Patents by Inventor Manabu Okamoto

Manabu Okamoto 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: 20110200049
    Abstract: A central communication unit 110 and a terminal communication unit 120 are provided with a priority order number storing unit 115 and fifo type storing units, and perform communication according to the priority order of data communication stored in the priority order number storing unit 115. At this time the priority order and the layout of respective devices of control objects are optimized and set through a software processing in a host computer according to the communication cycle and response performance required for the devices of control objects, thereby, the plurality of devices of control objects requiring different communication cycles and response performances can be connected on one network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2011
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Inventors: Takashi SAEGUSA, Terunobu Funatsu, Manabu Okamoto, Ikuo Takemura, Masaharu Yoshida, Hideyuki Kamasuka
  • Patent number: 7885723
    Abstract: Technology is provided for changing a mounting angle of a component to reduce the amount of relative displacement between a mounting head and a board. A component, for which a mounting angle can be changed, is specified based on information stored in a mounting data storage area and a component data storage area according to a predetermined component mounting order. A mounting time in a mounting path with the mounting angle of the specified component being changed is calculated for each mounting angle to specify the mounting path requiring the shortest mounting time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi High-Tech Instruments Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takafumi Chida, Attila Lengyel, Ken Igarashi, Haruhiko Yamaguchi, Manabu Okamoto, Koichi Izuhara
  • Publication number: 20100299415
    Abstract: A network I/O system includes a central communication unit having a communication port and a plurality of terminal communication units each having an upstream communication port and a plurality of downstream ports wherein the central communication unit transmits, to the terminal communication units, routing data of the central communication unit to the terminal communication units for setting identification numbers in the terminal communication units and data of the identification number of the terminal communication units, the terminal communication units refer to the data to transmit to the downstream communication port and set the identification number in a targeted terminal communication unit, and a communication port number of the downstream communication port is appended to routing recognition data to be transmitted from the terminal communication units to the central communication unit at a time of passing through the terminal communication units, thereby recognizing a network configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Inventors: Takashi SAEGUSA, Terunobu Funatsu, Manabu Okamoto, Ikuo Takemura, Masaharu Yoshida, Hideyuki Kamasuka
  • Publication number: 20100217990
    Abstract: A first connection between a first terminal 10 and a relay server device 30 is established when the relay server 30, having a connection standby function, is triggered by first connection establishment request information transmitted from the first terminal 10 having a connection establishment request function but not having the connection standby function. A second connection between a second terminal 20 and the relay server device 30 is established when the relay server 30 is triggered by second connection establishment request information transmitted from the second terminal 20 having the connection establishment request function. First endpoint information corresponding to the first connection and the identifier of the first terminal 10 are stored in association with each other in a memory 30g of the relay server device 30.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2008
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Abe, Makiko Aoyagi, Manabu Okamoto, Hiroki Itoh, Kenji Takahashi, Hiroyoshi Takiguchi
  • Patent number: 7554298
    Abstract: A charger of the present invention includes a charging transistor and a charging integrated circuit. The charging transistor is series-connected with a secondary battery to supply a charging current to the secondary battery. The charging integrated circuit is incorporated into a package having a higher heat releasability than that of the charging transistor. The charging integrated circuit controls the charging transistor and besides, supplies a charging current to the secondary battery. For this purpose, the charging integrated circuit includes a current source supplying this charging current. The charging current from the current source is supplied to the secondary battery together with the charging current from the charging transistor to charge the secondary battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: NEC Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Manabu Okamoto, Kiyoshi Mori
  • Patent number: 7401401
    Abstract: The invention is directed to reduction of torque by reduction of an outside diameter of a mounting head. A cylindrical cam rotation motor is provided under a nozzle rotation motor. A first rotation axis member as a rotor of the nozzle rotation motor is provided along an axis line of a nozzle holder and penetrates into the nozzle rotation motor and the cylindrical cam rotation motor. A second rotation axis member as a rotor of the cylindrical cam rotation motor is provided along an axis line of a cylindrical cam member and penetrates into the cylindrical cam rotation motor. A suction nozzle to be used protrudes from a lower end surface of the nozzle holder at a protrusion position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: Hitachi High-Tech Instruments Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinao Usui, Haruhiko Yamaguchi, Ikuo Takemura, Manabu Okamoto
  • Patent number: 7372235
    Abstract: A charging control circuit according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a detecting circuit and a charging transistor control unit for controlling a charging transistor supplying a first current, a current source for supplying a second current, and a current source control unit for controlling the current source. For example, if a secondary battery is charged using an adaptor endowed with a current-limiting function, during a constant-current charging period in which a charging voltage of the secondary battery reaches 3.2 V to 4.2 V, the secondary battery is charged with the first current I1, and during a constant-voltage charging period after the voltage reaches 4.2 V, the secondary battery is charged with the first charging current and the second charging current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: NEC Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Mori, Manabu Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20080005892
