TWI417822B - Panel substrate conveyor equipment and display panel module assembly equipment - Google Patents

Description

Panel substrate transfer device and display panel module assembly device

The present invention relates to mounting of a driver IC or COF (Chip on Film) or FPC (Flexible Printed Circuits) in a periphery of a display panel substrate (display cell substrate) of a flat panel display (FPD=Flat Panel Display) such as a liquid crystal or a plasma. A so-called TAB (Tape Automated Bonding) connection and a display panel module assembly device for mounting a peripheral substrate (PCB=Printed Circuit Board). More specifically, it relates to a configuration and a method of a display panel substrate transfer device and a display panel module assembly device that can more efficiently perform various processing operations of the display panel module assembly device.

The display panel module assembly device is disposed on a display panel substrate of a flat panel display such as a liquid crystal or a plasma, and sequentially performs a plurality of processing operations to mount a driver IC, a TAB, a PCB, etc. around the display panel substrate. Device.

For example, as an example of the processing procedure, (1) cleaning the terminal cleaning step of the TAB attaching portion of the end portion of the display panel substrate, and (2) attaching the opposite conductive film to the end of the cleaned display panel substrate (ACF= An ACF step of Anisotropic Conductive Film, (3) a step of mounting a TAB or an IC by positioning a wiring on the display panel substrate side at a position where the ACF is attached, and (4) by heating and pressing the TAB mounted by pressure bonding The ACF film is subjected to a fixed crimping step, (5) the inspection step of the position or the connection state of the mounted TAB or IC, and (6) the PCB is mounted on the side opposite to the display panel substrate side of the TAB by ACF or the like. The PCB step (the steps of the plural) is constituted. Further, depending on the number of sides of the processed display panel or the number of processed TABs or ICs, etc., it is necessary to have the number of processing devices or the processing unit of the rotating display panel or the like.

In the display panel module assembly device, the processing device for performing the processing steps is continuously disposed, and the display panel substrate is transported by the panel substrate transporting means to perform the peripheral mounting process of the display panel substrate.

Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2004-6467 is a conventional example of a configuration of a display panel module assembly device. Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2004-6467 discloses that the display panel is placed on the back side and the display panel substrate is moved from the back side, and the display panel substrate of the work table placed at each processing work position is carried in and out. The device configuration of the panel transport means. According to this configuration, the display panel substrate is transported between the processing work tables in which the respective processes are performed by the plurality of reciprocating transport means. In general, the processing work table that is carried into the display panel substrate holds the display panel substrate, and can be adjusted in terms of the width, the length, the horizontal rotation direction, and the like of the display panel substrate, and the processing position of the display panel substrate is performed on the work table. Each processing job is performed by positioning.

In this manner, the display panel between the transport means for holding and holding the display panel substrate by the upper side and the work table for holding the display panel substrate by the lower side are implemented.

Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. Hei 8-26475 discloses an embodiment in which the display panel substrate is transported, held or replaced only by the lower side of the display panel. The display panel substrate is supported by the lower side by the U-shaped hand, and the panel substrate is carried in or out to the work table.

Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2007-99466 is a conventional example of another example of the configuration of the display panel module assembly device. Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. Hei. No. Hei. No. Hei. No. Hei. No. Hei. No. Hei. No. Hei. No. 8-26475. . Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2007-99466 discloses that a work table for holding a positioning display panel substrate and a transport means for transporting the panel substrate are integrated. In this manner, the work table for positioning and performing the processing operation while holding the display panel substrate during the processing operation is formed into a comb type, and the display panel substrate can be directly transported and transported between the adjacent work tables. The work table becomes unnecessary to be transported, and has an advantage that the device configuration is simplified and the cost can be reduced.

JP-A-2007-150077 discloses another embodiment in which a work table for holding a positioning display panel substrate and a transport means for transporting the panel substrate are integrally formed. In this manner, the panel substrate transport means that transports the display panel substrate to the downstream processing work position from the upstream processing work position is directly positioned, and the display panel substrate is positioned at the processing work position. In this manner, since the device configuration is simple and easy to reduce the cost, and the panel substrate is directly transferred between the processing positions by one work table, there is an advantage that the transport time can be shortened.

[Previous Technical Literature]

[Patent Literature]

[Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2004-6467

[Patent Document 2] Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. Hei 8-26475

[Patent Document 3] Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2007-99466

[Patent Document 4] Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2007-150077

In the configuration of Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2004-6467, since the substrate is conveyed by the adsorption holding on the display panel substrate, when a power failure or an unexpected situation occurs during transportation, the display panel may fall off the adsorption pad and fall. Further, the transport method by the upper side suction causes a force to increase the pitch between the two glass substrates constituting the display panel substrate, which may cause damage to the display panel substrate. In particular, damage to a large panel or a thin panel is increased, so that it is not feasible to carry out panel substrate transportation by adsorption from above. Therefore, it is necessary to perform the replacement operation between the transport means and the processing means only from the lower side of the display panel substrate.

In the configuration of Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. Hei 8-26475, a U-shaped hand is used to convey, hold, or hold a display panel substrate only under the display panel. By holding the display panel substrate from below, it is possible to reduce the risk of the panel substrate falling off the adsorption pad and causing a power failure or an accident during transportation.

However, there are some issues in this way. First, it is necessary to have a panel substrate transporting means for transporting the display panel between the work table and the work table in which the display panel is held and the position is determined at the processing work position, and the device configuration is easily complicated and increased in size. Since there is a work table in front of the processing machine unit and a transport mechanism before the work table, the width of the device tends to increase. In particular, the panel substrate of a large board is disadvantageous, and the distance from the front surface of the apparatus to the processing work position becomes large, and other problems remain on the work surface such as maintenance.

Further, in the conveyance operation of the panel substrate between the processing positions, the holding operation of the panel substrate is required between the work table and the conveyance means, and there is a problem that the conveyance time is lost. In this manner, the position of the panel substrate to be replaced between the work table and the transport means must be at a position acceptable for the panel substrate of the largest size corresponding to the device. In the processing of the small-panel panel substrate, it is also necessary to move the display panel substrate to the panel substrate of the panel substrate of the largest size to hold the replacement operation position. Therefore, in the apparatus which can correspond to the various board|substrate size of a large board to a small board, the conveyance time loss generate|occur|produced at the time of conveyance of the panel of a small board becomes especially large.

The structure in which the work table and the transport means are separately constructed is of course disadvantageous in terms of cost.

As described above, in the configuration of Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. Hei 8-26475, in addition to the complexity, size, and cost of the configuration, there are problems such as maintainability and loss of processing time. This problem is particularly important in consideration of the case where the size of the various panel substrates is required from the large board to the small board.

In the configuration of Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2007-99466, by placing the work table in a comb shape, the display panel substrate can be directly transported and transported between adjacent work tables. In this manner, there is an advantage that the transport means between the work tables is not required, and the apparatus configuration is simplified and the cost can be reduced.

However, in the configuration of Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2007-99466, it is necessary to move to the downstream side after the processing operation of the display panel, and to transfer the display panel that has finished processing to the work table on the downstream side, and then move to the upstream side to collect After the display panel to be processed is returned to the processing work position, the processing operation is performed. Therefore, it takes time to carry in/out the display panel before and after the processing operation, and there is a problem that the assembly efficiency of the display panel module is poor.

In the configuration of Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2007-15007, the panel substrate transport means for transporting the display panel substrate to the downstream processing work position from the upstream processing work position is directly positioned, and the display panel substrate is positioned at the processing work position. In this manner, since the device configuration is simple and easy to reduce the cost, and the panel substrate is directly transferred between the processing positions by one work table, there is an advantage that the transport time can be shortened.

However, it is necessary to arrange the holding means of the display panel substrate at the processing position to avoid the movable range of the panel substrate transporting means. Therefore, there is a problem in that the holding of the display panel substrate during processing is likely to be unstable. In particular, when a large-sized panel substrate is processed on the short side, the interval between the holding means of the display panel substrate provided at both ends of the panel substrate is widened, and the center portion of the panel substrate is deflected, so that the holding of the display panel substrate becomes non- The subject of stability. Further, in consideration of the correspondence with the size of various panel substrates, it is necessary to change the position of the holding means at both end portions of the panel substrate, and it is necessary to change the width or the movable range of the conveying means, and substantially provide for various panel substrate sizes. The correspondence of elasticity cannot be considered difficult.

Further, the display panel module assembling device connects a plurality of types of processing work devices, and continuously performs various processing operations on the display panel. The configuration of the processing work apparatus disclosed in the above-mentioned patent documents differs in the processing work time as the processing contents are processed. Therefore, the processing device for the short-time step must wait for the processing of the processing device in the step of taking the time, the processing interval of the display panel, the processing device that is limited to the time-consuming step, and the step of taking a short time. Processing the work device will result in a time when the job is stopped.

In order to operate the processing apparatuses more efficiently, it is considered that the processing apparatus for taking the time-consuming steps is largely connected to the processing apparatus of the steps which are short in time, and the balance of the production tempo of each processing step is obtained. However, the number of processing apparatuses connected in this manner increases, and the length of the entire display panel module assembly apparatus becomes extremely long and complicated, and the cost becomes high.

The present invention provides a panel substrate transporting apparatus that can correspond to a panel substrate of a large panel, and a display panel module assembling apparatus using the same. In particular, it is possible to provide a panel substrate transporting means that can be realized at a high speed by a simple device configuration by providing a wide or wide display panel of a display panel or a position determining operation. In addition, a display panel module assembly device that can improve the processing efficiency of each processing operation device by improving the processing operation efficiency of each processing operation device can be realized.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a display panel module assembly apparatus that solves the above-described problems without increasing the overall size of the apparatus or the apparatus width.

In order to achieve the above object, the display panel substrate for holding processing is provided at each processing work device or processing work position, and the processing side of the display panel substrate is uniformly spaced inside from the processing side, parallel to the processing side and The processing side is elongated in the processing direction, and the processing side holding and fixing the entire area across the processing side is fixed and the fixing means is held. The lower surface of the display panel substrate on the opposite side of the processing side of the display panel substrate is suspended from above. At least one or more non-processing area holding means.

Further, the plurality of reciprocating movements are performed between the adjacent processing apparatuses or the processing work positions, and the panel substrate transfer to the processing operation device or the display panel substrate position of the processing operation position or the rotation operation of the display panel substrate can be performed. Location decision means. The panel substrate holding means for transporting the display panel substrate during transport of the panel substrate transport position determining means is a method of holding the lower surface of the display panel substrate opposite to the side of the display panel substrate while holding the fixing means Constituted.

The non-processing area holding means maintains the fixing means at the position of at least one display panel substrate that is fixedly held during each processing operation so that the underside of the non-processed side of the display panel substrate is more than the panel surface The arm-shaped holding member that is lowered from the upper side holds the holding means of the display panel substrate so as to be retractable to be higher than the upper surface of the display panel substrate when the display panel substrate is not held.

Further, the non-processing area holding means can change the installation position and the holding position of the display panel substrate according to the arm-shaped holding member in accordance with the size of the processed panel substrate, the processing side length, the processing position, and the like.

Further, the panel substrate posture detecting means is disposed at a position on the side of the display panel substrate on which the fixing means is held, and the fixing means is held close to the processing, and the display panel substrate conveyed by the panel substrate transport position determining means is controlled. The posture is configured such that the position can be determined and accepted by maintaining the fixing means for the aforementioned processing.

The transport and processing operation of the display panel substrate using the processing holding means, the non-processing area holding means, the panel substrate transport position determining means, and the panel substrate posture detecting means are performed as follows.

Step 1: The display panel substrate is transported to the downstream processing work position by the panel substrate transport position determining means.

Step 2: Detect the panel posture and position the display panel substrate at the processing work position.

Step 3: After the processing is held by the holding means, the processing side of the display panel substrate is fixed and held, and each processing operation operation is started.

Step 4: The non-processing area holding means is lowered to maintain the underside of the edge of the non-processing side of the display panel substrate.

Step 5: The panel substrate transport position determining means is lowered and retracted, and moved to the upstream side.

Step 6: The panel substrate transport position determining means for carrying out the loading is carried out from the lower surface of the display panel substrate, and the display panel substrate is held and fixed.

Step 7: The holding member of the non-processing area holding means performs the retraction and rises at the same time.

Step 8: After the processing operation is completed, the fixing of the display panel substrate holding the fixing means according to the processing is released.

Go back to step 1 and repeat.

Further, at least one or more processing apparatuses of the display panel module assembly device unitize the mechanism unit for performing each processing operation, and at least two processing units are provided on one side of one display panel. The method of processing work at the same time.

Further, the plurality of processing units include a processing unit position correcting means for correcting a relative position between the processing side of the display panel substrate and the processing unit, and a panel substrate posture detecting means for detecting a processing side posture of the display panel to be processed, and The processing unit position correction amount calculation means for calculating the position correction amount of each of the processing units is determined by the detection result of the display panel posture detecting means.

In addition, the processing unit of the plurality of processing units is provided with a moving means that can move in a direction parallel to the processing side of the display panel, and controls the processing action and shift of the complex processing unit by setting a processing unit operation timing control means. The configuration of the operation timing of the shift movement operation between the processing positions on the side of the display panel substrate.

