Patents by Inventor Toshinori Shimizu

Toshinori Shimizu 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).

  • Publication number: 20230391254
    Abstract: A vehicle comprising a state detection device the detects a behavior and peripheral environmental information of the vehicle, an optical device that displays at least a plurality of condensing marks which are a pattern indicating at least a travelling direction of the vehicle on a road surface, and a lamp controller that controls lighting or blinking of the optical device. The lamp controller acquires a detection signal, lights or blinks the optical device based on the detection signal, and combines a plurality of linear partial irradiation images into the plurality of condensing marks. The optical device arranges and displays the plurality of condensing marks side by side on a road where the vehicle enters in the traveling direction, and displays the plurality of condensing marks in at least two different colors that appear to overlap each other to a viewer when the viewer is a first distance from the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: Maxell, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro KISHIGAMI, Toshinori Sugiyama, Yasuhiko Kunii, Yuji Tsuchiya, Go Shimizu, Masayoshi Takori, Ryuya Kawaji
  • Patent number: 11780365
    Abstract: An optical device for displaying a condensing mark includes a light source, and an optical element for condensing light emitted from the light source onto an irradiated surface. A lamp controller acquires a detection signal from a state detection device mounted on the vehicle and configured to detect a behavior of and peripheral environmental information of the vehicle, and light or blink the optical device. The optical device displays a plurality of condensing marks by arranging each of them side by side in at least the travelling direction of the vehicle on a lane orthogonal to a lane on which the vehicle exists, and one of the plurality of condensing marks to be displayed on a display region farthest from the vehicle is different in color from another one of the plurality of condensing marks to be displayed on a display region closest to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Maxell, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kishigami, Toshinori Sugiyama, Yasuhiko Kunii, Yuji Tsuchiya, Go Shimizu, Masayoshi Takori, Ryuya Kawaji
  • Publication number: 20230294592
    Abstract: An image projection apparatus that can be attached to a vehicle and can be effectively utilized for acquisition of road surface condition information, detection of a hidden vehicle, and the like is provided. The image projection apparatus that projects an image includes: an acquisition unit that acquires information related to a vehicle; an image projection unit that projects an image based on the information acquired by the acquisition unit; and imaging means that acquires an image outside the vehicle, the image projection unit projects light in a wavelength band centered on a wavelength of 1.4 ?m and the imaging means provides the information related to the vehicle by imaging an image projected based on the light in the wavelength band centered on the wavelength of 1.4 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Yasuhiko KUNII, Toshinori SUGIYAMA, Takuya SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 11691560
    Abstract: An image projection apparatus that can be attached to a vehicle and can be effectively utilized for acquisition of road surface condition information, detection of a hidden vehicle, and the like is provided. The image projection apparatus that projects an image includes: an acquisition unit that acquires information related to a vehicle; an image projection unit that projects an image based on the information acquired by the acquisition unit; and imaging means that acquires an image outside the vehicle, the image projection unit projects light in a wavelength band centered on a wavelength of 1.4 ?m and the imaging means provides the information related to the vehicle by imaging an image projected based on the light in the wavelength band centered on the wavelength of 1.4 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Kunii, Toshinori Sugiyama, Takuya Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11653485
    Abstract: A component mounting device moves a board height sensor horizontally to multiple measuring points and measures heights of the front surface of the board at the multiple measuring points. Subsequently, the component mounting device obtains a positional deviation in the horizontal direction of a target mounting position on the front surface of the board based on the heights of the front surface of the board so measured. In addition, the component mounting device obtains a positional deviation in a vertical direction of the target mounting position based on a measured height in the vertical direction of the front surface of the board. Then, the component mounting device corrects the target mounting position based on the positional deviation in the horizontal direction and the positional deviation in the vertical direction that are so obtained and mounts a component in the target mounting position so corrected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Otsuki, Toshinori Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20220007558
    Abstract: A component mounting device moves a board height sensor horizontally to multiple measuring points and measures heights of the front surface of the board at the multiple measuring points. Subsequently, the component mounting device obtains a positional deviation in the horizontal direction of a target mounting position on the front surface of the board based on the heights of the front surface of the board so measured. In addition, the component mounting device obtains a positional deviation in a vertical direction of the target mounting position based on a measured height in the vertical direction of the front surface of the board. Then, the component mounting device corrects the target mounting position based on the positional deviation in the horizontal direction and the positional deviation in the vertical direction that are so obtained and mounts a component in the target mounting position so corrected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro OTSUKI, Toshinori SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 10966358