    Abstract: Technology is provided for changing a mounting angle of a component to reduce the amount of relative displacement between a mounting head and a board. A component, for which a mounting angle can be changed, is specified based on information stored in a mounting data storage area and a component data storage area according to a predetermined component mounting order. A mounting time in a mounting path with the mounting angle of the specified component being changed is calculated for each mounting angle to specify the mounting path requiring the shortest mounting time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Inventors: Takafumi Chida, Attila Lengyel, Ken Igarashi, Haruhiko Yamaguchi, Manabu Okamoto, Koichi Izuhara
  • Patent number: 7296343
    Abstract: An electronic component mounting apparatus enables a reliable decision of abnormal suction of a component even when the difference between the width and the height of the component is small. When the difference between the thickness of the electronic component detected by a sensor and the data on the thickness stored in the RAM is within the tolerance, a CPU judges that the component is held by a suction nozzle in a normal posture and executes a normal processing control. Then an image of the electronic component is captured by a recognition camera, and a recognition processing is made by an image processing unit to measure the geometry of the component. The CPU, then, judges whether the size of the component is within tolerance or not.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignees: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Sanyo High Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinao Usui, Akihiro Kawai, Manabu Okamoto
  • Patent number: 7095726
    Abstract: An ATM switching system includes PVC allocation circuits 13-i corresponding to output queues 14-i is disclosed. At the time of arrival of the leading cell of each burst data, if the output line has a room, the PVC of the burst data is stored as information for admission and identification. The subsequently-arriving cells having the same PVC identification information as the stored identification information are “input to an output buffer, and the cells of the remaining burst data are all discarded. Even when a plurality of burst data compete for the same output line, the fact that all the cells other than the first-arriving admitted burst data are discarded prevents the cells from being input other than within a predetermined bandwidth and localizes the burst data affected by the cell discarding due to output queue overflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiko Kozaki, Morihito Miyagi, Manabu Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20060176025
    Abstract: A charging control circuit according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a detecting circuit and a charging transistor control unit for controlling a charging transistor supplying a first current, a current source for supplying a second current, and a current source control unit for controlling the current source. For example, if a secondary battery is charged using an adaptor endowed with a current-limiting function, during a constant-current charging period in which a charging voltage of the secondary battery reaches 3.2 V to 4.2 V, the secondary battery is charged with the first current I1, and during a constant-voltage charging period after the voltage reaches 4.2 V, the secondary battery is charged with the first charging current and the second charging current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2006
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Applicant: NEC Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Mori, Manabu Okamoto
  • Patent number: 7054707
    Abstract: This invention is directed to prevention of setting a component feeding unit set with other storage member than a storage member storing same type of components as components in shortage in an electronic component mounting apparatus. A component mounting apparatus sends notice information about component shortage to a control computer when a number of electronic components in a storage member reduces and reaches a level for sending the notice information of component shortage during mounting operations. The control computer stores the notice information, and sends the notice information to a monitor computer to display this information on a monitor. A new storage member having the corresponding components is set in the component feeding unit based on the displayed notice information, and an operator inputs information A about which component feeding unit is set with the storage member and which components are stored in the storage member set in the component feeding unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi High-Tech Instruments Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Moriya, Tomise Koyama, Hiroshi Nakamura, Manabu Okamoto, Kenichi Hayashi, Toshio Azuma
  • Publication number: 20060103151
    Abstract: The invention is directed to reduction of torque by reduction of an outside diameter of a mounting head. A cylindrical cam rotation motor is provided under a nozzle rotation motor. A first rotation axis member as a rotor of the nozzle rotation motor is provided along an axis line of a nozzle holder and penetrates into the nozzle rotation motor and the cylindrical cam rotation motor. A second rotation axis member as a rotor of the cylindrical cam rotation motor is provided along an axis line of a cylindrical cam member and penetrates into the cylindrical cam rotation motor. A suction nozzle to be used protrudes from a lower end surface of the nozzle holder at a protrusion position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Applicant: Hitachi High-Tech Instruments Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinao Usui, Haruhiko Yamaguchi, Ikuo Takemura, Manabu Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20060076928
    Abstract: A charger of the present invention includes a charging transistor and a charging integrated circuit. The charging transistor is series-connected with a secondary battery to supply a charging current to the secondary battery. The charging integrated circuit is incorporated into a package having a higher heat releasability than that of the charging transistor. The charging integrated circuit controls the charging transistor and besides, supplies a charging current to the secondary battery. For this purpose, the charging integrated circuit includes a current source supplying this charging current. The charging current from the current source is supplied to the secondary battery together with the charging current from the charging transistor to charge the secondary battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2005