According to one aspect of the present invention, in order to maintain the processed display panel substrate at each processing work device or processing work position, the processing side of the display panel substrate is disposed at a uniform distance from the processing side, parallel to the processing side. Moreover, it is elongated in the processing direction, and the processing side holding and fixing the entire area across the processing side is held and fixed, and the processing of the display panel substrate can be surely fixed and maintained across the entire processing area.

Further, according to another configuration of the present invention, at least one or more non-processing area holding means for holding the lower surface of the display panel substrate on the side opposite to the processing side of the display panel substrate while holding the fixing means is provided, and the processing is performed in accordance with the processing. The size of the panel substrate, the length of the processing side, the processing position, and the like, and the position at which the non-processing region holding means is disposed and the holding position of the display panel substrate according to the arm-shaped holding member can be changed, and the processing of the various panel substrates can be performed. Homework is possible.

According to another configuration of the present invention, the display substrate substrate can be transported or rotated and the position of the processing operation position can be determined only by the panel substrate transport position determining means. Therefore, the number of movable axes of the drive mechanism portion can be reduced by a number of components. It is simple, and at the same time, it can achieve a small, maintainable device.

According to still another aspect of the present invention, the non-processing area holding means holds the display panel substrate by holding the arm-shaped holding member which is suspended above the panel surface during the processing operation. At the same time, when the display panel substrate is not held, the holding member can be retracted to be higher than the upper surface of the display panel substrate. In this way, the movable panel of the panel substrate transport position determining means that holds the display panel substrate from the lower side does not have an obstacle or the like, and the display panel substrate between the processing work positions can be transported or rotated. The transport operation is performed at the shortest or most suitable transport path of the substrate size. Thereby, a high-speed display panel substrate transport position determining operation can be realized.

According to still another configuration of the present invention, the switching operation of the panel substrate transport position determining means including the holding operation by the non-processing area holding means is performed in each processing operation, thereby providing a highly efficient display panel module. Assembly device.

According to still another configuration of the present invention, by providing the fixing means for the processing, it is possible to eliminate the influence on the vicinity of the processing side caused by the switching operation of the panel substrate transport position determining means. Therefore, the panel substrate transport position is performed during the processing operation. By the switching operation of the determination means, the processing operation in the vicinity of the processing side of the stable display panel substrate can be performed.

Further, according to still another aspect of the present invention, the panel substrate posture detecting means is disposed at a position on the side of the display panel substrate on which the fixing means is held and the holding means is held close to the processing, and the panel substrate conveyance position is controlled by the panel substrate. By determining the posture of the display panel substrate conveyed by the means, it is possible to accurately determine the position and the receiving operation of the processing holding means.

Further, according to still another configuration of the present invention, the mechanism unit for performing each processing operation in the display panel module assembling device is unitized, and at least two processing units are simultaneously performed on one side of one display panel. The manner in which the work is handled is configured, and the work efficiency of the slower processing work device can be improved. Further, the plurality of processing units include a processing unit position correcting means for correcting a relative position between the processing side of the display panel substrate and the processing unit, and a panel substrate posture detecting means for detecting a processing side posture of the display panel to be processed, and The detection result of the display panel posture detecting means calculates the position of the processing unit position correction amount calculation means for the position correction amount of each processing unit. Therefore, the position determination processing can be independently performed for the processing side of the same display panel substrate. Simultaneous processing of complex processing units is possible.

Further, according to still another configuration of the present invention, the plurality of processing units are movable means provided with a direction movable in a direction parallel to the processing side of the display panel substrate, and at the same time, a processing action and shifting for controlling the complex processing unit are provided. The processing unit operation timing control means for shifting the operation of the shift movement operation between the processing positions on the display panel substrate prevents interference such as collision of the plurality of processing units performing the processing operation, and performs processing for the same display panel substrate At the same time, processing operations can be performed simultaneously according to a plurality of processing units.

By adjusting the number of processing units disposed in each processing unit or processing position, the processing time of each processing unit can be made close to each other, and the processing efficiency of each processing operation can be improved, and the display panel mode can be shortened. A display panel module assembly device that is a full assembly device.

As a result of the above, according to the configuration of the present invention, for example, it is possible to provide a transport or position determining operation of a wide and wide display panel from a large panel to a small panel, and a high-speed panel substrate transport can be realized with a simple device configuration. means. Further, it is possible to provide a display panel module assembling device capable of improving the processing efficiency of each processing operation by increasing the processing work time of each processing device by approaching the processing time of each processing device. As such, in the present invention, it is possible to provide a display panel module assembling device having the above various features without increasing the device size such as the full length of the device or the device width.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to Figs. The meaning of the symbols used in the description is as described in the description of the symbols to be described later, and the description of the relationship may be omitted or changed to a similar expression. For example, in the text, A to D in parentheses () after each symbol number shown in the figure represent symbols of the relevant processing work device. In the transport apparatus, in order to carry out the transport operation between the two processing apparatuses, the upstream side processing apparatus symbol and the downstream side work apparatus symbol are represented by "(A-B)". Further, the lowercase English letters (a to f, etc.) after the numbers of the respective symbols display the components that divide each object of the same numeral symbol into a plurality of components.

1 to 3B are views for explaining an embodiment of a basic configuration of a panel substrate transporting apparatus and a display panel module assembling apparatus using the same according to the present invention. Fig. 1 is a view seen from the upper side (Z direction) of the apparatus, Fig. 2 is a view seen from the side (X direction) of the apparatus, and Figs. 3A and 3B are diagrams of the transport system of the apparatus seen from the front side (Y direction). .

Fig. 1 is a view showing four of the continuous processing apparatuses A to D of the display panel module assembling apparatus for explanation. In the apparatus of FIG. 1, the display panel substrate 4 is sequentially transferred from the left to the right in the drawing between the processing apparatuses A to D, and various processing operations are performed on the peripheral portion of the display panel substrate to perform IC or TAB. A device that is assembled for assembly work. The two processing apparatuses A and B on the left side in FIG. 1 are apparatuses for performing processing operations on the long side (source side) of the display panel substrate, and the two processing apparatuses C and D on the right side perform display panel substrates. The device for processing the short side (gate side).

In FIG. 1, the display panel substrate 4 shows a state held by the processing work position of each processing work apparatus by a two-dotted broken line. A to C in parentheses () after the numbers of the symbols shown in Fig. 1 represent the symbols of the relevant processing work device.

In FIG. 1, the processing apparatus part on the upstream side of the processing work apparatus A and the downstream side apparatus part of the processing work apparatus D are cut off. As a whole of the display panel module assembly device, (1) cleaning the terminal cleaning step of the TAB attaching portion at the end of the display panel substrate, and (2) attaching the opposite conductive film to the end of the cleaned display panel substrate (ACF= An ACF step of Anisotropic Conductive Film, (3) a step of mounting a TAB or an IC by positioning the wiring of the display panel substrate at a position where the ACF is attached, and (4) by heating the TAB or IC mounted by pressure bonding The ACF film is subjected to a fixed pressure bonding step, and (5) a PCB processing step (composed of a plurality of processing steps) for attaching the PCB to the ACF or the like on the display panel side and the opposite side of the TAB, and various inspection apparatuses, etc. The processing work device is configured to connect a plurality of processing work devices in response to the number of processing sides. It is necessary to connect several processing apparatuses in what order, and of course, it depends on the display panel module which performs an assembly operation.

The present invention provides a panel substrate transport apparatus that efficiently transports a display panel substrate between the plurality of connected processing apparatuses, and which is highly productive, and a display panel module assembly apparatus using the same.

The conveyance of the display panel substrate 4 of the present invention is determined by the direct transfer operation between the adjacent two processing work devices or the processing work position, and the position of the panel substrate transport position for determining the position of the display panel substrate 4 at the processing work position is determined. Means to carry it out. The panel substrate transport position determining means reciprocates the panel substrate holding means 10 for transporting the display panel substrate between the adjacent processing apparatus or the processing work position so that the display panel substrate 4 is processed from the upstream to the downstream processing position. Carry out the order.

The component member or the mechanism unit of the panel substrate transport position determining means attaches each symbol to the upstream side processing device symbol and the downstream side work device symbol in the form of "(A-B)". In FIG. 1, the display panel is processed from the processing apparatus of the processing apparatus A and the upstream side together with the three panel substrate transport position determining means operating between the processing unit (AB) and (BC) and (CD). One of the two panel substrate transport position determining means for carrying in the substrate (-A) and the processing device on the downstream side of the processing device D and performing the loading (D to) of the display panel substrate is shown.

In addition, the panel substrate holding means 10 at the time of transport of the panel substrate transport position determined in FIG. 1 displays the state of the processing work position on the downstream side. Therefore, the panel substrate holding means 10 (D to) at the time of transporting the panel substrate transport position determining means for carrying out the loading of the display panel substrate by the processing apparatus D on the downstream side of the processing apparatus D are not described in FIG.

In the conveyance of the display panel substrate 4 of the present invention, the plurality of panel substrate transport position determining means are connected in a row, and the transport and position determining operations are performed substantially simultaneously to transport the display panel substrate between the continuous processing apparatuses.

In the present embodiment, the fixing means 3 and the non-processing area holding means 5 are held while being disposed in order to hold the processed display panel at each processing work device or processing work position.

The processing-holding fixing means 3 is a member which is longer than the maximum processing side length of the intended display panel substrate so that the processing side of the processing panel substrate 4 is disposed on the inner side of the processing side and is parallel to the processing side. The processing direction is elongated, and the entire area is maintained and fixed across the processing side to correct the distortion or undulation of the display panel of the processing area. In the process of holding the fixing means 3, the display panel fixing surface is a rigid body plane, and a plurality of air suction ports are provided in the fixed plane portion, and the display panel substrate 4 is adsorbed and fixed to the processing side holding means 3 by air suction. By holding the fixing means 3 by adsorption or fixation in the vicinity of the processing side of the display panel by air suction or the like, the display panel substrate 4 on the processing side can be secured even if the display panel substrate 4 is twisted or undulated. 4 flatness. The processing operation of each processing apparatus is performed on the processing side of the display panel which is held by the processing holding means 3 toward the processing apparatus side.

The non-processing area holding means 5 is a member for holding the lower surface of the display panel on the side opposite to the side of the display panel processing by the fixing means 3, and also when the panel substrate holding means 10 is retracted during the conveyance of the panel substrate transport position determining means The display panel substrate 4 is held substantially horizontally, and is a member that assists in holding and holding the display panel of the fixing means 3 in accordance with the above-described processing.

The non-treatment area holding means 5 has an arm-like structure suspended from the upper surface of the apparatus, and has a structure in which a holding arm is inserted and supported under the edge of the non-processed side of the display panel substrate. The non-processing area holding means 5 can be retracted to a movable mechanism that is higher than the processing height or the transport height of the display panel substrate when the display panel substrate is not held. In the embodiment of Figs. 1 to 3B, the configuration of the display panel holding the processing work position by the three non-processing area holding means 5a to 5c is displayed. 2A and 3A show a state in which the display panel substrate is held by the non-processing area holding means 5, and FIGS. 2B and 3B show a state in which the non-processing area holding means 5 is retracted upward.

4A and 4B are views for explaining an embodiment of the non-processing area holding means 5. 4A shows a state in which the display panel substrate 4 is held, and FIG. 4B shows a state in which it is retracted. The non-processing area holding means 5 of Figs. 4A and 4B is constituted by a mechanism 13 for sliding the holding arm 12 in the horizontal direction and a hanging lowering member 14 for moving the entire arm in the vertical direction. These movable mechanisms can be constructed by a general actuator such as a cylinder or a motor.

In the panel substrate transporting means, the edge portion of the non-processed side of the display panel substrate that protrudes from the panel substrate holding means 10 during transport is held by the display panel of the panel substrate holding means 10 during transport due to the deflection of the panel substrate itself. The face hangs down. The amount of droop caused by the deflection is affected by the thickness or the amount of protrusion of the panel substrate. Further, the display panel substrate on which TAB or PCB is mounted on the periphery is affected by the presence or absence of these holding mechanisms or the structure thereof, but it is necessary to consider the hanging of the tip end portions of these members.

Therefore, when the display panel substrate is held by the non-processing area holding means 5 of FIGS. 4A and 4B, it is necessary to hold the substrate holding surface of the fixing means 3 or the panel substrate conveying means while the processing for holding the display panel substrate 4 is performed. The lower side of the number of mm to several cm causes the holding arm 12 to be pushed out to the lower side of the edge of the display panel substrate, and then pressed up to a predetermined height.

5A and 5B are views for explaining other embodiments of the non-processing area holding means 5. FIG. 5A shows a state in which the display panel substrate 4 is held, and FIG. 5B shows a state in which it is retracted. The non-processing area holding means 5 of FIG. 5A and FIG. 5B is a rotation driving means 15 for rotating the L-shaped or U-shaped arm-shaped holding member 12 around the parallel axis on the display panel substrate. Composition. In this configuration, the holding member 12 is rotated only by the rotation driving means 15, that is, the retracting operation of the arm-shaped holding member above the edge of the display panel substrate and the arm-shaped holding member above the display panel substrate can be performed. Therefore, it is not necessary to arrange the movable means in the vertical direction as in the non-treatment area holding means 5 of FIGS. 4A and 4B in the lower hanging portion 16 of the hanging. Further, in this manner, since the holding member 12 can be moved so that the display panel substrate is pushed up from the bottom, it is not necessary to particularly consider the hanging of the end portion of the panel described above.

