Patents by Inventor Masaki HIGASHINO

Masaki HIGASHINO 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: 11617288
    Abstract: The feeder management device is a device that manages selection of a tape feeder to be set at each set position defined for each component in a component feeding unit of a component-mounting device. The feeder management device includes a memory unit and a feeder selection management unit. The memory unit stores list information indicating, for each component, whether or not to use a tape feeder of a special type among a plurality of tape feeders different in method of supplying the component storage tape, the tape feeder of the special type supplying the component storage tape easily. The feeder selection management unit refers to the list information stored in the memory unit, and manages selection of the tape feeder for each component, the selection corresponding to each set position in the component feeding unit of the component-mounting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaki Higashino, Toshihiro Michizoe
  • Patent number: 11612091
    Abstract: A tape feeder management device includes a feeder classifying unit and a feeder arrangement setting unit. The feeder classifying unit classifies a plurality of tape feeders into a plurality of types of tape feeders. The feeder arrangement setting unit sets arrangement of the plurality of tape feeders in a component feeding unit, according to classification of the tape feeders made by the feeder classifying unit. The feeder arrangement setting unit includes a first setting unit. The first setting unit extracts a special type feeder classified as a tape feeder of a special type by the feeder classifying unit, and sets arrangement of the plurality of tape feeders such that a given reference number or more of the special type feeders are arranged consecutively in a row in an area of the component feeding unit, the area being defined by at least excluding both ends of the component feeding unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masaki Higashino
  • Patent number: 11399451
    Abstract: In a component refill management system, a refill specifying unit specifies a component supply device which is to be refilled with a new reel. The refill specifying unit includes a first specifying unit, a second specifying unit, and a third specifying unit. The first specifying unit specifies refillable time intervals of new reels with the time intervals being associated with each of the component supply devices. The second specifying unit recognizes, in each of the refillable time intervals, a first refillable time interval having an earliest second time at which a sum of residual components reaches a predetermined value, and specifies a component supply device, which is associated with the first refillable time interval, as a first component supply device. The third specifying unit specifies a component supply device, which can be refilled with a reel within the first refillable time interval, as a second component supply device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoichi Matsushita, Masaki Higashino
  • Publication number: 20200344926
    Abstract: The feeder management device is a device that manages selection of a tape feeder to be set at each set position defined for each component in a component feeding unit of a component-mounting device. The feeder management device includes a memory unit and a feeder selection management unit. The memory unit stores list information indicating, for each component, whether or not to use a tape feeder of a special type among a plurality of tape feeders different in method of supplying the component storage tape, the tape feeder of the special type supplying the component storage tape easily. The feeder selection management unit refers to the list information stored in the memory unit, and manages selection of the tape feeder for each component, the selection corresponding to each set position in the component feeding unit of the component-mounting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaki HIGASHINO, Toshihiro MICHIZOE
  • Publication number: 20200323115
    Abstract: A tape feeder management device includes a feeder classifying unit and a feeder arrangement setting unit. The feeder classifying unit classifies a plurality of tape feeders into a plurality of types of tape feeders. The feeder arrangement setting unit sets arrangement of the plurality of tape feeders in a component feeding unit, according to classification of the tape feeders made by the feeder classifying unit. The feeder arrangement setting unit includes a first setting unit. The first setting unit extracts a special type feeder classified as a tape feeder of a special type by the feeder classifying unit, and sets arrangement of the plurality of tape feeders such that a given reference number or more of the special type feeders are arranged consecutively in a row in an area of the component feeding unit, the area being defined by at least excluding both ends of the component feeding unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masaki HIGASHINO
  • Publication number: 20190373782
    Abstract: In a component refill management system, a refill specifying unit specifies a component supply device which is to be refilled with a new reel. The refill specifying unit includes a first specifying unit, a second specifying unit, and a third specifying unit. The first specifying unit specifies refillable time intervals of new reels with the time intervals being associated with each of the component supply devices. The second specifying unit recognizes, in each of the refillable time intervals, a first refillable time interval having an earliest second time at which a sum of residual components reaches a predetermined value, and specifies a component supply device, which is associated with the first refillable time interval, as a first component supply device. The third specifying unit specifies a component supply device, which can be refilled with a reel within the first refillable time interval, as a second component supply device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoichi MATSUSHITA, Masaki HIGASHINO