Component supply device and component management system using the same
AssigneePanasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
InventorsToshihide Otsuka, Yasutomo Terashima, Yuji Nakamura
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Abstract
A component management system includes an acquirer that acquires the component information from the component supply device, a management system side storage that stores the component information acquired by the acquirer in association with the component supply device, and an information updater that updates the component information stored in the component supply device side storage and the management system side storage based on a detection result of the detector.
Claims9
A component management system that manages a component in a component supply device,
- wherein the component supply device transports a component storage in which the component is stored to a predetermined position and supplies the component storage to a component mounter,
- the component supply device includes:
- a component supply device side storage that stores component information of the component stored in the component storage;
- a communicator that communicates with the component management system;
- a battery that supplies power in a case where power is not supplied from the component mounter to the component supply device;
- and
- a detector that detects presence or absence of the component storage, and
- the component management system comprising:
- an acquirer that acquires the component information from the component supply device;
- a management system side storage that stores the component information acquired by the acquirer in association with the component supply device;
- and
- an information updater that updates the component information stored in the component supply device side storage and the management system side storage based on a detection result of the detector.
A component supply device that transports a component storage in which a component is stored to a predetermined position and supplies the component storage to a component mounter, the device comprising:
- an input/output part that transmits at least one of power supply and information input/output;
- and
- an adapter including:
- a communicator that communicates with a management system managing the component mounter;
- a storage that stores component information of the component stored in the component storage;
- and
- a battery that supplies power to the component supply device when the component supply device is not set to the component mounter,
- wherein the adapter can be physically attached to the input/output part.
A method of managing a component in a component supply device, the method comprising:
- storing component information in a component supply device, the component supply device having a battery that supplies power in a case where power is not supplied from a component mounter to the component supply device;
- detecting a presence or absence of a component storage by the component supply device;
- acquiring component information from the component supply device by a component management system;
- storing the acquired component information in association with the component supply device;
- and
- updating component information stored in the component supply device and in the management system based on whether the presence of absence of the component storage was detected by the component supply device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.