Patents by Inventor Yusuke MITSUMA

Yusuke MITSUMA 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: 12365124
    Abstract: An injection molding machine management system includes: a measurement data storage unit that chronologically stores measurement data representing a measurement value measured by an injection molding machine; a manufacturing data storage unit that chronologically stores manufacturing data representing information on manufacturing of a molded product by the injection molding machine; and a control unit that displays on a display unit a statistical diagram of the measurement data on a predetermined period basis and the manufacturing data in the period of the statistical diagram in association with the statistical diagram.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Otsuki, Ko Tsukada, Yusuke Mitsuma
  • Patent number: 12292731
    Abstract: A molding machine management system includes: an injection molding machine including a mold, an injection unit, and a mold clamping unit; a management server coupled to the injection molding machine via a network; a first camera configured to capture an image of the mold; a second camera configured to capture an image of a drive unit provided in the injection molding machine; and a storage unit that stores first moving image data which is moving image data of the mold captured by the first camera, and second moving image data which is moving image data of the drive unit captured by the second camera, in association with a shot number of the injection molding machine. The management server includes a control unit configured to cause a display unit to display the first moving image data and the second moving image data in association with the shot number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Otsuki, Ko Tsukada, Yusuke Mitsuma
  • Publication number: 20250135698
    Abstract: A molding management system including a server and managing production of a product in a production process including an injection molding process of the product by an injection molding device, wherein the server is communicably connected to a terminal device and configured to cause the terminal device to display production plan information indicating a production plan for a designated first product in response to an operation received from the terminal device and the production plan information includes first operating time period information indicating a first operating time period in which the injection molding device is operated to produce the first product and inoperable time period information indicating at least an inoperable time period during which the injection molding device cannot be operated to produce the first product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Kosuke ATSUTA, Yusuke MITSUMA, Soji SHIOZAWA
  • Patent number: 12280527
    Abstract: An injection molding machine management system, which manages an injection molding unit including an injection molding machine and a peripheral device that performs a previous step or a subsequent step of a molding step, includes a first display unit that displays a first screen for displaying a state of the molding step of the injection molding machine. The first screen includes a first screen area and a second screen area. The first screen area displays a first indicator related to quality in the molding step of the injection molding machine, and the second screen area displays a second indicator related to quality in the previous step of the molding step or the subsequent step of the molding step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Mitsuma, Yoshiaki Otsuki
  • Patent number: 12233584
    Abstract: An injection molding machine management system includes an injection molding machine, a take-out robot, an inspection device, a memory, and a processor. The processor is configured to receive physical information of the injection molding machine and a mold, and an inspection result of a molded product. The received physical information includes an identification information of the mold and the injection molding machine, a shot number of injection molding with respect to the mold, an injection filling time with respect to the mold, an injection pressure, a mold clamping force, and a set temperature of each part of the injection molding machine. The received physical information and the inspection result are displayed on a display. Necessity of maintenance is notified to an operator based on a predetermined maintenance period of time, the received physical information, and/or the inspection result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yusuke Mitsuma
  • Patent number: 12179403
    Abstract: A molding machine management system includes a display section configured to display, along a common time axis, identification indicators for identifying a component B, which is a first molded article, and a component C, which is a second molded article, produced after the component B, a production result for the component B including a molding result period and an arrangement result period for the component B, and a production plan for the component C including a molding planned period and an arrangement planned period for the component C and display the production result for the component B and the production plan for the component C in parallel on the common time axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Otsuki, Yusuke Mitsuma
  • Publication number: 20240300156
    Abstract: A molding management system includes: a first acquisition unit configured to acquire first abnormality information, second abnormality information, and third abnormality information; and a first output unit configured to output first warning information. The second abnormality information and the third abnormality information include information on an injection molding machine in the first abnormality information and information on a type of an abnormality in the injection molding machine in the first abnormality information. The first acquisition unit acquires the second abnormality information after acquiring the first abnormality information and before a first period elapses therefrom, and acquires the third abnormality information after acquiring the first abnormality information and after the first period elapses therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: Shusaku FURUYA, Yusuke MITSUMA
  • Patent number: 12076899
    Abstract: A molding machine management system includes a molding machine molding a plurality of molded products using a molding mold having a plurality of cavities, a camera capturing a plurality of first images of the plurality of molded products, respectively, and an inspection device inspecting the plurality of molded products. The plurality of first images, a second image of a parting surface of the molding mold, a plurality of inspection results corresponding to the plurality of molded products, and information on the plurality of cavities are displayed on the same screen of a display. The plurality of molded products in the plurality of first images are respectively displayed to overlap positions of corresponding cavities of the plurality of cavities of the parting surface in the second image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Otsuki, Ko Tsukada, Yusuke Mitsuma
  • Publication number: 20240246275
    Abstract: A molding management system includes a storage section configured to store molded article information including information on a number of defective articles for each item of molded article molded in a first period and information on a number of defective articles for each item of molded article molded in a second period, which is longer than the first period, a calculation section configured to generate a report based on the molded article information, and an output section that outputs the report generated by the calculation section. The report includes identification information, which is information for identifying an item of a molded article, information related to an actual defect rate for each item of molded article molded in the first period, information related to a defect rate target for each item of molded article in the first period, and information related to an actual defect rate for each item of molded article molded in the second period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Yusuke MITSUMA, Kosuke ATSUTA, Yoshiaki OTSUKI
  • Publication number: 20240190057