In the configuration of the present embodiment, the holding position of the display panel substrate can be made variable by making the installation position of the non-processing area holding means 5 variable. In general, there is almost no other structure on the upper side of the display panel transport surface of the apparatus. Therefore, the degree of freedom in the arrangement position of the non-processed area holding means 5 is high, and the size and processing of the panel substrate to be processed can be selected. The substrate holding position such as the side length and the processing position.

The structure suspended by the upper portion of the non-treatment area holding means 5 can be easily realized by providing a general beam structure on the upper side of the apparatus. By arranging the beam structure appropriately, it is possible to hold various display panels with high precision and stability, and it is possible to perform the processing work with high precision and stability.

Next, the panel substrate transport position determining means of the present invention for performing the transport, rotation, and position determining operation of the display panel substrate between the processing positions will be described.

In the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 3B, the display panel substrate 4 is transported by reciprocating between the adjacent processing apparatuses or processing work positions, and the processing operation can be performed. The panel substrate transport position determining means for determining the position of the display panel substrate at the processing work position of the apparatus or for displaying the rotation operation of the panel substrate. The panel substrate transport position determining means is an X-axis movable means 6 for transporting the display panel between the processing apparatuses, a movable means 7 for the Y-axis which is perpendicular to the transport direction of the display panel, and a Z-axis which can change the height of the display panel. The movable means 8 and the θ-axis movable means 9 which can change the rotational position of the display panel and the panel substrate holding means 10 for holding the display panel are transported. The panel substrate holding means 10 during transport is supported by the arm 11 which is extended by the θ-axis movable means portion 9, and is configured to be capable of stably holding display panels of different sizes by changing the arm length.

First, the panel substrate holding means 10 at the time of transport of the panel substrate transport position determining means of the present invention will be described.

The panel substrate holding means 10 is configured to hold the lower surface of the display panel inside the holding position of the holding means while the processing is held, and the display panel which is not held by the panel substrate holding means 10 during the conveyance is used. The edge region of the substrate 4 is fixed and fixed to the processing side holding fixing means 3 disposed at the processing work position. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the display panel substrate 4 is held by the panel substrate holding means 10 at the time of vacating all the edge regions of the four sides of the display panel substrate 4. By maintaining the holding position of the panel substrate holding means 10 during transportation as described above, by rotating the display panel substrate 4 by the θ-axis movable means portion 9, it is possible to perform all processing operations on the four sides of the display panel substrate 4. The transfer operation of the display panel substrate 4 in the same processing work device is switched along with the transfer of the display panel substrate of the processing device upstream and downstream, and can be easily performed without the insertion/replacement operation of the display panel substrate 4 .

In the embodiment of the embodiment of FIG. 1, the panel substrate holding means 10 is configured to support the vicinity of the center of the display panel substrate 4 in order to allow all of the four sides of the display panel substrate to be processed, but the number of processing sides is less than 4 The case of the side is not limited thereto, and it is also possible to maintain the side of the processing side with other portions.

6A, 6B, and 6C show a display panel substrate 4 having three different sizes, a processing side (four sides of the S1 side, the S2 side, the G1 side, and the G2 side) and a fixed display panel for processing. The display panel substrate region 18 that can be held by the fixed region 17 of the fixing means 3 and the panel substrate holding means 10 during conveyance is processed. In FIGS. 6A, 6B, and 6C, the display panel substrate region 18 which can be used for the display panel holding or receiving operation according to the non-processing area holding means or the panel substrate display means 10 during transportation is shaded. For example, the symbols 17A-S1 in the figure are the widths of the holding fixed area on the S1 side of the large display panel substrate of Fig. 6A. Further, 17B-G1 indicates the width of the holding fixed region on the side of the G1 side of the type display panel substrate of Fig. 6B. Further, 18A shows a display panel substrate area that can be held by the large display panel substrate of FIG. 6A. The same is true about the others.

According to the processing of the present invention, the width 17 of the fixed holding area of the holding means 3 is affected by the content of each processing operation or the maximum size of the processed display panel. However, in the case of a processing operation of a general display panel module assembling device, it is possible to hold the fixing means 3 while processing, as long as it is fixed at a position of about 100 mm from the processing side. In addition, even in consideration of the extreme configuration, the area necessary for the fixed holding of the fixing means 3 by the processing side is also calculated to be about 10 to 200 mm or less from the processing side. In fact, in the display panel module assembly device of the present embodiment, it is considered that the maximum processing display panel size is equivalent to 50 to 60 ,, and the processing work device is held at a fixed position according to the processing while maintaining the fixing means 3. The results of the component placement review on the surface can be installed as long as the processing edge is up to 100 mm.

6A, 6B, and 6C (a) large display panel substrate: 32 吋 wide grade, (b) medium-sized panel size substrate: 20 保持 according to the case where the holding-fixing region of the holding-holding means 3 is 100 mm from the processing edge. (c) Small panel size substrate: 13 吋 grade, and the panel substrate holding means 10 can hold the area of the display panel substrate 4 at the time of conveyance.

In the 32-inch width class in FIG. 6A, the center of the display panel substrate 4 is held by the panel substrate holding means 10 during transportation, and the holding region 15 can be secured on the source side and the gate side. However, the size of the display panel is small, and the width of the display panel is 20 吋, and the level of the 图 图 图 , , , , , , , , , , 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 It is difficult to secure the display panel substrate region 16 in which the display panel substrate 4 of the panel substrate holding device 10 is held or received.

In the transport of such a small display panel 4, as shown in Figs. 6A, 6B and 6C, the source 1 side and the gate 2 side are defined at the 20 吋 width level of Fig. 6B, and at the 13 图 level of Fig. 6C, The display panel module assembly device of the present invention is based on the non-processing region holding means 5 or the display panel substrate 4 of the panel substrate holding means 10 during transport when the number of the source 1 and the gate 1 and the processing side are specified. The assurance of the display panel substrate area 18 used to maintain or accept the action is possible

As described above, the panel substrate transporting apparatus of the present invention and the display panel module assembling apparatus using the same, particularly for a large-sized or thin display panel, are aimed at high-speed and high-precision processing operations, but by the number of processing sides By limiting, the range that can be matched can be extended to a small panel that is equivalent to a super large display panel of 50 to 60 inches up to a ten-inch scale.

The required area of the display panel substrate region 18 used for the holding or receiving operation of the display panel substrate 4 of the non-processing region holding means 5 or the panel substrate holding means 10 during transportation, and the acceleration of the display panel according to various operations The external force or the adsorption holding force of the display panel substrate 4 is different. However, as long as the width of approximately half or more of the display panel substrate 4 can be adsorbed and held, the display panel holding or receiving operation can be performed stably.

The display panel size of the 32-inch width class of FIG. 6A, the 20-inch width class of FIG. 6B, and the 13-inch class of FIG. 6C is assumed to be a half-width wide area of the display panel in the case of securing a fixing area of 100 mm wide. Keep the minimum display panel size near.

In short, in the display panel module assembly apparatus of the present embodiment, the maximum number of processing sides of the 32 吋 wide level or more is 4 sides, and the maximum number of processing sides of the 32 吋 20 吋 width level is 3 sides, and 20 吋 or less. The maximum number of processing sides of the display panel size is 2 sides, which can correspond to processing operations up to 13 inches. In reality, in such a small-sized display panel substrate, processing operations such as four-side processing or three-edge processing are hardly required, and the limitation of the number of processing sides is not a problem.

Further, as described above, the holding area of the non-processing area holding means 5 is the lower portion of the edge of the non-processed side of the panel substrate. In short, in the processing side of FIG. 6A, 6B, and 6C and the area 17 which is secured as the area for holding the display panel, the area which is held by the fixing means 3 by the processing is not performed in each processing operation.

When the number of processing sides of the display panel substrate is two, the area where the holding area of the non-processing area holding means 5 can be held is only a part of one side of the display panel substrate. However, in the current display panel substrate, the substrate having a small number of processing variables is generally small in size, and only a part of the display panel substrate can sufficiently maintain the horizontal display of the display panel substrate 4.

However, in the future, the display panel substrate will be thinner, or materials other than glass will be used, and the rigidity of the display panel substrate is not particularly limited. In such a low-rigidity display panel substrate 4, the area in which the holding area of the non-processing area holding means 5 can be held is small, and the non-processing area holding means 5 is held in accordance with the case where the substrate holding of the non-processing area holding means 5 becomes unstable. A part of the arm 12 can enter the display panel substrate region 18 that can be held by the panel substrate holding means 10 during transportation, and the configuration for supporting the display panel may be established. In this case, it is necessary to make the holding panel 12 of the panel substrate holding means 10 and the non-processing area holding means 5 at the time of conveyance a comb-like shape which avoids collision with each other.

As described above, in the panel substrate transfer device of the present invention and the display panel module assembly device using the same, the non-processing region holding means 5 or the transport time panel disposed in each of the processing work devices or the processing work position is provided. The holding position of the display panel substrate of the substrate holding means 10 is variable, and it is possible to correspond to a display panel having a large difference in size from a small plate to a large plate. As described above, in the configuration of the present invention, the non-treatment area holding means 5 is a structure suspended from above, and the degree of freedom in setting the position is also high.

Next, the configuration of the movable portion of the panel substrate transport position determining means of the present invention will be described.

As shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B and FIGS. 3A and 3B, the panel substrate transport position determining means is disposed on the X-axis movable means 6 disposed adjacent to the two adjacent processing apparatuses, and the Y-axis movable means 7 which is orthogonal thereto is disposed. Further, the Z-axis movable means 8 in the vertical direction is placed thereon, and the θ-axis rotating means 9 is placed thereon, and the panel substrate holding means 10 is held by the arm 11 at the time of transport. In order to carry out the display panel loading operation from the upstream processing work position and the downstream processing work position, it is necessary to arrange the two transfer panel substrate holding means 10 at the same processing work device or processing work position. Therefore, in the embodiment of FIGS. 2A and 2B and FIGS. 3A and 3B, the X-axis movable means and the X-axis movable guide 6 are arranged in a zigzag manner and are disposed at the lowermost layer. For the Y-axis movable means 7, the upper side of the Z-axis movable means 8 is possible in principle, but the movable range is second only to the X-axis movable means 7 of the X-axis, preferably arranged directly above the X-axis movable means. . It is also possible in principle to arrange the Z-axis movable means 8 on the upper side of the θ-axis movable means 9, but the inertial weight at the time of rotation becomes large, and the θ-axis movable means 9 is taken into consideration in consideration of the vibration stop time after the rotational operation. It is better to configure it directly above the top. The embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS. 1 to 3B constitutes a panel substrate transport position determining means as described above.

In the embodiment shown in Figs. 1 to 3B, the X-axis movable means and the X-axis movable guide 6 are arranged in a zigzag manner, but this also changes depending on the respective panel substrate transport position determining means. In short, the movable range of the panel substrate holding means 10 at each transfer of each of the panel substrate transport position determining means is divided into the X-axis movable means and the X-axis movable guide 6 independently.

In the display panel module assembly device, since the panel substrate transport position determining means is arranged in the X direction, the X-axis movable means or the X-axis movable guide 6 can be shared between the adjacent panel substrate transport position determining means. In principle, it is also possible to construct a X-axis movable means or an X-axis movable guide 6 across the entire length of the display panel module assembly device, and it is also possible to have a configuration common to each panel substrate transport position determining means. By doing so, it is possible to reduce the X-axis movable means or the X-axis movable guide of the entire transport system of the display panel module assembly device, which is advantageous on the cost side.

However, the movable range of the panel substrate holding means 10 at each transfer of the display panel module assembling device is about several m. Therefore, when the X-axis movable means or the X-axis movable guide 6 of the adjacent panel substrate transport position determining means is integrally formed, the X-axis movable guide becomes very long. Of course, it is also conceivable to connect the X-axis movable guide to form a long-sized X-axis movable guide. In this case, it is important to ensure the division position or the division accuracy so as to satisfy the requirements of the transport accuracy and the like.

In the embodiment of FIG. 1 to FIG. 4B, for the convenience of explanation, it is disclosed that the X-axis movable means and the X-axis movable guide 6 which are independent of each panel substrate transport position determining means are arranged in a zigzag manner. The actual configuration must determine the configuration or length of the X-axis movable means and the X-axis movable guide 6 in consideration of the ease of securing the division position of the X-axis movable guide or the accuracy of the connection together with the aforementioned cost surface.

As a means for moving the X-axis or the Y-axis, as a means for linearly moving the panel substrate holding means 10 during transportation, a general sliding table mechanism such as a linear motor or a ball screw can be applied. The Z-axis movable means is also possible to drive directly by a linear motor or a ball screw. However, since the required movable distance is shorter than the X-axis and the Y-axis, it is considered to be thinner in consideration of the thickness of the mechanism portion in the height direction. Various general methods of transforming horizontal movement into lifting motion by wedges or the like are preferred. The rotational motion of the θ axis can be easily configured by a motor, a speed reducer, or the like. In the panel substrate transport position determining means of the present embodiment, since it is necessary to perform high-precision position determination and reception while the processing holding means 3 is performed, it is of course necessary to secure the position coordinates or the rotary coordinates by using a servo motor or a linear gauge. Precision.

Next, the basic operation of the panel substrate transfer apparatus of the present invention and the display panel module assembly apparatus using the same will be described.