    Abstract: A component mounting device includes a heater unit which heats along a range which is narrower than a movement range of a head and which is a partial length of a board, in which the head is controlled to mount components onto the board using a heating range of the heater as a mounting range, the board is conveyed to shift the mounting range every time mounting of components in the mounting range is completed such that an unmounted range in which components are not mounted on the board becomes the mounting range, and components are mounted in a new mounting range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeto Oyama, Toshiya Ito, Toshinori Shimizu, Masaki Murai, Masashi Hayakawa, Satoshi Shioya, Toshihiko Yamasaki
  • Patent number: 10743447
    Abstract: A component mounting machine mounts components having a component mark for positioning on an upper face on a circuit board. The component mounting machine has a first suction nozzle that sucks a component, a transfer head that mounts the component on a circuit board, an optical path conversion device disposed above a suction surface and converts the optical path of light from the upper face of the component to the side, a camera that receives light that is changed in an optical path, a camera moving device that moves the camera, and a control device controlling operation of the transfer head and the camera moving device. The camera moving device moves the camera in a first direction orthogonal to an optical axis of the camera, and an imaging region of the camera moves in a second direction when the camera moves in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki Murai, Toshihiko Yamasaki, Toshinori Shimizu
  • Patent number: 10462950
    Abstract: An electronic component bonding device includes multiple pressing tools that apply pressure to a die on the bonding section of a circuit board, the multiple pressing tools are supported on a support block via a following mechanism so as to be able to be inclined in any direction around 360 degrees, and a driving mechanism that moves the support blocks vertically is provided. The multiple support blocks are arranged in a width direction of the circuit board, and when the circuit board is conveyed by a conveyor such that the die on the bonding section of the circuit board has reached below one of the multiple support blocks, conveyance of the circuit board is stopped, the support block is lowered by the support block driving mechanism, and the die is bonded to the bonding section of the circuit board using the pressing tool of the support block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki Murai, Toshihiko Yamasaki, Toshinori Shimizu
  • Patent number: 10327368
    Abstract: A panel device including a panel for performing at least one of input and output of information related to operation of a work machine, a panel-side support axis fixed to the panel, a connecting arm that is swingably held by the two support axes, a guide rail formed on the work machine side, a bolt that moves along the guide rail, and a regulating arm attached to the bolt and held so as to be oscillatable by the panel-side support axis. When the connecting arm is oscillated, the oscillation of the connecting arm and the angle of the panel is regulated by the regulating arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki Murai, Toshihiko Yamasaki, Toshinori Shimizu
  • Patent number: 10316580
    Abstract: A cover device which covers an upper part of a mounting work space of a component mounting machine includes: an openable/closable cover including a first cover portion swingable around a first swinging shaft line and a second cover portion attached to a free end of the first cover portion to be swingable around a second swinging shaft line; and a guiding device which stably holds the openable/closable cover in a half-opened state and in an entirely opened state. To hold the half-opened state of the openable/closable cover, a guide rail is provided with a downwardly curved portion at an intermediate portion of the guide rail, and a flip-up type guide provided above the curved portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshinori Shimizu, Toshihiko Yamasaki, Hiroyasu Ohashi, Masaki Murai
  • Patent number: 10285317
    Abstract: A board held by a board holding plate is heated by a heater, and after performing mounting processing of components in a region of the mounting regions of the board, a pressing process of using a pressing head to apply pressure to all the components mounted in the region at once while heating the board is performed, and a next mounting process of mounting components in a next region is performed while performing the pressing process. By performing the pressing process and the mounting process in parallel, waiting time for each process in the cycle of the mounting process and the pressing process is reduced, such that overall work time is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki Murai, Toshihiko Yamasaki, Toshinori Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20180192554
    Abstract: A board held by a board holding plate is heated by a heater, and after performing mounting processing of components in a region of the mounting regions of the board, a pressing process of using a pressing head to apply pressure to all the components mounted in the region at once while heating the board is performed, and a next mounting process of mounting components in a next region is performed while performing the pressing process. By performing the pressing process and the mounting process in parallel, waiting time for each process in the cycle of the mounting process and the pressing process is reduced, such that overall work time is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI MACHINE MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki MURAI, Toshihiko YAMASAKI, Toshinori SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20180153060
