Patents by Inventor Tamaki Ogura

Tamaki Ogura 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: 7581313
    Abstract: The present invention, which aims at providing a component mounting method and a mounter capable of correcting, with high accuracy, a mounting position of a component, includes: a mounting head (105); a recognition unit (108) including a shutter camera (111b) and instructing it to start taking an image of a component (103a) when the mounting head (105) arrives at a predetermined position; and a main control unit (160) (i) correcting a position of the component shown in the image taken by the shutter camera (111b), based on a first distance over which the mounting head (105) moves during a time period from when the instruction to start taking the image is given to when camera exposure by the shutter camera (111b) is performed, (ii) correcting the mounting position at which the mounting head (105) is to mount the component (103a), based on the corrected component position, and (iii) controlling the mounting head (105) so that it mounts the component (103a) at the corrected mounting position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Eiichi Hachiya, Tamaki Ogura
  • Patent number: 7458147
    Abstract: The present invention provides a device and a method for determining whether or not a component holder is good, which enable detecting component holders that are to affect correct component recognition and further enable preventing interferences between constituent devices, a component mounting apparatus with the determining device, and a component mounting method. The determining device has an illuminating device, a CCD camera and a controller to determine whether or not a suction nozzle is good based on luminance at a component hold face of the suction nozzle. The suction nozzle having light reflectance of the component hold face increased to a level whereat a correct recognition of an electronic component held by the suction nozzle is affected, can be detected accordingly. An interference preventing device is also provided, so that interference between the CCD camera and the suction nozzle can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Takeyuki Kawase, Toshiyuki Kino, Takanori Yoshitake, Kimiaki Sano, Yoshiyuki Hattori, Takashi Yazawa, Hiroshi Uchiyama, Youichi Tanaka, Shigeki Imafuku, Iwao Kanetaka, Tamaki Ogura
  • Publication number: 20070294875
    Abstract: The present invention, which aims at providing a component mounting method and a mounter capable of correcting, with high accuracy, a mounting position of a component, includes: a mounting head (105); a recognition unit (108) including a shutter camera (111b) and instructing it to start taking an image of a component (103a) when the mounting head (105) arrives at a predetermined position; and a main control unit (160) (i) correcting a position of the component shown in the image taken by the shutter camera (111b), based on a first distance over which the mounting head (105) moves during a time period from when the instruction to start taking the image is given to when camera exposure by the shutter camera (111b) is performed, (ii) correcting the mounting position at which the mounting head (105) is to mount the component (103a), based on the corrected component position, and (iii) controlling the mounting head (105) so that it mounts the component (103a) at the corrected mounting position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2006
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Inventors: Eiichi Hachiya, Tamaki Ogura
  • Publication number: 20050258381
    Abstract: The present invention provides a device and a method for determining whether or not component holder is good, which enable detecting component holders that are to affect correct component recognition and further enable preventing interferences between constituent devices, a component mounting apparatus with the determining device, and a component mounting method. The determining device has an illuminating device, a CCD camera and a controller to determine whether or not a suction nozzle is good based on a luminance at a component hold face of the suction nozzle. The suction nozzle having the light reflectance of the component hold face increased to a level whereat the correct recognition of an electronic component held by the suction nozzle is affected can be detected accordingly. An interference preventing device is also provided, so that the interference between the CCD camera and the suction nozzle can be prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2003
    Publication date: November 24, 2005
    Inventors: Takeyuki Kawase, Toshiyuki Kino, Takanori Yoshitake, Kimiaki Sano, Yoshiyuki Hattori, Takashi Yazawa, Hiroshi Uchiyama, Youichi Tanaka, Shigeki Imafuku, Iwao Kanetaka, Tamaki Ogura