INSPECTING DEVICE MONITORING SYSTEM

• US 20140200700A1
• Filed: 12/17/2013
• Published: 07/17/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/11/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CKD Corporation
• Original Assignee: CKD Corporation
• Inventors: Kamioka, Yosuke, Okuda, Manabu, Suzuki, Shingo
• Granted Patent: US 9,465,385 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/110
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/41875 characterised by quality surveillance of production
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/32209 Stop production line
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/37217 Inspect solder joint, machined part, workpiece, welding result
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 13/0817 Monitoring of soldering processes inspection of solder joints or of printed solder paste G01N21/95684
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 13/083 Quality monitoring using results from monitoring devices, e.g. feedback loops H05K13/084 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/02 Total factory control, e.g. smart factories, flexible manufacturing systems [FMS] or integrated manufacturing systems [IMS]

Abstract

In a monitoring system, when there is an evaluation that a product is defective, in a solder print inspecting device that is subject to monitoring, that information is sent to a mobile terminal possessed by an operator. The operator who views the notification performs, through the mobile terminal, a checking task for evaluating whether or not the evaluation result regarding the printed substrate that has been evaluated as a defective product is correct. Depending on the evaluation result, an operating instruction is sent to the solder print inspecting device, which has temporarily stopped the printed substrate. If correction information instructing that the defective-product evaluation be corrected to a non-defective-product evaluation is sent from a mobile terminal to the solder print inspecting device, the solder print inspecting device corrects the defective-product evaluation to a non-defective-product evaluation, and releases the temporary stop of the printed substrate.

Claims

1. An inspecting device monitoring system for monitoring the operating status of one or more inspecting devices that includes an inspecting unit configured to perform specific inspections regarding specific inspection objects that are conveyed and arrive sequentially, and an evaluating unit configured to perform defective/non-defective-product evaluations on the inspection objects of based on inspection information obtained by the inspecting unit, comprising:

one or more mobile terminals, possessed by one or more operators, and including a communicating unit capable of communicating with one or more inspecting devices through a specific communication circuit,

wherein the inspecting device comprises;

a temporary stopping unit configured to stop temporarily defective-product rejection of, at least, an inspection object relating to a defective-product evaluation, when there has been a defective-product evaluation by the evaluating unit; and

a communicating unit, structured so as to enable communication with one or more mobile terminals through the communication circuit, which, when there is a temporary stop of the inspection object relating to the defective-product evaluation, are able to send to one or more mobile terminals operating information for the inspecting device indicating the temporary stop and inspection information relating to the inspection object relating to the defective-product evaluation; and

wherein the mobile terminal comprises;

a displaying unit capable of displaying, as a task item, information indicating a need for a checking task for the inspection object relating to the defective-product evaluation, by at least an operator, based on operating information received from the inspecting device when at least the inspecting device includes temporarily stopped the inspection object pertaining to the defective-product evaluation, and capable of displaying the inspection information received from the inspecting unit; and

an inputting unit whereby an operator can input, through at least the displaying unit, an evaluation result of an evaluation regarding the whether or not the evaluation result regarding the inspection object that has been evaluated as a defective product is correct;

wherein, if correction information for correcting the defective-product evaluation to a non-defective-product evaluation, as an operator instruction based on the evaluation result by the operator, is sent from the mobile terminal to the inspecting device, the inspecting device corrects the defective-product evaluation to a non-defective-product evaluation, and releases the temporary stop.

7. An inspecting device monitoring system as set forth in claim 1, further comprising:

a rejecting unit capable of rejecting an inspection object relating to a defective-product evaluation when there has been a defective-product evaluation by the evaluating unit,

wherein, if confirming information indicating a confirmation of the defective-product evaluation, as an instruction of an operator based on an evaluation result by the operator is sent from the mobile terminal to the inspecting device, the inspecting device releases the temporary stop and outputs a rejection signal, to the rejecting unit, indicating that the inspection object relating to the defective-product evaluation is to be rejected.