    Abstract: An electronic component bonding device includes multiple pressing tools that apply pressure to a die on the bonding section of a circuit board, the multiple pressing tools are supported on a support block via a following mechanism so as to be able to be inclined in any direction around 360 degrees, and a driving mechanism that moves the support blocks vertically is provided. The multiple support blocks are arranged in a width direction of the circuit board, and when the circuit board is conveyed by a conveyor such that the die on the bonding section of the circuit board has reached below one of the multiple support blocks, conveyance of the circuit board is stopped, the support block is lowered by the support block driving mechanism, and the die is bonded to the bonding section of the circuit board using the pressing tool of the support block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI MACHINE MFG. CO., LTD,
    Inventors: Masaki MURAI, Toshihiko YAMASAKI, Toshinori SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 9961817
    Abstract: A substrate working machine that performs mounting work on a circuit substrate is provided. The machine includes a receiving section that receives a first mounting work-correspondence device and a mounting stand on which a second mounting work-correspondence device is detachably mounted. The mounting work-correspondence device includes at least one of a device supplying an item necessary for the mounting work, a device discharging an item unnecessary in the mounting work, and a device performing processing required for the mounting work. The receiving section and the mounting stand are disposed at a predetermined edge portion of a base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: FUJI MACHINE MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshinori Shimizu, Toshihiko Yamasaki, Hiroyasu Ohashi, Masaki Murai
  • Patent number: 9896277
    Abstract: A component supply device is arranged adjacent to a mounter which mounts components on a board and supplies components to the mounter. This component supply device includes a replenishment section provided with a magazine which houses a component carrying member on which multiple components are arranged on a base material, and a conveyance section which conveys a component carrying member housed in the magazine and which is equipped with side surface number one to which the replenishment section is attached and side surface number two which is arranged adjacent to the mounter. The replenishment section is slidably attached with respect to side surface number one of the conveyance section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: FUJI MACHINE MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshinori Shimizu, Hiroyasu Ohashi, Toshihiko Yamasaki, Masaki Murai
  • Publication number: 20180035582
    Abstract: A component mounting machine mounts components having a component mark for positioning on an upper face on a circuit board. The component mourning machine has a first suction nozzle that sucks a component, a transfer head that mounts the component, on a circuit board, an optical path conversion device disposed above a suction surface and converts the optical path of light from the upper face of the component to the side, a camera that receives light that is changed in an optical path, a camera moving device that moves the camera, and a control device controlling operation of the transfer head and the camera moving device. The camera moving device moves the camera in a first direction orthogonal to an optical axis of the camera, and an imaging region of the camera moves in a second direction when the camera moves in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI MACHINE MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki MURAI, Toshihiko YAMASAKI, Toshinori SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 9788470
    Abstract: The component supply device includes a table on which a wafer sheet is carried and a pickup head which picks up a component on the wafer sheet carried on the table. The pickup head includes multiple component supply side suction nozzles, and a switching mechanism which switches the multiple component supply side suction nozzles between a pickup position at which the tip of the multiple component supply side suction nozzles faces down and a transfer position at which the tip of the multiple component supply side suction nozzles faces up. The arrangement of the multiple component supply side suction nozzles corresponds to the arrangement of multiple mounter side suction nozzles equipped on the mounting head of the mounter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: FUJI MACHINE MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshinori Shimizu, Hiroyasu Ohashi, Toshihiko Yamasaki, Masaki Murai
  • Patent number: 9781870
    Abstract: A component supply device which includes a moving slider for moving between a position near a wafer sheet replenishment section and a position near a mounter, a table supported on the moving slider, and a rotating mechanism for rotating the table around a specific rotation axis. The table is supported on the moving slider by a number one support point, a number two support point, and a number three support point which are provided on a circumference with the rotation axis at the center. The rotating mechanism includes a number one guide for moving number one support point in an arc with respect to the rotation axis, and driven guides for moving number two support point and number three support point in an arc with respect to the rotation axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: FUJI MACHINE MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshinori Shimizu, Hiroyasu Ohashi, Toshihiko Yamasaki, Masaki Murai
  • Publication number: 20170215309
    Abstract: A component mounting device includes a heater unit which heats a range which is narrower than a movement range of a head which is a partial range of a board using a heater, in which the head is controlled to mount components onto the board using a heating range of the heater as a mounting range, the board is conveyed to shift the mounting range every time mounting of components in the mounting range is completed such that an unmounted range in which components are not mounted on the board becomes the mounting range, and components are mounted in a new mounting range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicant: FUJI MACHINE MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeto OYAMA, Toshiya ITO, Toshinori SHIMIZU, Masaki MURAI, Masashi HAYAKAWA, Satoshi SHIOYA, Toshihiko YAMASAKI