Patents by Inventor Masaki SOTOME

Masaki SOTOME 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).

  • Transport system
    Patent number: 10106336
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system that transports a tray in a horizontal attitude, the tray including a plurality of work placement portions arranged in a matrix. The system includes first and second transport units, a transfer device transferring the tray between the first transport unit and the second transport unit, a shooting unit including a line sensor shooting, between the first transport unit and the second transport unit, an image of the tray transferred by the transfer device and a moving device moving the transfer device and the shooting unit in a direction to traverse a plurality of transport lines of the first transport unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: HIRATA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichi Hirasawa, Masaki Sotome, Kazuhiro Arai
  • TRANSPORT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150291371
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system that transports a tray in a horizontal attitude, the tray including a plurality of work placement portions arranged in a matrix. The system includes first and second transport units, a transfer device transferring the tray between the first transport unit and the second transport unit, a shooting unit including a line sensor shooting, between the first transport unit and the second transport unit, an image of the tray transferred by the transfer device and a moving device moving the transfer device and the shooting unit in a direction to traverse a plurality of transport lines of the first transport unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: HIRATA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichi HIRASAWA, Masaki SOTOME, Kazuhiro ARAI