Fig. 7 is a view for explaining a basic transfer operation of the display panel substrate, and is a schematic view showing the transfer between the processing work devices B and C of Fig. 1 seen from the front side. The basic operation of the display panel module assembling device of the present invention is as follows.

Step 1: The display panel substrate on which the processing device B on the upstream side ends the processing operation, and the panel substrate holding means 10 is lifted by the panel substrate transport position determining means, and the fixing means 3 (B) is held by the processing side. It is carried up to the top and transported to each of the downstream processing apparatuses C.

In FIG. 7, the operation of the panel substrate holding means 10 at the time of conveyance is shown by the solid arrow 20a (B-C). FIG. 1 corresponds to the transport operation of the display panel substrate 4 between the processing apparatuses A→B, B→C, and C→D.

In the operation of the first step, before the end of each processing operation, the panel substrate holding means 10 for transporting the display panel substrate 4 is carried out, and the non-processing area of the display panel being processed is adsorbed and fixed, and the non-processing area is simultaneously The holding means 5, as shown in Fig. 7, has already ended the evacuation to the top. Thereby, the transport operation of the downstream processing work position of the display panel substrate 4 after the completion of the processing operation can be performed immediately after the completion of each processing operation.

The processing working device B on the upstream side of the embodiment of Fig. 7 is a processing operation on the long side (source side), and the processing work device C on the downstream side is a processing operation on the short side (gate side). In the display panel module assembly device of the present invention, when it is necessary to switch between processing, the rotation operation 21a is not performed when the transfer operation 20a between the processing devices is performed.

Step 2: The display panel substrate that has been transported to the downstream processing work position C detects the panel posture by the panel substrate posture detecting means provided near the processing holding means 3 (C). Based on the panel posture detection data, the panel substrate transport position determining means positions the display panel substrate at an appropriate correct processing position. The details of the position determining mechanism and the operation of the display panel substrate based on the panel substrate posture detecting means provided at each processing work position will be described later in detail.

Step 3: The positioned display panel substrate 4 that has been transported to the downstream processing apparatuses C is lowered while the panel substrate holding means 10 is being transported, and is fixed and held on the downstream side while holding the fixing means 3 (C) . Thereafter, the processing operation of each processing device is started.

Step 4: The display panel substrate is fixed and held at the processing side to hold the fixing means 3. After the processing operation is started, the non-processing area holding means 5 is lowered to hold the edge of the non-processed side of the display panel substrate. In FIG. 7, the non-processing area holding means 5 of the processing working apparatus C is shown by a broken line, and the state under the edge of the non-processing side of the display panel substrate is hold|maintained. Although not shown, the non-processing area holding means 5 of the other processing work means are also the same.

Step 5: After the non-processing area holding means 5 holds the lower surface of the display panel substrate 4, the panel holding means 10 is displayed during the conveyance of the panel substrate transport position determining means, and the panel is released and fixed. At the time of conveyance, the display panel holding means 10 is lowered, and the lower side of the holding member of the non-display area holding means 5 is moved to the receiving position of the display panel substrate 4 of the upstream processing apparatus B.

In FIG. 7, the return operation of the panel substrate holding means 10 at the time of conveyance is shown by the solid arrow 20b (B-C). FIG. 1 corresponds to the return movement operation of the panel substrate holding means 10 during the processing of the processing apparatus B→A, C→B, and D→C.

The processing working device B on the upstream side of the embodiment of Fig. 7 is a processing operation on the long side (source side), and the processing work device C on the downstream side is a processing operation on the short side (gate side). Therefore, in the panel substrate holding means 10 at the time of conveyance, it is necessary to perform the rotation operation 21b (B-C) in the return movement operation 20b (B-C). In the apparatus of the present invention, when the conveyance is lowered to the lower side of the holding member of the non-treatment area holding means 5, there is no obstacle around the display panel holding means 10, and the rotation operation 21b (BC) is not performed in the return movement operation 20b (BC). any problem.

Step 6: When the lower side of the holding member of the non-processing area holding means 5 is moved to the receiving position of the display panel substrate 4 of the processing apparatus B on the upstream side, the panel substrate holding means 10 is moved, and the processing is performed by raising The apparatus B holds the display panel substrate 4 from the lower surface of the display panel substrate 4 in the processing operation, and then performs adsorption fixation.

Step 7: After the display panel substrate 4 is transported and fixed by the panel substrate holding means 10 for transporting the display panel substrate 4, the holding member of the non-processing area holding means is retracted from the lower surface of the display panel substrate. Rise above the unit.

Step 8: The display panel substrate 4 is suction-fixed by the panel substrate holding means 10 at the time of carrying out the transfer, and the holding member of the non-processing area holding means is raised above the apparatus, and the processing is terminated after the processing operation is completed. Fixing of the display panel substrate while maintaining the fixing means.

Returning to step 1, the display panel substrate transported by each of the processing apparatuses downstream by the processing apparatus on the upstream side is transported. In FIG. 7, the outline of the operation of the display panel holding means 10 at the time of conveyance is shown by the arrow 20 of a solid line, and the movement of the display panel board|substrate 4 conveyed by this is shown by the arrow 19 of the dotted line.

As described above, in the display panel module assembling apparatus of the present invention, the switching operation of the panel substrate transport position determining means including the holding operation by the non-processing area holding means is performed in each processing operation. Thereby, it is possible to realize an assembly operation of the display panel module based on the high efficiency of the conveyance operation time and the processing operation time of the display panel substrate between the processing work positions.

In addition, since there is almost no obstacle in the movable range of the panel substrate transport position determining means for transporting the display panel substrate 4, the operation of transporting or rotating the display panel substrate between the processing work positions can be performed in accordance with the substrate size. The shortest or most suitable transport path for high speed transport.

From the above, by applying the present invention, the fastest display panel module assembling device can be realized.

Next, the problems and corresponding solutions encountered in the application of the high productivity of the display panel module assembly device of the present invention to the maximum extent will be described.

In the display panel module assembly device of the present invention, in order to efficiently perform the assembly work of the display panel substrate, it is necessary to transfer the display panel substrate that has been processed at each processing operation position to the processing position on the downstream side. If the conveyance timing of the display panel substrate 4 is not simultaneous, a state in which the display panel substrate 4 to be processed is not present at a part of the processing work position may occur, and the work efficiency may be lowered.

However, the display panel module assembly device is composed of a plurality of processing work devices or processing work positions, and a plurality of panel substrate transport position determining means for transporting the display panel substrate therebetween are also required. When a plurality of panel substrate transport position determining means can be operated at the same time, the current required for the acceleration/deceleration operation of the movable means becomes extremely large. In order to cope with this problem, it is effective to use a capacitor or the like in each of the drive systems of the transport system to ensure an instantaneous maximum current.

As another measure for this problem, it is also effective to delay the operation of the transport means between adjacent units, and to delay the minute time from the downstream side toward the upstream side. The acceleration/deceleration time of the transport means requiring the instantaneous maximum current is short with respect to the operating distance or the operating time of the transport means, and the delay of the degree of non-overlapping is provided, so that the maximum current required for the entire apparatus can be suppressed to Very small. Therefore, it is no longer necessary to provide a large-capacity capacitor or the like in the drive circuit of the transport system.

The acceleration time of the panel substrate transport position determining means is approximately 10 to several hundred msec. Therefore, the delay time of the movable timing of the actual adjacent panel substrate transport position determining means is preferably 10 to 100 msec, and the transport system is considered. The deceleration time is determined by the number of simultaneous actions and the maximum current required at that time. This degree of timing delay has little effect on the efficiency of the display panel module assembly device.

Next, a description will be given of a method of using the display panel module assembly apparatus of the present invention which is highly versatile.

The panel substrate transport position determining means of the display panel module assembling device of the present invention has a movable means of X, Y, and Z axes and a rotating means of the θ axis, and the panel transport position can be freely determined with almost no obstacle in the movable range. action. Therefore, the processing of the long side (source side) and the short side (gate side) can be performed in a plurality of processes at a single processing position.

In the actual operation, until the processing operation at the end of the processing work position is performed, the panel substrate holding means 10 at the time of transport of the panel substrate transport position determining means that carries the processing operation position on the display panel substrate 4 is required to continue to be displayed. The processing is performed in the state of the panel substrate. The non-processing area holding means 5 may be provided at the last processing position, that is, the position at which the panel substrate holding means 10 performs the retraction at the time of transportation.

As described above, in the display panel module assembling apparatus of the present invention, one processing operation on the display panel 4 can be performed by only one processing apparatus. Of course, in this case, it is necessary to process the amount of work and the processing time four times and the rotation or relocation operation of the display panel three times, so that the processing time becomes long. With such a device, the assembly work of mass-produced panels for high-speed mass production is not popular, but the combination of the processing device for the display panel module assembly device can be changed without trials for panel production or small batch production. It is effective to construct and manufacture.

Next, the collision prevention measures of the panel substrate holding means 10 at the time of conveyance of the panel substrate transport position determining means constituted by the embodiment of the present invention will be described.

In the configuration of the present embodiment, since the panel substrate holding means 10 is disposed at the same processing operation device or processing position, the panel substrate holding means 10 is present during the transport of the adjacent panel substrate transport position determining means. The danger of causing a collision (collision). In the apparatus of the present invention, in order to prevent collision, the panel substrate holding means 10 during conveyance controls the movement between the upstream processing work position and the downstream work position substantially at substantially the same timing.

However, the collision of the panel substrate holding means 10 during the high-speed moving conveyance is severely damaged by the device, and it is necessary to take further countermeasures against collision. Here, in the apparatus of the present embodiment, the coordinate position of the panel substrate holding means 10 for monitoring the driving signal for the control panel substrate transport position determining means is mounted, and the driving signal and the panel substrate are kept at the time of transport. When the position coordinate of the means 10 is different from the predetermined value or more, the function of the entire apparatus is stopped as an abnormality. Thereby, even if the movement timing of the panel substrate holding means 10 at the time of each conveyance differs, it can prevent that it collided.

Next, the waiting position of the panel substrate holding means 10 at the time of conveyance of the panel substrate transport position determining means of the present invention will be described.

In the transport of the panel substrate transport position determining means of the display panel module assembly device of the present invention, the panel substrate holding means 10 basically stops the processing operation position on the upstream side or the downstream side. Since the panel substrate holding means 10 at the time of conveyance is almost the same as the number of processing work positions, the panel substrate holding means 10 at the time of conveyance always exists at the processing work position. When the panel substrate holding means 10 is conveyed at the processing work position, the operation from the front side of the apparatus to the respective processing work position portions is hindered, and the maintainability in the case where the apparatus is malfunctioning or the like is also deteriorated.

Here, in the display panel module assembly device of the present invention, the stop position of the panel substrate holding means 10 during transportation is configured such that the processing position other than the upstream side or the downstream side can be stopped at the intermediate position. of. At this position, the panel substrate holding means 10 at the time of conveyance is stopped, and the maintainability at the time of malfunction of the apparatus etc. can be improved highly.

Further, the intermediate position between the processing position of the upstream processing unit B and the downstream processing unit C is also the non-interference area 23 between the adjacent panel substrate transport position determining means. At this position, the panel substrate holding means 9 during transportation is waited for, and collision with the panel substrate holding means 9 at the time of conveyance on the upstream side or the downstream side can be prevented. Therefore, the degree of freedom of operation of the panel substrate holding means 9 at each transfer is increased.

For example, when the adjustment of the start of the apparatus or the like is performed, the respective processing apparatuses or the panel substrate transport position determining means can be operated by utilizing the intermediate stop position, and the work efficiency is greatly improved.

Further, the display panel module assembling device connects devices that perform different plural processing operations, and continuously performs various processing operations on the display panel. Of course, there are differences in the processing time of each processing step. The processing device for the short-time step requires the processing of the processing device to wait for the step of taking the time. In particular, as described above, when a processing operation device performs a plurality of processing operations, the processing time of each processing operation step varies greatly.

Therefore, even if the operation of the panel substrate holding means 10 during the conveyance of the display panel substrate is performed under the same timing, the return operation timing of the panel substrate holding means 10 during transportation is not the same. In such a case, the waiting position until the end of the operation of the panel substrate holding means 10 at the time of the downstream processing at the downstream processing position can be utilized.

Next, a method of determining the position of the display panel substrate 4 by the fixing means 3 while the processing is held by the panel substrate holding means 10 during transportation will be described.

Generally, reference marks are provided on the processing side and the processing place of the display panel substrate 4. FIG. 8 is a view showing an example of a reference mark provided on the display panel substrate 4. As the reference mark, the end mark 24 indicating the reference position of the end portion of the display panel, and the mounting position mark 25 displayed at the mounting position of the TAB or the IC or the like are formed. There are various types of reference mark types. In addition to the "+" or "‧" shown in Figure 8, there are various types such as "■", "T", "--" and "V".

In the panel substrate transfer device and the display panel module assembly device of the present invention, the panel substrate transport position determining means for transporting the display panel between the respective processing work devices and the processing work position has a movable means of X, Y, Z, and θ axes . When the display panel substrate 4 is transported from upstream to downstream to each of the processing work devices or the processing work position, the reference marks 24 and 25 of the display panel are detected by the CCD camera, and the posture of the display panel substrate 4 is calculated and determined by the panel substrate transport position. After the position correction is performed, the fixing means 3 is held by the process of transferring the processing to the holding/fixing display panel substrate 4, whereby the positional determination and fixation of the display panel substrate 4 to the processing position can be accurately performed.

