a molding management system including a server communicably connected to a terminal device, the molding management system managing production of a product in a production process including an injection molding process for the product by an injection molding device. The server includes a storage unit configured to store a plurality of pieces of lot information in which lot identification information for identifying a lot of the product and lot related information including one or more pieces of information concerning the lot of the product are associated with each other and a control unit configured to cause the terminal device to display a lot movement image for receiving lot moving operation for moving the product between a selected pair of the lots among the lots indicated by the plurality of pieces of lot information stored in the storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2025
    Publication date: August 28, 2025
    Inventors: Hiroki ORII, Kosuke ATSUTA, Soji SHIOZAWA, Yusuke MITSUMA
  • Publication number: 20250269573
    Abstract: A molding management system that manages production of a product in a production process including an injection molding process of the product by an injection molding device. The molding management system including a server with a storage section configured to store one or more sets of lot information in which lot identification information for identifying a lot and lot related information are associated with each other and a control section configured to cause a terminal device to display a material consumption action related information addition image that receives a material consumption action related information addition operation for adding material consumption action related information related to an action of consuming the material used for molding the product for adjustment a target injection molding device to the lot information indicating a target lot selected from the lots indicated by one or more sets of the lot information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2025
    Publication date: August 28, 2025
    Inventors: Tomohiro TAKIZAWA, Kosuke ATSUTA, Soji SHIOZAWA
  • Publication number: 20250178259
    Abstract: A molding management system includes a server, and manages production of a product in an injection molding process. The server includes a storage unit that stores lot identification information and lot related information including one or more pieces of information related to the lot of the product. A control unit displays, on a terminal device, a lot search image for receiving a search operation of searching for the lot of the product from the terminal device. The control unit, when at least one piece of information among the one or more pieces of information included in the lot related information is received via the lot search image by the search operation, displays, on the terminal device, lot information indicating the lot identified by each of one or more pieces of the lot identification information associated with the at least one piece of information received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2024
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Inventor: Kosuke ATSUTA
  • Patent number: 12311590
    Abstract: A molding machine management device that is able to couple to a molding machine includes a storage unit configured to store, in chronological order, numerical value information on a molding process when a molded product is molded by the molding machine and four-factor information on four factors of production which includes a man, a machine, a material, and a method when the molded product is produced, and an output control unit configured to classify the numerical value information into a plurality of groups for periods divided according to time when the four factors of production changes, and output the numerical value information classified into the plurality of groups to an output unit in group units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kosuke Atsuta, Hiroki Minowa
  • Publication number: 20250135698
    Abstract: A molding management system including a server and managing production of a product in a production process including an injection molding process of the product by an injection molding device, wherein the server is communicably connected to a terminal device and configured to cause the terminal device to display production plan information indicating a production plan for a designated first product in response to an operation received from the terminal device and the production plan information includes first operating time period information indicating a first operating time period in which the injection molding device is operated to produce the first product and inoperable time period information indicating at least an inoperable time period during which the injection molding device cannot be operated to produce the first product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Kosuke ATSUTA, Yusuke MITSUMA, Soji SHIOZAWA
  • Patent number: 12138837
    Abstract: Provided is an injection molding machine management system that includes an injection molding machine and manages one or a plurality of injection molding units that produce a molded article. The injection molding machine management system includes a display unit configured to display a display screen on which operation information on an operation status of the injection molding unit and at least one of container shortage information on a shortage of a container that accommodates the molded article and material shortage information on a shortage of a material for molding the molded article are displayed on an injection molding unit basis. The container shortage information is displayed on the display screen in association with the operation information when the container is insufficient in the injection molding unit, and the material shortage information is displayed on the display screen in association with the operation information when the material is insufficient in the injection molding unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Kosuke Atsuta
  • Publication number: 20240316849
    Abstract: A molding management system includes: a production process storage unit configured to store a plurality of pieces of production process information that are identification information of production processes of a molded article; a defect classification storage unit configured to store master data including a plurality of pieces of defect classification information that are information related to classification of a defect of the molded article; a first receiving unit configured to receive selection of the production process information stored in the production process storage unit; a second receiving unit configured to receive selection of the defect classification information provided in the master data; a process defect storage unit configured to store the production process information received by the first receiving unit and the defect classification information received by the second receiving unit in association with each other; and a third receiving unit configured to receive, when the defect occurs in
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Kosuke ATSUTA, Soji SHIOZAWA