    Publication date: April 13, 2006
    Applicant: NEC Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Manabu Okamoto, Kiyoshi Mori
  • Publication number: 20060021215
    Abstract: The invention is directed to performing electronic component mounting operations by the suction nozzles of the mounting heads in each of the plurality of the rotary tables independently, moving each of the positioning tables for positioning a printed board in a component mounting position independently, and performing the electronic component mounting operation on the plurality of the printed boards independently. A component feeding device moves a plurality of component feeding tables having a plurality of component feeding units in an arraying direction thereof respectively and independently. Mounting heads having a plurality of suction nozzles for picking up electronic components from the component feeding devices respectively are provided at predetermined intervals corresponding to intermittent pitches on an outer circumference of two rotary tables intermittently rotating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2005
    Publication date: February 2, 2006
    Applicant: Hitachi High-Tech Instruments Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Kano, Yoshinao Usui, Ikuo Takemura, Yuji Moriya, Haruhiko Yamaguchi, Manabu Okamoto, Koichi Izuhara, Kenji Kurata, Jun Asai
  • Publication number: 20060000086
    Abstract: Recognition of a position of a printed board is performed both before and after a chip component is mounted on the printed board. When a difference between the positions recognized before and after that is out of a predetermined allowable range, the printed board is treated as a defective. A CPU compares positions of a positioning mark provided on a printed board recognized both before and after a chip component is mounted on the printed board, the positions being taken an image by a board recognition camera and recognized by a recognition processing device. The CPU checks whether or not a difference between the positions is within a predetermined range stored in a RAM, that is, within a range from ?0.100 mm to +0.0100 mm, in both X and Y directions. When judging that the difference is within the range, the CPU controls an electronic component mounting apparatus to stop because of an error.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2005
    Publication date: January 5, 2006
    Applicant: Hitachi High-Tech Instruments Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ikuo Takemura, Manabu Okamoto, Sigeru Iida, Seiji Onishi, Jun Asai
  • Publication number: 20050165505
    Abstract: This invention is directed to prevention of setting a component feeding unit set with other storage member than a storage member storing same type of components as components in shortage in an electronic component mounting apparatus. A component mounting apparatus sends notice information about component shortage to a control computer when a number of electronic components in a storage member reduces and reaches a level for sending the notice information of component shortage during mounting operations. The control computer stores the notice information, and sends the notice information to a monitor computer to display this information on a monitor. A new storage member having the corresponding components is set in the component feeding unit based on the displayed notice information, and an operator inputs information A about which component feeding unit is set with the storage member and which components are stored in the storage member set in the component feeding unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2004
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Applicant: Hitachi High-Tech Instruments Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Moriya, Tomise Koyama, Hiroshi Nakamura, Manabu Okamoto, Kenichi Hayashi, Toshio Azuma
  • Patent number: 6782600
    Abstract: An armature coil winder for winding coils at high density while restricting coil ends within a restricted space in an armature core assembly having a plurality of slots in an outer circumference thereof and a series of continuous coils, the coil winder including a fixed former for guiding one of the continuous coils into two of the slots, and a movable former for restricting a position of a coil end of one of the continuous coils between the two slots by moving in the fixed former along both end surfaces of the armature core assembly toward a center of the core assembly; a former slider including a flyer for winding one of the continuous coils around the fixed former; and a coil shaping mechanism including coil shaping blades for shaping one of the continuous coils in the slots relative to the armature core assembly. The use of such a winder to form coils of an armature core assembly is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Yamazaki, Manabu Okamoto, Kazuo Kimura
  • Patent number: 6658721
    Abstract: A stator core which assures a favorable workability for coupling core segments and has favorable magnetic characteristics even when made by coupling core segments that are formed by laminating core division sheets. A method of manufacturing a core for rotary electric machines includes forming a coupling convexity having an arc-like planar shape and a coupling concavity engageable with the coupling convexity on core segments, forming a serial core segment assembly by engaging the coupling convexity on one of the core segments with the coupling concavity formed on an adjacent core segment so as to be rotatable by more than 180 degrees, and forming a magnetic circuit by bending the serial core segment assembly into an annular form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsutoshi Kazama, Hisataka Kato, Kadai Takinami, Manabu Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20030093896
    Abstract: An electronic component mounting apparatus enables a reliable decision of abnormal suction of a component even when the difference between the width and the height of the component is small. When the difference between the thickness of the electronic component detected by a sensor and the data on the thickness stored in the RAM is within the tolerance, a CPU judges that the component is held by a suction nozzle in a normal posture and executes a normal processing control. Then an image of the electronic component is captured by a recognition camera, and a recognition processing is made by an image processing unit to measure the geometry of the component. The CPU, then, judges whether the size of the component is within tolerance or not.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2002
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Inventors: Yoshinao Usui, Akihiro Kawai, Manabu Okamoto