9 and 10 are views showing an embodiment in which the display holding means 3 is positioned to hold the display panel substrate 4 in the process of the present invention, and the processing is performed while holding the vicinity of the fixing means 3. Figure 9 is a top view and Figure 10 is a side view.

In order to transmit the display panel substrate 4 with high precision and fix it to the processing side holding and fixing means 3, it is preferable to detect the reference to be provided on the processing side of the display panel substrate 4 in the vicinity of the processing side holding and fixing means 3 as much as possible. Marks 24, 25. In the apparatus of the present embodiment, a light source and a display panel reference mark detecting means including a CCD camera are provided between the processing working mechanism portion of each processing working device and the processing side holding and fixing means 3 provided on the front side of the processing working device. 26, configured to detect end marks 24 disposed at both ends of the display panel substrate. The reference mark is extracted by the pattern detected by the display panel reference mark detecting means 26, and the coordinate position and posture of the display panel can be calculated by calculating the coordinate position.

In order to detect the reference marks 24 and 25 on the side of the display panel processing in accordance with the various display panel sizes, it is necessary for the display panel reference mark detecting means 26 to move in the processing side direction (X direction). Even in the present embodiment, the movable means 28 in the X direction is provided in the two sets of detecting means for detecting the end marks 24 at both ends of the display panel substrate 4. (a) of FIG. 9 shows a display panel substrate having a narrow edge width in order to detect the left and right end portion marks 24 disposed on the display panel, and to be disposed on the left and right display panel reference mark detecting means 26L/R. 4N and the position of the display panel substrate 4W having a wide margin is changed.

The end mark 24 of the display panel conveyed by the panel substrate transport position determining means is detected by the display panel reference mark detecting means 26, and then the display panel posture is corrected, and the processing position of the processing work device is accurately positioned. One embodiment.

First, the display panel reference mark detecting means 26L/R is waited for at a position corresponding to the left and right end portion marks 24 of the processed display panel or a wide position. Then, the panel substrate transport position determining means detects the position of the end mark 24 by the display panel reference mark detecting means 26 provided to hold the fixing means 3 close to the processing, and transports the display panel substrate 4 while displaying The panel is temporarily placed on the processing side to hold the fixing means 3. Thereafter, the position of the end mark 24 provided at both end portions of the display panel substrate 4 is detected by the display panel reference mark detecting means 26, and the correct coordinate position and posture of the display panel substrate 4 are calculated. Based on the calculation result, the position or posture of the display panel is corrected, and the display panel is moved to a specific processing work position of the processing work device. Finally, the display panel substrate 4 is sucked by the adsorption suction port 29 for fixing the display panel which is provided on the surface of the fixing means 3, and the processing operation by the processing working device is started.

The end mark 24 provided on the display panel substrate 4 is present at the outer edge portion of the processing panel processing side as shown in FIG. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 9 or FIG. 10, it is necessary that the arrangement position of the display panel for detecting the reference mark and the position of the display panel substrate for performing the specific processing operation are different. However, the closer the detection position of the end mark 24 is to the position of the display panel substrate on which the processing operation is performed, of course, it is advantageous in terms of the positional accuracy of the display panel substrate 4.

Here, in the present invention, the configuration of the display panel reference mark detecting means 26 is provided close to and close to each other between the processing working mechanism portion of the processing working device and the processing side holding fixing means 3. Thereby, the display panel substrate 4 after the detection of the reference mark can be accurately positioned at the processing work position with a minimum moving distance in the Y-axis direction. The actual moving distance depends on the mounting size of the display panel reference mark detecting means 26. However, in consideration of the size of a real CCD camera or the like, it is sufficient as long as the number is 10 mm.

Further, depending on the type of processing operation such as the mounting process of the IC or the TAB, there is a case where the processing operation is performed only in one of the processing sides of the display panel. In the case where only a part of the processing side is processed, it is also possible to incorporate the display panel reference mark detecting means 26 into the processing unit. In this case, since the movement of the display panel substrate 4 after the detection of the reference marks 24 and 25 of the display panel substrate 4 is corrected, only the position of the display panel at the high-precision processing operation position can be determined and fixed.

In order to carry out each processing operation with high precision in the configuration of the present embodiment, it is important that the processing work position of the processing apparatus and the processing position of the fixed display panel substrate 4 are maintained in the relative positional relationship. Here, in the apparatus of the present embodiment, the processing-side holding means 3 and the processing-work mechanism part of the processing apparatus are integrally formed.

Further, in the apparatus of the present embodiment, the display panel reference mark detecting means 26 is corrected based on the processing side holding fixing means 3. In a method of applying the reference mark portion 31 to both end portions of the processing holding means 3, the reference mark portion 31 is detected by the display panel reference mark detecting means 26 to correct the display panel reference mark detecting means 26. The method of detecting the position coordinates. The detection position coordinates of the display panel reference mark detecting means 26 based on the processing side holding means 3 are used as the correction means, and various methods such as a method of correcting the jig or the like can be considered.

In this manner, the position of the processing operation position of the display panel substrate 4 can be accurately determined and fixed by using the processing holding holding means 3 as the absolute reference of the processing work position of the processing working device, thereby achieving high Accurate processing of job actions.

Further, it is also expected that the fixing means 3 can be held in the process of the present invention, and the display panel substrate 4 can be accurately positioned and fixed in position to the processing work position.

In the processing of the present invention, the holding means 3 is also provided with an effect of causing an influence on the processing side due to variations or errors in the surface of the display panel substrate which are blocked in the non-processed side region. In the meantime, it is assumed that mechanical force or vibration generated on the display panel substrate due to the holding operation of the panel substrate holding means 10 and the non-processing area holding means 5 during the conveyance performed during the processing operation may be considered as an error. The positional accuracy error of the height direction of the panel substrate holding means 10 or the non-processing area holding means 5 at the time of conveyance.

In the processing of the present invention, the fixing means 3 is held so that the processing side of the processing side of the display panel substrate has a uniform distance inside, parallel to the processing side and elongated in the processing direction, and the entire area is fixed and maintained across the processing side. . Therefore, it is possible to interrupt the mechanical force or vibration generated on the display panel substrate due to the holding and replacing operation performed on the opposite side of the processing while holding the fixing means 3, and the like, which is caused by the processing side in the processing operation. influences.

Further, the height position of the display panel substrate in the processing side region is also determined by the processing holding means 3 of the present invention in the vicinity of the fixed processing side. Therefore, it is possible to provide a margin in the height direction accuracy of the display panel holding means 10 or the non-processing area holding means 5 at the time of conveyance. The positional accuracy in the height direction or the like is allowed to be within the allowable range of the elastic deformation of the panel substrate holding means 10 or the holding portion of the non-processing area holding means 5 during the elasticity of the display panel substrate 4 itself or during the conveyance. In the panel substrate holding means 10 during transportation, the display panel substrate 4 must be adsorbed and held by air suction or the like. However, by using an elastic body such as a rubber pad in the adsorption portion, the elasticity of the display panel substrate 4 can be relatively easily maintained.

Since the display panel module assembling device is a large device, it is necessary to unitize each mechanism unit and combine them to constitute a device. However, in the division of the unit between the portions where the relative accuracy is required to be secured, it is difficult to adjust the relative positional accuracy in the assembly work. According to the present invention, the processing side maintaining means 3 is used as a boundary, and the relative positional accuracy of the processing apparatus side, the conveying apparatus side, and the counter processing side holding side can be secured. Therefore, even if the processing apparatus side and the conveying apparatus are provided The side and the counter-processing side are formed in different units, and it is also possible to make the alignment adjustment work and the like easier when combined. Needless to say, the processing side holding means 3 and the processing apparatus side are integrally formed, and the configuration can be simplified, and the distortion of the side of the display panel processing necessary for each processing operation can be corrected, and planarity can be ensured and high-precision processing can be performed. , as described above.

Next, a manner of fixing and holding the display panel substrate 4 holding the fixing means 3 in accordance with the processing will be described.

Fig. 11 is a view for explaining an embodiment of the fixing and holding mode of the display panel substrate 4 of the processing side holding and fixing means 3 according to the present invention. In the processing while holding the fixing means 3, it is necessary to fix the display panel substrate 4 of various sizes within a predetermined range. The dotted line in FIG. 11 indicates that the long side of the display panel substrate 4W having the largest size is the processing side, and the broken line indicates the arrangement where the short side of the display panel substrate 4N of the smallest size is the processing side. In order to keep the entire area of the fixed display panel substrate 4 smooth, it is necessary to be configured to be longer than the maximum length of the processed side of the transported display panel substrate.

The surface of the fixing means 3 is held while being processed, and an adsorption hole 29 for adsorbing the substrate is disposed in the processing operation. The adsorption portion of the holding means 3 is different from the adsorption portion of the panel substrate holding means 10 during transportation, and it is necessary to remove the distortion of the display panel substrate 4 and to smooth the processing side. Therefore, the processing holding means 3 is formed by directly processing the adsorption hole 23, the groove, or the like on a rigid body such as a smooth-processed metal surface.

In the case of the small display panel substrate 4N, only a part of the adsorption holes 29 provided in the processing holding means 3 is in contact with the display panel substrate 4N. In this case, a large amount of air flows in from the adsorption holes 29 of the display panel substrate 4N which are not adsorbed, and the adsorption force of the adsorption holes 29 of the adsorber of the display panel substrate 4N is lowered. Here, in the present embodiment, as shown in Fig. 11, the suction chamber 32 formed below the adsorption hole 29 of the processing holding means 3 is divided into a plurality of portions. The negative pressure system 34 supplied by the suction pump or the like is connected to the divided suction chambers 32a to 32 by the opening and closing valve 33. Then, the size of the display panel for performing the processing operation is different, and the opening and closing valve 33 is controlled to select the suction chamber 32 that generates the negative pressure, and only the adsorption holes 29 in the region where the panel substrate 4N exists are displayed to be adsorbed. Thereby, it is possible to perform adsorption in accordance with the area of the display panel size, and the holding force of the display panel substrate 4 which is stable can be obtained. In Fig. 12, the opening and closing valve 33 is provided in the suction chamber 32 directly below the adsorption hole 29. However, the opening and closing valve 33 is preferably provided as close as possible to the suction chamber 32 or the like close to the adsorption hole 29. When the opening and closing valve 33 is provided at a position away from the adsorption hole 29 or the suction chamber 32 by a pipe or the like, a time delay occurs in the adsorption operation after switching the valve, and the pressure is easily generated due to pressure loss of the pipe or the like. The problem.

The process of holding the fixing means 3 to the above-described processing will be described as an embodiment of the processing holding and fixing means 3 of the present invention, and other components necessary for the program may be replaced in the processing operation program. For example, in the present crimping process, the entire processing side of the display panel substrate 4 is held by the upper and lower blades and the upper blade, and heating/pressurization is performed. In the procedure of the fixing member having the processing side of the display panel substrate 4 supported by the entire area below, the lower edge can be used as the processing holding means 3 of the present invention. In this case, in addition to the lower blade, the display panel substrate 4 is fixed by means of the above-described adsorption or the like. However, even if the above-mentioned blade is held by the substrate, there is a case where the fixing means for the display panel substrate is unnecessary as long as it is held.

Next, the efficiency of the processing operation of the panel substrate transfer apparatus and the display panel module assembly apparatus to which the present invention is applied will be described, and the processing cycle will be speeded up. The display panel module assembly device is connected to a device that performs a plurality of processing operations, and continuously performs various processing operations on the display panel. Of course, there are differences in the processing time of each processing step. The processing device for the short-time step requires the processing of the processing device to wait for the step of taking the time. Since the transport interval of the display panel is limited by the processing device of the step of taking the time, the processing of the working device in the short-time step causes the work to stop.

In order to operate the processing apparatuses more efficiently, the number of processing apparatuses for the steps of connecting the time is more than the processing apparatus of the steps of the shorter time, and the balance of the production beats of the respective processing steps is considered. However, the number of processing apparatuses connected in this manner increases, and the length of the entire display panel module assembly apparatus becomes extremely long.

The processing operation of the display panel module assembly device can be roughly divided into a "processing operation step that requires a plurality of processing operations in one processing" and a "processing processing step in which a processing can be performed for one processing side". The "processing operation step that requires a plurality of processing operations in one processing" is a step of performing an individual processing operation at each mounting position of the TAB or the IC, and corresponds to a small side attach of the ACF or a mounting step of the TAB or the IC. On the other hand, the "processing operation step for performing a general processing for one processing side" is an ACF step in which the attachment region is attached or a TAB or IC based on the mounted long-length crimping blade. Wait.

Among them, the step of increasing the processing time is basically a processing operation step in which it is necessary to perform a plurality of processing operations at one processing. Therefore, as a method of increasing the speed of the processing work device having a long processing time, a plurality of processing unit mechanisms are disposed in one processing work device or at a processing work position, and simultaneous processing is performed while performing display panel processing. Simple and effective.

The processing work device A of Fig. 1 displays a processing work device that moves one processing unit mechanism 1 (A) and performs a plurality of processes. On the other hand, the mode display processing work device B is a processing work device in which two processing unit mechanisms 1a (B) and 1b (B) are arranged and the work processing of the two places can be performed. With respect to the processing unit 1 (A) of the processing apparatus A, the processing operation time of each processing unit mechanism 1a (B), 1b (B) of the processing working apparatus B is twice, and by adopting such a configuration, the display panel can be improved. The working efficiency of the entire module assembly device.

