# US 9,439,336 B2 · Component mounting system

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- Number: US 9,439,336 B2
- Document ID: US9439336B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/538,224
- Filed: 2014-11-11
- Published: 2015-05-21
- Granted: 2016-09-06
- Earliest claimed: 2013-11-15
- Assignees: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Takahiro Yokomae; Nobuya Matsuo; Teruaki Nishinaka
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9439336B2

## CPC

- H05K 13/08: Monitoring manufacture of assemblages
- G08B 21/187: {Machine fault alarms}
- H05K 13/0882: {Control systems for mounting machines or assembly lines, e.g. centralized control, remote links, programming of apparatus and processes as such (H05K13/083 takes precedence)}
- Y10T 29/53087: with signal, scale, illuminator, or optical viewer
- H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
- G08B: SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, e.g. PERSONAL CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

In a component mounting system, a portable operation terminal is wirelessly connectable to mounting machines. The portable operation terminal includes: a processing portion which displays a screen allowing a worker to select one of the mounting machines to be connected to the portable operation terminal; and a terminal-side connection processing portion which issues a connection request to the selected mounting machine and which connects the portable operation terminal to the mounting machine upon reception of an acknowledgement from the mounting machine. The mounting machine includes: an equipment-side connection processing portion which connects the mounting machine to the portable operation terminal in response to the connection request, and a notification unit which notifies the worker of the fact that the mounting machine has been connected to the portable operation terminal, directly by at least one of sound and light.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A component mounting system comprising:
a plurality of mounting machines which are used for mounting components; and
a portable operation terminal which is wirelessly connectable to the plurality of mounting machines, so as to allow the portable operation terminal to operate one of the mounting machines which has been connected to the portable operation terminal,
wherein the portable operation terminal comprises:
a terminal-side operation input unit comprising a display portion and an operation portion which are integrated with each other;
a processing portion which displays, on the display portion, a screen which allows a worker operating the plurality of mounting machines to select one of the mounting machines to be connected to the portable operation terminal; and
a terminal-side connection processing portion which issues a connection request to the mounting machine selected on the screen and which connects the portable operation terminal to the mounting machine upon reception of an acknowledgement from the mounting machine as a destination of the connection request, and
wherein each of the plurality of mounting machines comprises:
an equipment-side connection processing portion which connects the mounting machine to the portable operation terminal in response to the connection request, and
a notification unit which notifies the worker of the fact that the mounting machine has been connected to the portable operation terminal, directly by at least one of sound and light.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The component mounting system according to claim 1,
wherein the notification unit comprises a display portion provided in each of the mounting machines.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The component mounting system according to claim 1,
wherein the notification unit comprises a reporting unit which is used for reporting, to the worker, a failure having occurred in the mounting machine.

### Claim 4

A component mounting system comprising:
a plurality of mounting machines which are used for mounting components; and
a portable operation terminal which is wirelessly connectable to the plurality of mounting machines, so as to allow the portable operation terminal to operate one of the mounting machines which has been connected to the portable operation terminal,
wherein the portable operation terminal comprises an inquiry operation portion which allows a worker to inquire the mounting machine which has been connected to the portable operation terminal, and
wherein each of the plurality of mounting machines comprises a notification unit which notifies the worker of a location of the mounting machine, directly by at least one of sound and light in response to the inquiry.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The component mounting system according to claim 4,
wherein the portable operation terminal further comprises a terminal-side operation input unit which comprises a display portion and an operation portion which are integrated with each other, and
wherein the inquiry operation portion is displayed on the display portion.

### Claim 6 (depends on 4)

The component mounting system according to claim 4,
wherein the notification unit also serves as a reporting unit which is used for reporting, to the worker, a failure having occurred in the mounting machine.