    Abstract: A molding management device for managing an injection molding machine includes: a first production unit information generation unit configured to generate first production unit information which is information on a molding job for molding the molded article; a second production unit information generation unit configured to generate second production unit information which is information on a lot of the molded article and is associated with a specific cavity; a first acquisition unit configured to acquire shot identification information which is information on a shot for injecting the molding material into the cavity; a second acquisition unit configured to acquire molded article information which is information on the molded article; and a storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Kosuke ATSUTA, Yusuke MITSUMA
  • Patent number: 11712827
    Abstract: Provided is a molding machine management system that manages production of a plurality of molding machines, including: a display unit configured to display a production performance and a planned production status in association with a time axis for each molding machine, and, when the molding machine management system receives an abnormality of a molding machine, to display the abnormality of the molding machine in association with the time axis for each molding machine. The molding machine management system configured as described above can appropriately manage each molding machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Inventors: Yusuke Mitsuma, Yoshiaki Otsuki, Ko Tsukada
  • Publication number: 20230202087
    Abstract: An injection molding machine management system that manages an injection molding machine configured to mold a molded product by injection molding, and the injection molding machine management system includes: a physical quantity acquisition unit configured to acquire physical quantity information including at least any one of a first physical quantity representing a physical quantity related to the injection molding of the injection molding machine, a second physical quantity representing a physical quantity related to the injection molding of a molding mold mounted on the injection molding machine, and a third physical quantity representing a physical quantity related to quality of the molded product; a storage unit configured to store a cumulative number of shots of the molding mold in a predetermined maintenance period and the physical quantity information in time series; and a display unit configured to display a display screen on which the cumulative number of shots and a physical quantity included in th
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventor: Yusuke MITSUMA
  • Publication number: 20220379533
    Abstract: An injection molding machine management system, which manages an injection molding unit including an injection molding machine and a peripheral device that performs a previous step or a subsequent step of a molding step, includes a first display unit that displays a first screen for displaying a state of the molding step of the injection molding machine. The first screen includes a first screen area and a second screen area. The first screen area displays a first indicator related to quality in the molding step of the injection molding machine, and the second screen area displays a second indicator related to quality in the previous step of the molding step or the subsequent step of the molding step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Yusuke MITSUMA, Yoshiaki OTSUKI
  • Publication number: 20220324149
    Abstract: A molding machine management system includes a display section configured to display, along a common time axis, identification indicators for identifying a component B, which is a first molded article, and a component C, which is a second molded article, produced after the component B, a production result for the component B including a molding result period and an arrangement result period for the component B, and a production plan for the component C including a molding planned period and an arrangement planned period for the component C and display the production result for the component B and the production plan for the component C in parallel on the common time axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Yoshiaki OTSUKI, Yusuke MITSUMA
  • Publication number: 20220152902
    Abstract: An injection molding machine management system includes: a measurement data storage unit that chronologically stores measurement data representing a measurement value measured by an injection molding machine; a manufacturing data storage unit that chronologically stores manufacturing data representing information on manufacturing of a molded product by the injection molding machine; and a control unit that displays on a display unit a statistical diagram of the measurement data on a predetermined period basis and the manufacturing data in the period of the statistical diagram in association with the statistical diagram.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Yoshiaki OTSUKI, Ko TSUKADA, Yusuke MITSUMA
  • Publication number: 20220152894
    Abstract: Provided is a molding machine management system that manages production of a plurality of molding machines, including: a display unit configured to display a production performance and a planned production status in association with a time axis for each molding machine, and, when the molding machine management system receives an abnormality of a molding machine, to display the abnormality of the molding machine in association with the time axis for each molding machine. The molding machine management system configured as described above can appropriately manage each molding machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Yusuke MITSUMA, Yoshiaki OTSUKI, Ko TSUKADA
  • Publication number: 20220152903
    Abstract: A molding machine management system includes: a molding machine configured to mold a molded product using a molding mold having a plurality of cavities; a camera configured to capture an image of the molded product molded by the molding machine; an inspection device configured to inspect the molded product; and a management server including a control unit configured to acquire the image captured by the camera and an inspection result by the inspection device and cause a display unit to display the image and the inspection result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Yoshiaki OTSUKI, Ko TSUKADA, Yusuke MITSUMA
  • Publication number: 20220155760
    Abstract: A molding machine management system includes: an injection molding machine including a mold, an injection unit, and a mold clamping unit; a management server coupled to the injection molding machine via a network; a first camera configured to capture an image of the mold; a second camera configured to capture an image of a drive unit provided in the injection molding machine; and a storage unit that stores first moving image data which is moving image data of the mold captured by the first camera, and second moving image data which is moving image data of the drive unit captured by the second camera, in association with a shot number of the injection molding machine. The management server includes a control unit configured to cause a display unit to display the first moving image data and the second moving image data in association with the shot number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Yoshiaki OTSUKI, Ko TSUKADA, Yusuke MITSUMA
  • Publication number: 20220134622
    Abstract: An injection molding machine management system includes an injection molding machine, a storage section that stores mold identification information and material identification information, an information input section that is configured to input molded product information, material information, and mold information, a determination section that determines whether or not a mold and a material to be used are an appropriate mold and an appropriate material in correspondence to a molded product to be molded; and a display section that performs display based on a determination result in the determination section, in which the determination section determines whether or not the mold and the material are appropriate in correspondence to the molded product to be molded by using the material information, the mold information, the mold identification information, and the material identification information based on the molded product information, and the display section displays a mold replacement time and a material r
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Ko TSUKADA, Yoshiaki OTSUKI, Yusuke MITSUMA