In the panel substrate transfer device and the display panel module assembly device of the present invention, it is possible to easily perform the simultaneous processing operation by arranging a plurality of processing units in such a single processing device or at a processing work position. Fig. 12 is a view showing an embodiment of a processing operation device for arranging a plurality of processing unit mechanisms 1. Each of the processing unit mechanisms 1 has a configuration in which only the movable means 2 in the X-axis direction is provided. In the embodiment of Fig. 12, the movable means in the X-axis direction or the X-axis movable guide 2 are made the same in the two processing unit mechanisms 1. Of course, it is possible to dispose each movable means or the X-axis movable guide 2 in the Y direction, and it is possible to apply separate movable means or X-axis movable guide 2 for each processing unit mechanism, but this method is costly. The aspect is unfavorable.

As described above, in the display panel module assembly device of the present invention, the fixing means 3 is held while the processing of the display panel substrate 4 is fixed and positioned before each processing operation mechanism. The display panel transported by the panel substrate transport position determining means 35 is fixed and held by the processing while holding the fixing means 3 with a predetermined accuracy.

Therefore, in the display panel module assembling apparatus of the present invention, if the relative positional relationship between the processing unit mechanism 1 and the processing side holding and fixing means 3 is adjusted in advance, it is not necessary to detect and control the positional relationship between the display panel substrate 4 and each processing unit. . In short, it is not necessary to perform relative position detection with the display panel for each processing operation and each processing unit. In this manner, the panel substrate transfer device and the display panel module assembly device can be easily realized by the simultaneous processing operation of the plurality of processing units in one processing work device or the processing work position.

Next, a method of performing high-precision processing will be described in the panel substrate transfer device and the display panel module assembly device of the present invention.

As described above with reference to FIG. 8, the general display panel substrate 4 is formed with an end mark 24 for displaying the end of the display panel, and a mounting position mark 25 for displaying the mounting position of the TAB or IC. In the above-described embodiment of the present invention, the end mark 24 is detected instead of the position mark 25, and the position of the display panel substrate 4 to be held while the fixing means 3 is being processed is determined. This is because of the following reasons.

In general, the mounting position mark 25 uses a small mark with respect to the end mark 24. This is because it is necessary to accurately position the mounting position of the TAB or IC. However, in order to detect a small mark, it is necessary to increase the decomposition energy of the image detecting device. On the other hand, the display panel substrate 4 is transported with a positional error of several hundred μm to several mm. Therefore, the mark position of the processing panel processing end side when the fixing means 3 is positioned and fixed by the fixing means 3 is changed within this range. In order to detect a wide range of image detection devices for detecting a wide range of image detection devices for small marks, the number of pixels necessary for the detection means increases, and the cost of the detection means increases. Further, the calculation time of the pattern matching processing or the coordinate conversion processing of the detected image processing becomes a lot of time. In this case, in consideration of the cost surface, the speed of the image detection/coordinate conversion, and the like, it is preferable to use the position mark 25 instead of the end mark 24 at both ends of the detection processing. Here, in the above-described embodiment, the end marks 24 at both ends of the processing side are detected.

Of course, the position of the display panel is corrected by the panel substrate transport position determining means 29 by the mounting position mark 25 at both ends of the processing side, and the fixing means 3 can be held while the processing is held. However, in the panel substrate transport position determining means 35, the display panel receiving operation of the panel holding means at the time of transport to the processing holding means 3 is performed, and the receiving error is somewhat generated. Since the high-accuracy detection of the above-described error level is substantially meaningless, it is preferable to determine the resolution of the detected mark in consideration of the conveyance precision, the reception accuracy, and the required position determination accuracy of the mechanism side.

In the panel substrate transport apparatus of the prior embodiment and the display panel module assembly apparatus using the apparatus, the end mark 24 at both ends of the processing side of the control panel is detected, and the display panel substrate 4 can be positioned and fixed to the processing side holding means 3 The accuracy is about 100 μm to about 10 μm.

However, in the processing operation of a part of the display panel module assembly device (such as a high-precision mounting process such as a TAB or an IC), an extremely high position determination accuracy of 10 μm to several μm or less is required. Hereinafter, in the present invention, a method of realizing a processing operation with extremely high positional accuracy will be described.

Fig. 13 is a view showing an embodiment of a processing work device which requires ultra-high-precision position determining processing of 10 μm to 10 μm or less. In the embodiment of Fig. 13, as in Fig. 12, the display processing unit mechanism 1 is arranged in two configurations. In the display panel module assembly device, it is necessary to perform processing for a large number of processing places, such as TAB or IC, which is required to have the highest precision, and therefore, there are many cases where the processing time is long. Here, in the embodiment of Fig. 13, the processing unit mechanism 1 is configured in two. Needless to say, as described above, the number of the processing unit mechanisms can be determined in consideration of the balance of the respective processing operations in the processing apparatus that requires ultra-high-precision position determination.

In the processing working device of the present embodiment, in order to achieve ultra-high-precision position determination, each processing unit mechanism 1 in the processing working device is provided with a mounting position mark 25 for detecting the display panel independently, and each processing unit mechanism is recognized with high precision. 1 The function of the position to be processed and the position to be determined.

Figure 14 is a diagram showing one embodiment of a processing unit mechanism for implementing such a function. The processing unit 1 includes a reference mark detecting means 36 including a light source for detecting a reference mark on the display panel, a CCD camera, and the like, and an XYZθ movable means 37 for moving the entire XYZ and θ direction moving processing means. The processing unit calculates the correction amount of the processing unit by the processing position correcting means 38 from the reference mark position information detected from the CCD camera, and corrects the processing position by the XYZθ movable means 37 to be specified on the side of the display panel processing. The position of the ACF is attached or the TAB is mounted.

In the panel substrate transport apparatus and the display panel module assembly apparatus of the present invention, the panel substrate transport position determining means 35 is used to position the display panel substrate 4 with the accuracy of about 100 μm to several 10 μm. fixed. Therefore, the image detection range of the reference mark detecting means 36 mounted on the processing unit mechanism for determining the high-precision position is not necessarily large. In short, in order to achieve high-precision position determination, even when the reference mark of the display panel is detected with high resolution, it is not necessary to make the necessary pixels extremely large. In this case, it is advantageous in terms of the cost of the detecting means, and also has the effect of shortening the calculation time of the image processing, which is advantageous in terms of high-speed processing.

In the same manner, the panel substrate transport device and the display panel module assembly device of the present invention using the panel substrate transport position determining means 35 or the processing side holding means 3 are used in the processing unit 30 of the processing unit 30 or ultra high precision. There are also many advantages to the location determination.

The processing unit 30 of the processing unit 1 having the reference mark detecting means 36, the processing position correcting means 38, and the XYZθ movable means 37 described with reference to Figs. 13 and 14 can basically only process the processing unit in the working unit. 1. The position correction 25 of the display panel substrate 4 is detected and corrected, and the processing is performed. Therefore, the end mark 18 of the display panel substrate 4 described with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10 and the like can be omitted, and the fixing means 3 can be held while being processed by the panel substrate transport position determining means 29, so that the display panel substrate 4 can be made. The composition of the position determination.

However, in this case, the panel substrate transport position determining means 35 is transported to the display panel substrate posture of the processing holding fixture 3, that is, the position of the display panel substrate at the processing position becomes messy. As a result, the image detection range required for the reference mark detecting means 36 for mounting the mark to be mounted on the processing unit side is widened. Compared with the end mark 24 of the display panel substrate 4, the number of pixels required for detecting the reference mark detecting means 36 of the processing unit having the small mounted mark 25 is extremely high. In this case, the cost of the reference mark detecting means 36 mounted on the processing unit side or the calculation time of the image processing or the like may be adversely affected.

When the end portion mark 24 of the display panel substrate 4 is detected, the fixing means 3 is held while being processed by the panel substrate transport position determining means 35, and the configuration for determining the position of the display panel substrate 4 is omitted, and it is necessary to Comprehensive evaluation and judgment on the processing speed and other aspects.

Next, the simultaneous processing method of the display panel processing of the plurality of processing unit mechanisms and the configuration or control of the X-axis in the one processing work apparatus or the processing work position described in FIG. 12, FIG. 13, and FIG. Ways, etc.

In the embodiment of Fig. 14, the X-axis movable means is disposed at the lowest position. This is because the X-axis is movable in a direction parallel to the processing side of the display panel substrate, and the moving distance is the longest. Further, with this configuration, the X-axis guide rail 2 can be shared by the plurality of processing units 1 provided in the processing device.

In the embodiment of Fig. 14, the X-axis movable means 2 can be used for both the purpose of moving the processing unit mechanism 1 between the processing positions of the processing side of the display panel and the purpose of positioning at each processing position. Since the movement between the processing positions required to move at a high speed and the position to the processing position where high-precision movement is required is determined, the movable distance for moving the processing unit mechanism 1 between the processing positions of the processing side of the display panel is large. Above the X-axis, a method of setting a high-precision micro-call X-axis movable means for determining the position of the processing position together with the movable means of the other axes can also be considered. In reality, a movable means of a plurality of X-axis is required, so it is necessary to select a configuration in consideration of a cost surface, a necessary accuracy, or a necessary moving speed.

Next, the control method of the complex processing unit will be described.

In the manner in which the processing unit 1 of the plurality of display panel substrates 4 is simultaneously processed, it is necessary to operate the processing unit at a close distance. In particular, in the case of a small display panel or a processing operation of a display panel having a short processing length, it is necessary to operate the processing unit as close as possible. Therefore, there is a possibility that a problem such as interference or collision between processing units occurs during the processing operation. Here, in the apparatus of the present embodiment, in order to collide with the surface treatment units, the operation timing of the plurality of processing units that perform the processing operation while driving the same display panel by the synchronous control is provided, and the control plural processing is collectively controlled. The processing unit operation timing control means for the operation timing of the unit mechanism. One of the basic control steps to the respective processing units in accordance with the processing unit operation timing control means is as follows.

Step 1: The processing unit action timing control means sends the processing position information and the movement instruction to each processing unit. Step 2: After each processing unit ends the movement, the end movement is reported to the processing unit operation timing control means. Step 3: The processing unit operation timing control means issues an instruction to start processing of each processing unit. Step 4: After each processing unit ends the predetermined processing operation, the end processing is reported to the processing unit operation timing control means. Step 5: The processing unit action timing control means sends an instruction to each processing unit to move to the next processing position. When an abnormality occurs in each processing operation or moving operation, the situation is reported to the processing unit operation timing control means, and the processing unit operation timing control means stops moving to the next operation or the movement processing, thereby preventing collision of each processing unit. Wait.

As described above, by providing the substrate mark detection and processing position correction means and the processing unit operation timing control means of each processing unit in each processing unit, a plurality of processing units can be disposed in the processing operation device for the first time, thereby improving one display. The processing efficiency of the panel substrate 4.

15 and FIG. 16 are views for explaining an embodiment of a control method of the panel substrate transporting apparatus and the display panel module assembling apparatus using the same according to the present invention.

In Fig. 15, A-1 to A-4 show each processing work device 52, and B-1 to B-4 show the panel substrate holding means 10 at the time of transport of the display panel before being transported and held by each of the processing work devices 52. B-1 to B-4 shown by broken lines indicate the position of the panel substrate holding means 10 at the time of conveyance after the display panel is conveyed. As described above, the panel substrate holding means 10 is moved substantially linearly before the processing work device 52, but the position of the panel substrate holding means 10 at the time of conveyance after the conveyance indicated by a broken line is shown in the drawing. The lower side of the position of the panel substrate holding member 10 at the time of conveyance before conveyance is shown. Actually, the one-dot chain lines drawn at the center of the panel substrate holding means 10 at the time of conveyance before and after the conveyance are identical.

The panel substrate holding means 10 for each of the panel substrate transport position determining means 35 is driven by the independent driving device 50 (M-1 to M-5). As the driving device, a general linear driving means such as a linear motor or a ball screw system can be used. S-1 to S-5 in Fig. 15 are sensors 51 for detecting the coordinate position of the panel substrate holding means 10 (B-1 to B-5) during transportation.

The control device of the present embodiment is a system operation timing control means 43 (MC) for arranging the basic operation timing of the entire control device system at the top. In the lower position, the display panel transport operation control means 47 (BC-1) and the respective processing work implement control means 40 (AC-1 to AC-4) are disposed.

Next, the display panel transport operation control method in the present control system will be described. The basic operations of the display panel substrate transport and processing operations are as follows.

First, the system operation timing control means 43 (MC) transmits a conveyance operation start signal 46a to the display panel conveyance operation control means 47 (BC-1). Upon receiving the transport operation start signal 46a, the display panel transport operation control means 47 (BC-1) performs one of the following series of operation controls. (1) The panel substrate holding means 10 for transporting each of the panel substrate transport position determining means 35 is transported, and the display panel positioned at the upstream side processing work position is transported to the processing work position on the downstream side. (2) The end mark 24 of the display panel is detected by the display panel reference mark detecting means 26, and the display panel posture is corrected. (3) The display panel substrate is adsorbed and fixed to the processing side holding means 3. After the above series of operations are completed, the panel transport operation control means 47 (BC-1) transmits a display panel transport end signal 44a to the system operation timing control means 43 (MC).