  • Publication number: 20240319720
    Abstract: A molding management system includes: a device storage unit configured to store a plurality of pieces of device identification information that are identification information of a device used in production of a molded article and including at least a molding machine; a defect classification storage unit configured to store master data including a plurality pieces of defect classification information that are information related to classification of a defect of the molded article or a material used for molding the molded article; a first receiving unit configured to receive selection of the device identification information stored in the device storage unit; a second receiving unit configured to receive selection of the defect classification information provided in the master data; a device defect storage unit configured to store the device identification information received by the first receiving unit and the defect classification information received by the second receiving unit in association with each oth
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Kosuke ATSUTA, Soji SHIOZAWA
  • Publication number: 20240319721
    Abstract: A molding management system includes: a molded article item storage unit configured to store a plurality of pieces of molded article item information that are identification information of an item of a molded article; a defect classification storage unit configured to store master data including a plurality of pieces of defect classification information that are information related to classification of a defect of the molded article; a first receiving unit configured to receive selection of the molded article item information stored in the molded article item storage unit; a second receiving unit configured to receive selection of the defect classification information provided in the master data; an item defect storage unit configured to store the molded article item information received by the first receiving unit and the defect classification information received by the second receiving unit in association with each other; and a third receiving unit configured to receive, when the defect occurs in the molde
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Kosuke ATSUTA, Soji SHIOZAWA
  • Publication number: 20240310810
    Abstract: A production process management system includes a first acquiring unit configured to acquire reason classification information that is information concerning a reason why an exceptional process different from a standard process was implemented in production of a molded product, a second acquiring unit configured to acquire reason identification information that is identification information of the reason classification information, a storage unit configured to store the reason classification information acquired by the first acquiring unit and the reason identification information acquired by the second acquiring unit in correlation with each other, and a receiving unit configured to receive selection of the reason classification information or the reason identification information when the exceptional process is implemented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Kosuke ATSUTA, Soji SHIOZAWA
  • Publication number: 20240278470
    Abstract: A molding management system includes a storage unit configured to store, in correlation, information concerning an item of a molded product, information concerning a standard value, which is a value concerning a specification of the molded product, and information concerning a threshold, which is a value used to determine a sign of a defect of the molded product, a screen generating unit configured to generate a screen; and a display unit configured to display the screen. The information concerning the item of the molded product and the information concerning the standard value of the molded product are displayed on the screen. A first region for enabling update of the information concerning the threshold of the molded product is provided on the screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Kosuke ATSUTA, Soji SHIOZAWA
  • Publication number: 20240246275
    Abstract: A molding management system includes a storage section configured to store molded article information including information on a number of defective articles for each item of molded article molded in a first period and information on a number of defective articles for each item of molded article molded in a second period, which is longer than the first period, a calculation section configured to generate a report based on the molded article information, and an output section that outputs the report generated by the calculation section. The report includes identification information, which is information for identifying an item of a molded article, information related to an actual defect rate for each item of molded article molded in the first period, information related to a defect rate target for each item of molded article in the first period, and information related to an actual defect rate for each item of molded article molded in the second period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Yusuke MITSUMA, Kosuke ATSUTA, Yoshiaki OTSUKI
  • Publication number: 20240190057
    Abstract: A molding management device for managing an injection molding machine includes: a first production unit information generation unit configured to generate first production unit information which is information on a molding job for molding the molded article; a second production unit information generation unit configured to generate second production unit information which is information on a lot of the molded article and is associated with a specific cavity; a first acquisition unit configured to acquire shot identification information which is information on a shot for injecting the molding material into the cavity; a second acquisition unit configured to acquire molded article information which is information on the molded article; and a storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Kosuke ATSUTA, Yusuke MITSUMA
  • Publication number: 20230339159
    Abstract: An injection molding machine management system includes a display unit configured to display working time information as information obtained by collecting information on working data of a factory or a production line including an injection molding machine for a predetermined period. The display unit displays, as the working time information, two or more continuous pieces of information in a band shape with time length directions aligned among first information as information on a planned stop time of the injection molding machine, second information as information on a preparation time of the injection molding machine or information on an abnormal stop time of the injection molding machine, third information as time information on a performance loss of the injection molding machine, fourth information as time information on a defect loss of the injection molding machine, and fifth information as information on a value working time of the injection molding machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventor: Kosuke ATSUTA