System and method for automatically adjusting a position of a panel on a chuck

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9358651-B2
Application number	US-201414518358-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 20, 2014
Priority date	May 28, 2014
Publication date	Jun 7, 2016
Grant date	Jun 7, 2016

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a system and method for automatically adjusting a position of a panel on a chuck. The system includes: the chuck having a front end sensor and a rear end sensor arranged respectively on front and rear ends of the chuck in a direction of carrying the panel, and also having an adjustment unit arranged in a central area of the chuck; and a central control apparatus configured to receive a front end trigger signal transmitted by the front end sensor, and judge whether to enable the adjustment unit to adjust the position of the panel on the chuck based on whether a rear end trigger signal transmitted by the rear end sensor is received within a predetermined period of time after the front end trigger signal is received. In this way, the position of the panel with respect to the chuck can be adjusted efficiently, thereby accurately judging a condition of carrying the panel, and thus preventing a machine station from falsely generating an alarm and halt.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for automatically adjusting a position of a panel on a chuck, comprising:
the chuck having a front end sensor and a rear end sensor arranged respectively on front and rear ends of the chuck in a direction of carrying the panel, and having an adjustment unit arranged in a central area of the chuck; and
a central control apparatus configured to receive a front end trigger signal transmitted by the front end sensor, determine whether a rear end trigger signal transmitted by the rear end sensor is received within a predetermined period of time after the front end trigger signal is received, and judge whether to enable the adjustment unit to adjust the position of the panel on the chuck based on a result of the determination.

2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the central control apparatus is configured to enable the adjustment unit to adjust the position of the panel on the chuck when determining that the rear end trigger signal is not received within the predetermined period of time.

3. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the central control apparatus is configured to indicate that carrying of the panel is completed when determining that the rear end trigger signal is received within the predetermined period of time.

4. The system according to claim 2 , wherein the adjustment unit is configured to adjust an end position of the panel to a position where the rear end sensor can be triggered to transmit the rear end trigger signal.

5. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the adjustment unit comprises a motor.

6. The system according to claim 5 , wherein the motor is a directional motor with Polyvinyl Chloride polymer (PVC) wheels.

7. A method for automatically adjusting a position of a panel on a chuck, wherein the chuck has a front end sensor and a rear end sensor arranged respectively on front and rear ends of the chuck in a direction of carrying the panel, and has an adjustment unit arranged in a central area of the chuck, the method comprising:
receiving a front end trigger signal transmitted by the front end sensor;
determining whether a rear end trigger signal transmitted by the rear end sensor is received within a predetermined period of time after the front end trigger signal is received; and
judging whether to enable the adjustment unit to adjust the position of the panel on the chuck based on a result of the determination.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the adjustment unit is enabled to adjust the position of the panel on the chuck when it is determined that the rear end trigger signal is not received within the predetermined period of time.

9. The method according to claim 7 , wherein it is indicated that carrying of the panel is completed when it is determined that the rear end trigger signal is received within the predetermined period of time.

10. The method according to claim 8 , wherein adjusting the position of the panel on the chuck comprises:
adjusting an end position of the panel to a position where the rear end sensor can be triggered to transmit the rear end trigger signal.

Assignees

• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Fengchao

Classifications

• Y10T279/21

  with measuring, indicating or control means · CPC title

• B23B31/36

  with means for adjusting the chuck with respect to the working-spindle · CPC title

• B23Q15/24 Primary

  of linear position · CPC title

• B65G47/74

  Feeding, transfer, or discharging devices of particular kinds or types · CPC title

• B65G43/00

  Control devices, e.g. for safety, warning or fault-correcting · CPC title