Next, the system operation timing control means 43 (MC) receives the display panel conveyance end signal 44a, and simultaneously transmits the respective processing operation start signals 42 to the respective processing operation device control means 40 (AC-1 to AC-4). Each of the processing unit control means 40 (AC-1 to AC-4) that has received each of the processing operation start signals 42 starts control of a predetermined processing operation.

Further, the system operation timing control means 43 (MC) receives the display panel conveyance end signal 44a, and transmits the conveyance system return operation start signal 46b to the display panel conveyance operation control means 47 (BC-1). The display panel transport operation control means 47 (BC-1) that has received the transport return operation start signal 46b performs one of the following series of operation controls. (1) The non-processing area holding means is lowered to hold the lower side of the edge of the non-processed side of the display panel substrate. (2) The suction of the display panel substrate by the panel substrate transport position determining means is released, and after the panel substrate transport position determining means is lowered and retracted, the panel substrate holding means 10 at the time of transport is returned to the processing position on the upstream side. (3) The panel substrate holding means 10 at the time of conveyance is entered from the lower surface of the display panel substrate being processed, and the display panel substrate is held and fixed. (4) The holding member of the non-processing area holding means retreats. After the above series of operations are completed, the panel transport operation control means 47 (BC-1) transmits the transport system return operation end signal 44b to the system operation timing control means 43 (MC).

Further, after each of the processing unit control means 40 (AC-1 to AC-4) ends the predetermined processing operation, the processing operation end signal 41 is sequentially sent to the system operation timing control means 43 (MC).

The conveyance system return operation completion signal 44b from the display panel conveyance operation control means 47 (BC-1) and each processing operation end signal 41 from each of the processing operation device control means 40 (AC-1 to AC-4) are received. The system operation timing control means 43 (MC) transmits the next conveyance operation start signal 46a to the display panel conveyance operation control means 47 (BC-1). By repeating this process, the conveyance of the display panel substrate 4 by the panel substrate transport position determining means 35 and the processing operation of each processing apparatus can be continuously performed.

In addition to the above, the display panel transport operation control means 47 (BC-1) or the respective processing work implement control means 40 (AC-1 to AC-4) are used for the control means of the display panel module assembly apparatus of the present embodiment. The state signal or the error information at the time of occurrence of the abnormality in the transportation operation or the processing operation is sent to the system operation timing control means 43 (MC).

The status signal of the display panel transport operation control means 47 (BC-1) is received by the downstream side of the display panel holding device 3, and the display panel substrate 4 is received, the display panel is being transported, and the display panel position is determined and upstream. When the display panel of the fixing means 3 is fixed in the side processing, the holding operation of the substrate by the non-processing area holding means, the return movement of the panel substrate holding means 10 during transportation, and the retraction of the non-processing area holding means upward are completed. .

In addition, the status signals of the processing unit control means 40 (AC-1 to AC-4) are sent to the system action in addition to the processing end signal 41, and various status signals of the contents of the processing operations are transmitted to the system. The timing control means 43 (MC) is constructed.

The display panel module assembly device is composed of a plurality of various work processing devices or a plurality of panel substrate transport position determining means 35. In order to make the display panel module assembly apparatus safe and efficient, it is necessary to perform comprehensive monitoring and management in an instant manner by timing the operation of these many processing apparatuses 52 or the panel substrate transport position determining means 35.

In the configuration of the present embodiment, various state signals or error information from the display panel transport operation control means 47 (BC-1) or the respective processing work device control means 40 (AC-1 to AC-4) are arranged. The system operation timing control means 43 (MC) that manages the entire operation of the control system in an integrated manner realizes the operation operation of the safe and efficient display panel module assembly device.

Further, the process of shifting the acceleration/deceleration timing between the respective transfer means can be easily performed by the timing control of the display panel transport operation control means 47 (BG-1). The details of the communication signals of various other operating conditions depend on the function or operation mode of each processing device, and are sometimes confusing because of the complexity. However, it is of course important to make a decision after thinking about the necessary functions or operation modes.

In Fig. 15, among the A-2 of the processing unit 52, blocks of UC-1 to UC-3 are described. A-2 of the processing working device 52 of Fig. 15 shows a configuration in which the processing unit has a complex processing unit mechanism as described with reference to Figs. 12 to 14 and the like. The blocks UC1 to UC-3 display the control means 45 of these processing unit mechanisms. Fig. 15 of the present embodiment is a configuration in which the processing unit A-2 is disposed inside three processing unit mechanisms.

In this manner, the processing unit 52 has a plurality of processing unit mechanisms 1 and is disposed below each processing unit control unit 40 (AC-2), and each processing unit mechanism control unit 45 (UC-1 to UC) is disposed. -3) Control of the operation timing and the like is performed by each processing device control means 40 (AC-2).

Fig. 16 is a view showing the system operation timing control means 43 (MC), the display panel conveyance operation control means 47 (BC-1), and the respective processing operation means control means 40 (AC-1 to AC-3) of the embodiment of Fig. 15 described above. One of the basic control signals or access between the embodiments.

First, the conveyance/position determination operation control signal 53a of the system operation timing control means 43 is raised, and the panel conveyance operation control means 47 (BC-1) is raised to raise the conveyance/position determination operation signal 55 to start the display panel substrate. 4 transfer/position determination action. After the conveyance/position determination operation of the display panel is completed, the display panel conveyance operation control means 47 (BC-1) lowers the conveyance/position determination operation signal 55. Thereafter, the panel transport operation control means 47 (BC-1) is moved to move the panel substrate holding means 10 to the waiting position.

The system operation timing control means 43 receives the drop of the conveyance/position determination operation signal 55, lowers the conveyance/position determination operation control signal 53b, and raises each of the processing operation device control signals 54.

Each processing device control means 40 (AC ～1 to AC-3...) receives the rise of each processing device control signal 54 and raises the processing operation signal 56 (AC-1 to AC-3...) to start. Each processing operation is performed.

Further, when the system operation timing control means 43 raises each of the processing operation device control signals 54, the conveyance system return operation control signal 53b is raised. The display panel conveyance operation control means 47 (BC-1) receives the rise of the conveyance system return operation control signal 53b, and raises the conveyance system return operation signal 55b to start the conveyance system return operation.

Each of the processing unit control means 40 (AC-1 to AC-3...) stops the processing operation signal 56 (AC-1 to AC-3...) after the predetermined processing operation is completed. Further, the display panel transport operation control means 47 (BC-1) lowers the transport system return operation signal 55b after the transport system return operation is completed.

The system operation timing control means 37 confirms the drop of the conveyance system return operation signal 55b of the display panel conveyance operation control means 47 (BC-1), and the processing operation device control means 40 (AC-1 to AC-3...). After the fall of the signal 56 (AC-1 to AC-3...) in the processing operation, the transport/position determining operation control signal 53a is raised, and the transport/position determining operation of the next display panel substrate 4 is started. By repeating this process, a series of transports and various processing operations are continuously controlled.

In the above, the start timing of the transport return operation may be any time after the display panel substrate 4 is fixed to the processing and the fixing means 3 is held. However, it can be seen from the control procedure described above that the transport system returns to the operation, and if it is not possible to complete the processing operation of all the processing apparatuses, the processing apparatus will be processed until the next display panel substrate is transported. Generate a wait action.

In order to prevent the waiting operation of the unnecessary processing device, it is necessary to control the transfer system return operation start timing so that the transport system returns to the operation and the completion of the processing operation of the latest processing work device.

Therefore, it is necessary to make the transfer system return operation time shorter than the processing work time of the latest processing work device. The processing operation time of the processing unit differs depending on the content of the processing operation, and is substantially longer than the above-described transport system return operation.

In order to control the waiting time of each processing operation device with less operation, the processing time of each processing operation device is made close using a method such as simultaneous processing of the plurality of units, and at a time shorter than the processing time of each processing operation device. It is important to perform the motion control plan in such a way that the transport system returns to the end of the operation.

When the panel substrate transport position determining means 35 (the panel substrate holding means 10 during transport) or the processing apparatus 52 malfunctions, the system operation timing control means 43 sends the error occurrence information 41e. Further, the system operation timing control means 43 (MC) does not transmit the conveyance position determination end signal 44a or the conveyance system return operation end signal 44b from the display panel conveyance operation control means 47 (BC-1) within a predetermined time, When each processing operation end signal 41 from each of the processing operation device control means 40 (AC-1 to AC-3...) is determined, a method such as a system error can be considered.

In addition to the embodiment of the present invention described with reference to FIGS. 15 and 16, the processing device control means 40 can also be considered for independently controlling the driving control of each of the panel substrate transport position determining means 35. In this case, since the plurality of processing unit control means 40 controls the plurality of panel substrate transport position determining means 35, it is difficult to accurately match the movement timing between the panel substrate transport position determining means 35. Therefore, it is necessary to take measures to prevent collision between the panel substrate holding means 10 during transportation of the adjacent panel substrate transport position determining means 35.

When the respective processing device control means 40 independently performs the drive control of each of the panel substrate transport position determining means 35, it is possible to easily prevent the collision between the panel substrate holding means 10 during the transport of the adjacent panel substrate transport position determining means 35. An embodiment of the control method is explained below.

When the panel substrate holding means 10 is moved to the downstream side during the operation of the panel substrate transport position determining means 35, when the panel substrate holding means 10 at the most downstream side is moved to the upstream side, the most The panel substrate holding means 10 during the upstream transportation is sequentially moved, and the collision of the panel substrate holding means 10 during the adjacent conveyance can be prevented easily and reliably. In the case where the panel substrate holding means 10 is moved to the downstream side during transport, the processing apparatus control means 40 of the panel substrate transport position determining means 35 on the most downstream side is controlled to move the panel substrate holding means 10 during transport. On the downstream side, the movement information is sent to the processing unit control means 40' of the panel substrate transport position determining means 35 on the upstream side of the control, and the manner in which the panel substrate holding means 10 is moved while being transported toward the downstream side in this order . In the case where the panel substrate holding means 10 is moved to the upstream side during transportation, the processing apparatus control means 40' for controlling the panel substrate transport position determining means 35 on the most upstream side moves the panel substrate holding means 10 to the upstream during transport. On the other hand, the movement information is transmitted to the processing unit control means 40' of the panel substrate transport position determining means 35 on the downstream side of the control, and the movement of the panel substrate holding means 10 during the transport is sequentially performed toward the upstream side.

The movement information transmitted by the processing device control means 40' may be the movement completion information of the panel substrate holding means 10 during transportation. In this case, the movement of the panel substrate holding means 10 during the entire display panel module is very high. Spend time. In order to realize the movement operation of the panel substrate holding means 10 during the conveyance of the higher-speed display panel module, the movement information transmitted by the processing device control means 40' is the movement start information of the panel substrate holding means 10 during the transfer. good. Therefore, the processing device control means 40' can start the movement of the panel substrate holding means 10 during the transfer in the range where there is no risk of collision between the adjacent panel substrate holding means 10 during transportation, so that the entire display panel module The movement operation time of the panel substrate holding means 10 at the time of conveyance can be suppressed to be shorter.

In this manner, since the panel substrate holding means 10 does not move at the same time during transportation, there is no need to worry that the maximum current required for the panel substrate holding means 10 during acceleration and deceleration is extremely large. Further, the display panel transport operation control means 47 (BC-1) is also unnecessary.

However, in this manner, the waiting operation time of the panel substrate transport position determining means 35 becomes indeterminate as compared with the method of using the display panel transport operation control means 47 (BC-1), and the operation time of the panel substrate transport position determining means 35 is delayed. There is also a tendency to become longer. When it is necessary to reciprocate the display panel module assembly device or the panel substrate transport position determining means 35 formed by a plurality of work processing apparatuses in a shorter period of time, and further, it is necessary to secure the transport time of the display panel. This aspect is disadvantageous in comparison with the method of using the display panel transport operation control means 47 (BC-1).

As described above, according to the present invention, the transport or position determining operation of the display panel of the display panel module assembling device can be realized at a high speed by a simple device configuration. Further, in the display panel module assembling apparatus of the present invention, it is relatively easy to correspond to the size of various display panels from the large board to the small board. Further, in the display panel module assembling apparatus of the present invention, the processing unit mechanism of each processing apparatus is complicated to be complicated or highly accurate.

The invention provides a display panel module assembling device which is highly adaptable to various panels and can be processed at high speed and high precision.

1. . . Processing unit mechanism (A to D: processing unit)

2. . . X-axis movable means or movable guide of processing unit (A~D: processing operation device)

3. . . Maintaining the fixing means (A to D: processing operation device)

4. . . Display panel (A to D: processing unit / W: wide and wide panel, N: narrow and wide panel)

5. . . Non-processing area holding means (A to D: processing operation device)

6. . . X-axis movable part of the conveyance position determining means (A to D: upstream side - downstream side processing work means)

7. . . Y-axis movable portion of the transport position determining means (A to D: upstream side - downstream side processing device)

8. . . Z-axis movable portion of the conveyance position determining means (A to D: upstream side - downstream side processing operation device)

9. . . Θ-axis movable portion of the transport position determining means (A to D: upstream side - downstream side processing device)

10. . . Panel substrate holding means (A to D: upstream side - downstream side processing means) when transporting the position determining means

11. . . Panel substrate holding means support arm (A to D: upstream side - downstream side processing operation device) at the time of transport of the transport position determining means

12. . . Holding arm of non-processing area holding means (sliding/rotating type)

13. . . Mechanism for sliding the holding arm 12 in the horizontal direction

14. . . The non-processing area holding means is a hanging member movable in the up and down direction

15. . . Rotary rotation means for holding the rotating shaft of the arm

16. . . Rotating non-processing area holding means

17. . . The holding area width is maintained according to the processing edge and the processing edge (S1, S2, G1, G2: processing edge)

Fig. 1 is a view showing a basic configuration of a panel substrate transporting apparatus and a display panel module assembling apparatus using the same according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2A and 2B are side views of Fig. 1 for explaining a state of processing and conveyance of the display panel substrate.

