MANUFACTURING SYSTEM AND CONTROLLER, CONTROLLING METHOD, CONTROLLING SYSTEM, AND CONTROL PROGRAM FOR THE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM

• US 20090271022A1
• Filed: 07/07/2009
• Published: 10/29/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kateeva, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: ARUGA, Hisashi
• Granted Patent: US 7,920,934 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/110
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/17546 electronically
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 29/393 Devices for controlling or analysing the entire machine ; Controlling or analysing mechanical parameters involving printing of test patterns
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling

Abstract

A manufacturing system, located at a manufacturing system site, includes a discharger for discharging a liquid material having fluidity onto a substrate, communication means for transmitting and receiving data through a communication line, and monitoring means for monitoring the state of the discharger and for outputting data obtained by the monitoring through the communication means. The communication means provides communication between the monitoring means at the manufacturing system site and a server located outside of the manufacturing system site. The monitoring means receives a control command from the server through the communication means.

Claims

1. A manufacturing system comprising:

a discharger for discharging a liquid material from nozzles;

a communication section for transmitting and receiving data through a communication line, and

a monitoring section for monitoring the state of the discharging and for outputting data obtained by the monitoring to the communication section.

2. The manufacturing system according to claim 1, wherein the monitoring section holds the data, transmits the data to a server located outside of the manufacturing system through the communication section and receives a control command from the server through the communication section.

3. The manufacturing system according to claim 1, wherein the monitoring section counts a number of dots discharged from the nozzles.

4. The manufacturing system according to claim 1, wherein the monitoring section measures an operable state time of the nozzles, the operable state time includes the time for manufacturing, maintaining in a dischargeable state and waiting for discharging operation.

5. The manufacturing system according to claim 1, wherein the discharger further comprises a detector for a remaining amount of the liquid material, the detector outputs a detection signal to the monitoring section.

6. The manufacturing system according to claim 2, wherein the monitoring section analyzes the data obtained by the monitoring and sends a warning signal through the communication section when detecting a predetermined signal from the monitor data.

7. The manufacturing system according to claim 6, wherein the monitoring section compiles and sends the monitor data through the communication section.