Patents by Inventor NAOFUMI IKUTA

NAOFUMI IKUTA 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: 10793388
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONINC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naofumi Ikuta, Takuya Yamazaki, Hiroki Sagara, Isato Iwata
  • Patent number: 10775775
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Isato Iwata, Takuya Yamazaki, Naofumi Ikuta, Hiroki Sagara
  • Publication number: 20190064784
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: ISATO IWATA, TAKUYA YAMAZAKI, NAOFUMI IKUTA, HIROKI SAGARA
  • Publication number: 20180089860
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: NAOFUMI IKUTA, TAKUYA YAMAZAKI, HIROKI SAGARA, ISATO IWATA
  • Publication number: 20180086592
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: NAOFUMI IKUTA, TAKUYA YAMAZAKI, HIROKI SAGARA, ISATO IWATA