3A and 3B are front views of Fig. 1 for explaining a state of processing and conveyance of the display panel substrate.

4A and 4B are views for explaining an embodiment (direct motion type) of the non-treatment area holding means 5 of the embodiment of the present invention.

5A and 5B are views for explaining an embodiment (rotary type) of the non-treatment area holding means 5 of the embodiment of the present invention.

6A, 6B, and 6C are views for explaining a holding area of the substrate holding fixing means according to the processing type different from the embodiment of the present invention, and a holding area of the display panel holding means according to the conveyance.

Fig. 7 is a view for explaining a basic transport operation of the display panel substrate of the embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 8 is a view for explaining an example of a reference mark provided on a display panel in an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 9 is a top view showing the vicinity of the processing side holding means of the embodiment of the present invention, and is a view for explaining a manner in which the position of the display panel is determined by the processing side holding means.

Fig. 10 is a side view showing the vicinity of the processing side holding and fixing means of the embodiment of the present invention, and is a view for explaining a manner in which the position of the display panel is determined by the processing side holding means.

Fig. 11 is a view for explaining a method of holding a display panel of a different size according to a process of maintaining a fixing means according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 12 is a view for explaining a mode in which a plurality of display panels are simultaneously operated by a plurality of processing units according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 13 is a view showing the configuration of a processing work device necessary for explaining the ultra-high-precision position determining process of the embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 14 is a view showing an embodiment of a position determining mechanism unit of a processing unit of the processing working device necessary for the ultra-high-precision position determining process of the embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 15 is a view for explaining an embodiment of a control unit configuration of a panel substrate transporting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 16 is a view for explaining an embodiment of a basic control method of the panel substrate transporting apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

1. . . Processing unit mechanism (A to D: processing unit)

2. . . X-axis movable means or movable guide of processing unit (A~D: processing operation device)

3. . . Maintaining the fixing means (A to D: processing operation device)

4. . . Display panel (A to D: processing unit / W: wide and wide panel N: narrow and wide panel)

5. . . Non-processing area holding means (A to D: processing operation device)

6. . . X-axis movable part of the conveyance position determining means (A to D: upstream side - downstream side processing work means)

7. . . Y-axis movable portion of the transport position determining means (A to D: upstream side - downstream side processing device)

8. . . Z-axis movable portion of the conveyance position determining means (A to D: upstream side - downstream side processing operation device)

9. . . Θ-axis movable portion of the transport position determining means (A to D: upstream side - downstream side processing device)

10. . . Panel substrate holding means (A to D: upstream side - downstream side processing means) when transporting the position determining means

Claims (28)

A display panel module assembly device is characterized in that a display panel substrate is sequentially transported between successive plural processing devices or processing work positions, and various processing operations are sequentially performed on the edge of the display panel substrate to mount electronic components. The display panel module assembly device is characterized in that the display panel substrate for holding processing is provided at each processing work device or processing work position, and the processing side of the display panel substrate is uniformly spaced from the processing side. Parallel to the processing side and elongated in the processing direction, the processing side holding and fixing the entire area across the processing side while maintaining the fixing means and maintaining the fixing means for the processing side to the lower side of the display panel substrate on the side opposite to the processing side of the display panel substrate The area is provided by at least one of the non-processing area holding means supported by the upper side, and has a plurality of reciprocating movements between the adjacent processing apparatuses or the processing work positions, and can be performed to the processing apparatus or the processing operation position Panel substrate transfer position determined by display panel substrate position Determining means, while the panel substrate transfer position determining means, comprising fixing means for holding the handle when transporting panel substrates while maintaining the substrate below the display panel opposite to the side area of the display panel substrate holding means for processing feed side. The display panel module assembly device of claim 1, wherein the non-processing area holding means maintains the fixing means by the processing, and at least one of the display panel substrate positions that are fixedly held during each processing operation The arm-shaped holding member that lowers the lower side of the edge of the non-processed side of the display panel substrate above the panel surface to hold the display panel substrate is held. The display panel module assembly device according to claim 2, wherein the arm-shaped holding member of the non-processing region holding means can be retracted above the upper surface of the display panel substrate when the display panel substrate is not held. The display panel module assembly device according to claim 3, wherein the non-processing region holding means includes a movable means for allowing the arm-shaped holding member to enter and retreat to an area below the edge of the display panel substrate, and to cause the non- The processing area holding means retracts to the movable means in the vertical direction for the upper side of the display panel substrate. The display panel module assembling apparatus of claim 3, wherein the non-processing area holding means has a rotation means for holding an arm-shaped holding member centering on an axis of the panel side to be held by the rotation means The retracting operation of holding the arm-shaped holding member above the edge of the display panel substrate on the lower surface of the edge of the display panel substrate according to the arm-shaped holding member is performed. The display panel module assembly device according to claim 1, wherein the non-processing region holding means provided in each of the processing working devices or the processing work position corresponds to a size, a processing side length, and a processing position of the processed panel substrate. And so on, the installation position and the holding position of the display panel substrate according to the above-described arm-shaped holding member can be changed. The display panel module assembly device according to claim 1, further comprising: a display panel for transporting the display panel substrate and the processing device or the processing operation position between the processing device or the processing work position When the panel substrate transport position determining means determines the position of the substrate, the panel substrate holding means for transporting the lower surface of the display panel substrate is held, and the display panel substrate can be changed depending on the size of the processed panel substrate or the position of the processed side. Variable mechanism for maintaining position. The display panel module assembly device according to the first aspect of the invention, wherein the panel substrate holding means for transporting the panel substrate transport position determining means is provided in each processing device or processing operation position when the display panel substrate is held The processing-holding fixing means enters and retreats to the display panel substrate processing position of each processing operation position from above the display panel substrate holding surface, and is provided in each processing operation device or processing operation position when the display panel substrate is not held. The process side holding and fixing means enters and retreats from the lower side of the display panel substrate holding surface to the display panel substrate processing position of each processing work device. The display panel module assembly device according to the first aspect of the invention, wherein the panel substrate holding means for transporting the panel substrate transport position determining means is formed to prevent an arm-shaped holding member from the non-processing side holding means from being displayed The escape area that the panel substrate contacts when it is received. The display panel module assembly device of claim 1, wherein the non-processing edge holding means allows the holding member of the display panel substrate to enter the display panel after the display panel substrate is positioned and fixed to the processing side holding means The lower surface of the edge of the substrate holds the display panel substrate, and the holding member of the display panel substrate is controlled to be retracted from the lower surface of the edge of the display panel substrate before the positioning of the display panel substrate holding the fixing means is released. The display panel module assembly device according to the first aspect of the invention, wherein the panel substrate holding means for transporting the panel substrate transport position determining means is for holding the display panel substrate according to the non-processing side holding means The control is performed such that the separation operation of the transported display panel substrate and the holding operation of the display panel substrate that is subsequently carried out are performed. The display panel module assembly device according to the first aspect of the invention, wherein the processing operation of each processing device, the holding and retracting operation of the display panel substrate of the non-processing side holding means, and the display of the panel substrate holding means during the transfer The panel substrate holding and retracting operation is controlled so as to be performed while maintaining the display panel substrate in a state where the display panel substrate is fixed by the processing. In the display panel module assembly device according to the first aspect of the invention, the panel substrate holding means for transporting the panel substrate transport position determining means may be a processing work position other than the transport of the display panel. The manner in which the intermediate position is stopped/waited is constructed. The display panel module assembly apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processing panel substrate processing side of the fixing means is held while the processing is performed, and the fixing means is held close to the processing side, and the detection is determined by the panel substrate transport position. The panel substrate posture detecting means that is transported to the processing device or the posture of the display panel substrate at the processing position, and the panel substrate transport position determining means according to the detection result of the display panel substrate posture of the panel substrate posture detecting means The display panel substrate is controlled by controlling the position of the display panel substrate and determining the position of the processing holding means. The display panel module assembly device according to claim 1, wherein the processing means or the processing operation position maintaining the fixing means is performed between the plurality of panel substrate transport position determining means The manner in which the panel substrate is received is constructed. The display panel module assembly device of claim 1, wherein the processing side maintains the fixing means such that the inner side of the processing side of the processing panel substrate is a uniform distance from the processing side and is processed parallel to the processing side. The side direction is slender, and is maintained across the entire processing side, and has a suction port for vacuum-adsorbing the display panel substrate. The display panel module assembly device according to claim 1, further comprising: a display panel for transporting the display panel substrate and the processing device or the processing operation position between the processing device or the processing work position When the panel substrate transport position determining means determines the position of the substrate, the panel substrate holding means for transporting the lower surface of the display panel substrate is held, and the suction port of the display panel substrate is vacuum-adsorbed to the display panel substrate. The display panel module assembly device according to the first aspect of the invention, wherein the panel substrate transport position determining means is disposed on a transport means that spans a plurality of processing apparatuses or a plurality of processing positions between the processing operations The driving means in the orthogonal direction, the vertical direction, and the rotational direction are laminated. The display panel module assembly device according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the processing device or the processing operation position is provided in a process of fixing the display panel substrate fixed to the processing while holding the fixing means A processing unit that performs processing operations simultaneously. The display panel module assembly device according to the first aspect of the invention, wherein at least one of the processing device or the processing work position is provided with a process of fixing the display panel substrate fixed to the processing side holding means The processing unit of the processing operation includes the processing unit position correcting means for correcting the relative position between the processing side of the display panel substrate and the processing unit, and the panel substrate posture for detecting the processing side posture of the display panel substrate to be processed. The detecting means and the processing unit position correction amount calculating means for calculating the position correction amount of each of the processing units by the detection result of the panel substrate posture detecting means. The display panel module assembly device of claim 19 or 20, wherein the processing unit that performs the processing operation on the processing of the display panel substrate has a movement movable in a direction parallel to the processing side of the display panel substrate means. The display panel module assembly device of claim 19, wherein the plurality of processing units that simultaneously perform processing operations on one side of one display panel substrate have a direction movable in a direction parallel to the arrangement direction of the processing unit. Means of moving. The display panel module assembly device of claim 19, wherein the processing operation of the plurality of processing units for controlling the simultaneous processing of one side of one display panel substrate and the shifting of the processing position between the substrate sides The processing unit action timing control means of the shifting movement operation timing. The display panel module assembly device of claim 19, wherein the processing unit has at least one of a width direction, a thickness direction, a longitudinal direction, and a rotation direction of each axis of the display panel substrate. The processing means for correcting the position of each processing unit and the processing unit having the position correcting means are disposed on a movable means movable in the processing direction of the display panel substrate. A panel substrate transport apparatus that sequentially transports a specific work position of a display panel substrate reciprocating number, is characterized in that the display panel substrate is provided to hold the display panel substrate at the specific work position A specific distance from the side of the specific side to the inner side, parallel to a specific side and elongated in a specific side direction, the specific side holding the fixed portion at the same time across the specific side maintaining the fixing means, and maintaining the fixing means for the aforementioned processing side At least one or more non-processing area holding means supported by the upper side of the display panel substrate on the opposite side of the processing side of the display substrate, and having a plurality of reciprocating movements between the adjacent specific working positions, and at the same time The panel substrate transport position determining means that determines the position of the display panel substrate at the specific work position, and the panel substrate transport position determining means includes the lower surface of the display panel substrate on the opposite side of the specific side holding the fixed side of the display panel substrate. Panel substrate during transport Holding means. The panel substrate transport apparatus of claim 25, wherein the non-processing area holding means holds the fixing means by the processing, and displays at least one display panel substrate position that is fixedly held during each processing operation An arm-shaped holding member that is suspended below the edge of the non-processed side of the panel substrate and that is lowered above the panel surface to hold the display panel substrate. The panel substrate transfer device of claim 26, wherein the arm-shaped holding member of the non-treatment region holding means can be retracted above the upper surface of the display panel substrate when the display panel substrate is not held. A display panel module assembly method is characterized in that a display panel substrate is sequentially transported between successive multiple processing operations devices or processing work positions, and various processing operations are sequentially performed on the edge of the display panel substrate to mount electronic components. In the method of assembling a display panel module, in order to maintain the processed display panel substrate during processing of each processing work device or processing work position, the processing side of the processing panel substrate is uniformly spaced from the inside. Parallel to the processing edge and elongated in the processing direction, and maintained across the entire processing edge while being fixed, and maintaining the fixed position on the processing side to the lower side of the edge of the display panel substrate on the opposite side of the processing panel substrate to the upper side At least one or more holding members of the hanging support hold the display panel substrate, and while holding the display panel substrate between the adjacent processing work devices or the processing work positions, the lower surface of the display panel substrate is held and moved by reciprocating transport Adjacent to each of the aforementioned processing work devices or processing work positions Conveyance means between the display panel and the substrate transfer position to the treatment plant or the working position of the decision.