2. An inspecting device monitoring system for monitoring the operating status of one or more inspecting devices that include an inspecting unit configured to perform specific inspections regarding specific inspection objects that are conveyed and arrive sequentially, and an evaluating unit configured to perform defective/non-defective-product evaluations on the inspection objects of based on inspection information obtained by the inspecting unit, comprising:

a plurality of mobile terminals, possessed by a plurality of operators, and including a communicating unit capable of communicating with one or more inspecting devices and able to communicate with each other through a specific communication circuit,

wherein the inspecting device comprises;

a temporary stopping unit configured to stop temporarily defective-product rejection of, at least, an inspection object relating to a defective-product evaluation, when there has been a defective-product evaluation by the evaluating unit; and

a communicating unit, structured so as to enable communication with a plurality of mobile terminals through the communication circuit, which, when there is a temporary stop of the inspection object relating to the defective-product evaluation, are able to send to the plurality of mobile terminals operating information for the inspecting device indicating the temporary stop and inspection information relating to the inspection object relating to the defective-product evaluation; and

wherein the mobile terminal comprises;

a displaying unit capable of displaying, as a task item, information indicating a need for a checking task for the inspection object relating to the defective-product evaluation, by at least an operator, based on operating information received from the inspecting device when at least the inspecting device has temporarily stopped the inspection object pertaining to the defective-product evaluation, and able to display the inspection information received from the inspecting unit; and

an inputting unit whereby an operator who possesses the mobile terminal can select, as a task to be handled by said operator, a checking task relating to a task item displayed on the displaying unit, and whereby an operator can input, through the displaying unit, an evaluation result of an evaluation regarding the whether or not the evaluation result regarding the inspection object that has been evaluated as a defective product is correct;

wherein, if a specific operator, using a mobile terminal possessed thereby, has selected a checking task relating to a task item displayed on the displaying unit as an operation that said operator is to handle himself/herself, information to that effect is sent, as selection information, to a mobile terminal possessed by another operator, and the inspection information is displayed on the displaying unit;

wherein, when the mobile terminal possessed by the other operator has received the selection information, the fact that the task item relating to the selection information has been selected is displayed by a specific status; and

wherein, if correction information for correcting the defective-product evaluation to a non-defective-product evaluation, as an operator instruction based on the evaluation result by the specific operator, is sent from the mobile terminal possessed by the specific operator to the inspecting device, the inspecting device corrects the defective-product evaluation to a non-defective-product evaluation, and releases the temporary stop.

3. An inspecting device monitoring system as set forth in claim 2,

Wherein, for a checking task relating to a task item that a specific operator has selected using the mobile terminal possessed by that operator, selection is disabled or execution is disabled in a mobile terminal possessed by the other operator.

4. An inspecting device monitoring system as set forth in claim 3, further comprising:

a authorization transferring unit that transfers authorization for performing the checking task so that a checking task relating to a task item that a specific operator has selected using the mobile terminal possessed by that operator can be selected or can be executed in a mobile terminal possessed by the other operator.

5. An inspecting device monitoring system as set forth in claim 4, further comprising:

a particular transferring unit, as an authorization transferring unit,

wherein the specific operator is able to transfer authorization by indicating a particular other operator.

6. An inspecting device monitoring system as set forth in claim 4, further comprising:

a nonspecified transferring unit, as an authorization transferring unit,

wherein the specific operator is able to transfer authorization to a nonspecified other operator.

8. An inspecting device monitoring system as set forth in claim 5, further comprising:

a nonspecified transferring unit, as the authorization transferring unit,

wherein the specific operator is able to transfer authorization to a nonspecified other operator.

9. An inspecting device monitoring system as set forth in claim 2, further comprising:

a rejecting unit capable of rejecting an inspection object relating to a defective-product evaluation when there has been a defective-product evaluation by the evaluating unit,

wherein, if confirming information indicating a confirmation of the defective-product evaluation, as an instruction of an operator based on an evaluation result by the operator is sent from the mobile terminal to the inspecting device, the inspecting device releases the temporary stop and outputs a rejection signal, to the rejecting unit, indicating that the inspection object relating to the defective-product evaluation is to be rejected.