Patents by Inventor Syoji Komatsu

Syoji Komatsu 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).

  • Apparatus using positional data detected in a non-contact manner to transfer a substantially rectangular substrate from a first position to a second position
    Patent number: 6459947
    Abstract: Transferring apparatus includes a main body defining a take-up position at which a rectangular glass substrate is located and a transfer position spaced apart from the take-up position. A transferring mechanism is arranged between the take-up and transfer positions and provided with a hand for supporting the substrate and transferring the substrate from the take-up position to the transfer position. Two optical sensors are provided on the hand and detect one side of the substrate located at the take-up position. A control section of the apparatus generates positional data in accordance with the detection signals from the sensors. The positional data includes an angle of the one side of the substrate to the hand and a distance between the one side and the hand. The control section controls the operation of the transferring mechanism based on the positional data so as to transfer the substrate from the take-up position and the transfer position and to position it to the transfer position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Noriyuki Hirata, Syoji Komatsu
  • Method of transporting substrates and apparatus for transporting substrates
    Publication number: 20020026259
    Abstract: Transferring apparatus includes a main body defining a take-up position at which a rectangular glass substrate is located and a transfer position spaced apart from the take-up position. A transferring mechanism is arranged between the take-up and transfer positions and provided with a hand for supporting the substrate and transferring the substrate from the take-up position to the transfer position. Two optical sensors are provided on the hand and detect one side of the substrate located at the take-up position. A control section of the apparatus generates positional data in accordance with the detection signals from the sensors. The positional data includes an angle of the one side of the substrate to the hand and a distance between the one side and the hand. The control section controls the operation of the transferring mechanism based on the positional data so as to transfer the substrate from the take-up position and the transfer position and to position it to the transfer position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2001
    Publication date: February 28, 2002
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Noriyuki Hirata, Syoji Komatsu
  • Method and apparatus using positional data detected in a non-contact manner to transfer a substrate from a first position to a second position
    Patent number: 6327512
    Abstract: Transferring apparatus includes a main body defining a take-up position at which a rectangular glass substrate is located and a transfer position spaced apart from the take-up position. A transferring mechanism is arranged between the take-up and transfer positions and provided with a hand for supporting the substrate and transferring the substrate from the take-up position to the transfer position. Two optical sensors are provided on the hand and detect one side of the substrate located at the take-up position. A control section of the apparatus generates positional data in accordance with the detection signals from the sensors. The positional data includes an angle of the one side of the substrate to the hand and a distance between the one side and the hand. The control section controls the operation of the transferring mechanism based on the positional data so as to transfer the substrate from the take-up position and the transfer position and to position it to the transfer position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Noriyuki Hirata, Syoji Komatsu
  • Method of transporting substrates and apparatus for transporting substrates
    Patent number: 5740059
    Abstract: Transferring apparatus includes a main body defining a take-up position at which a rectangular glass substrate is located and a transfer position spaced apart from the take-up position. A transferring mechanism is arranged between the take-up and transfer positions and provided with a hand for supporting the substrate and transferring the substrate from the take-up position to the transfer position. Two optical sensors are provided on the hand and detect one side of the substrate located at the take-up position. A control section of the apparatus generates positional data in accordance with the detection signals from the sensors. The positional data includes an angle of the one side of the substrate to the hand and a distance between the one side and the hand. The control section controls the operation of the transferring mechanism based on the positional data so as to transfer the substrate from the take-up position and the transfer position and to position it to the transfer position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1998
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Noriyuki Hirata, Syoji Komatsu