Patents by Inventor Nobuya MATSUO

Nobuya MATSUO 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).

  • Production system
    Patent number: 9811075
    Abstract: A production system includes a production facility and a portable operation terminal connectable to the production facility through a wireless communication. A connection state is brought between the production facility and the portable operation terminal by sending a connection request signal for a connection request to the production facility from the portable operation terminal, and sending a connection permission signal for responding to the connection request signal to the portable operation terminal from the production facility according to a predetermined condition, and it is permitted that the operation input to a control processing portion of the production facility from the portable operation terminal in the connection state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Yokomae, Nobuya Matsuo
  • Component mounting system
    Patent number: 9439336
    Abstract: In a component mounting system, a portable operation terminal is wirelessly connectable to mounting machines. The portable operation terminal includes: a processing portion which displays a screen allowing a worker to select one of the mounting machines to be connected to the portable operation terminal; and a terminal-side connection processing portion which issues a connection request to the selected mounting machine and which connects the portable operation terminal to the mounting machine upon reception of an acknowledgement from the mounting machine. The mounting machine includes: an equipment-side connection processing portion which connects the mounting machine to the portable operation terminal in response to the connection request, and a notification unit which notifies the worker of the fact that the mounting machine has been connected to the portable operation terminal, directly by at least one of sound and light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Yokomae, Nobuya Matsuo, Teruaki Nishinaka
  • COMPONENT MOUNTING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150135524
    Abstract: In a component mounting system, a portable operation terminal is wirelessly connectable to mounting machines. The portable operation terminal includes: a processing portion which displays a screen allowing a worker to select one of the mounting machines to be connected to the portable operation terminal; and a terminal-side connection processing portion which issues a connection request to the selected mounting machine and which connects the portable operation terminal to the mounting machine upon reception of an acknowledgement from the mounting machine. The mounting machine includes: an equipment-side connection processing portion which connects the mounting machine to the portable operation terminal in response to the connection request, and a notification unit which notifies the worker of the fact that the mounting machine has been connected to the portable operation terminal, directly by at least one of sound and light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Takahiro YOKOMAE, Nobuya MATSUO, Teruaki NISHINAKA
  • PRODUCTION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150045916
    Abstract: A production system includes a production facility and a portable operation terminal connectable to the production facility through a wireless communication. A connection state is brought between the production facility and the portable operation terminal by sending a connection request signal for a connection request to the production facility from the portable operation terminal, and sending a connection permission signal for responding to the connection request signal to the portable operation terminal from the production facility according to a predetermined condition, and it is permitted that the operation input to a control processing portion of the production facility from the portable operation terminal in the connection state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Takahiro YOKOMAE, Nobuya MATSUO