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Apparatus for inspecting packaged electronic device
Assignee: Omron Corp
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Filing: 1988-01-12
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Granted: 1992-03-03
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Expires: 2008-01-12
Abstract
Abstract A printed circuit board inspecting apparatus, in which image data of a packaged circuit board under inspection obtained by picking up the image of the circuit board are processed through predetermined processing procedure for examining packaged states of parts mounted on the packaged cicuit board. The apparatus comprises an imaging unit for picking up the image of a packaged circuit board, a decision unit for deciding the state of the parts mounted on the packaged circuit board, and a visualizing unit for displaying visibly the result of the decision and position of the relevant part in correspondence with each other. The apparatus can further include a land extracting unit for extracting lands from the image obtained through the imaging of the packaged circuit board under inspection, an alarm condition setting unit for setting the condition for generating an alarm, and an alarm generating unit for generating the alarm when the alarm condition is met by the result of decision made by the decision unit.
Inventors
- 👤 Teruhisa Yotsuya
- 👤 Shigeki Kobayashi
- 👤 Yasuaki Tanimura
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 17:42
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01R; G01R31/00; G01R31/28; G01R31/302; G01R31/308; G01R31/309; G01R31/2801; G01R31/2806
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 20
Claim 1
Independent Claim
102 words
A method for determining whether parts having at least two electrodes are correctly mounted relative to conductor lands on a packaged printed circuit board, comprising: picking up an image of the packaged circuit board and producing image data corresponding to the packaged circuit board; extracting conductor land shape data corresponding to the position of the conductor lands from the image data; deciding from the image data the state of the parts relative to the conductor lands located on the packaged circuit board; displaying a result of said decision means and the position of the parts and conductor lands relative to each other.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
102 words
A method for determining whether parts having at least two electrodes are correctly mounted relative to conductor lands on a packaged printed circuit board, comprising: picking up an image of the packaged circuit board and producing image data corresponding to the packaged circuit board; extracting conductor land shape data corresponding to the position of the conductor lands from the image data; deciding from the image data the state of the parts relative to the conductor lands located on the packaged circuit board; displaying a result of said decision means and the position of the parts and conductor lands relative to each other.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising subjecting said conductor land shape data to chrominance/brightness conversion.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
40 words
The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein said decision step includes checking whether said conductor land shape data which has been subjected to chrominance/brightness conversion exceeds a predetermined reference value for each pixel within a conductor land extracting region.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
74 words
The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein different kinds of said parts are mounted on the circuit board and said decision step uses a plurality of inspecting algorithms, and wherein each of the inspecting algorithms cuts out an image portion from the image data which is appropriate for one kind of the parts, and decides from the image portion the state of the one kind of the parts on the packaged circuit board.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising setting an alarm condition, and generating an alarm when the alarm condition is satisfied.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
35 words
The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein said alarm condition is satisfied when misalignment of a same part is detected on a predetermined number of successive packaged circuit boards set in said setting step.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
48 words
The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein said alarm condition is satisfied when, for a plurality of successive packaged circuit boards, misalignment of a same part is detected on a number of said successive packaged circuit boards which exceeds a predetermined number set in said setting step.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
37 words
The inspection apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein said alarm condition is satisfied when a ratio of detection of misaligned parts to detection of aligned parts on a single packaged circuit board exceeds a predetermined ratio.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
33 words
The inspection apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said decision step further includes processing said image data to determine whether the position of the land on the packaged circuit board is satisfactory.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
169 words
A packaged substrate inspecting apparatus for determining whether parts having at least two electrodes are correctly mounted relative to conductor lands on packaged printed circuit boards, comprising: image taking means for producing images of a bare printed circuit board and a circuit board having components mounted thereon; land extracting means for extracting from the images produced by the image taking means the conductor lands on which components are to be mounted and for obtaining land shape data corresponding to geometrical characteristics of the conductor lands; positional relationship determining means for determining positional relationships between the conductor lands on the printed circuit board and components mounted thereon on the basis of the geometrical data obtained by the land extracting means; decision means for deciding from the positional relationships obtained by the position relationship determining means if a component is properly placed and producing a result indicative thereof; and visualizing means for displaying the result of the decision and the position of the components and the lands relative to each other.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
169 words
A packaged substrate inspecting apparatus for determining whether parts having at least two electrodes are correctly mounted relative to conductor lands on packaged printed circuit boards, comprising: image taking means for producing images of a bare printed circuit board and a circuit board having components mounted thereon; land extracting means for extracting from the images produced by the image taking means the conductor lands on which components are to be mounted and for obtaining land shape data corresponding to geometrical characteristics of the conductor lands; positional relationship determining means for determining positional relationships between the conductor lands on the printed circuit board and components mounted thereon on the basis of the geometrical data obtained by the land extracting means; decision means for deciding from the positional relationships obtained by the position relationship determining means if a component is properly placed and producing a result indicative thereof; and visualizing means for displaying the result of the decision and the position of the components and the lands relative to each other.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
20 words
The inspecting apparatus as claimed in claim 10, further comprising means for subjecting said land shape data to chrominance/brightness conversion.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
38 words
The inspecting apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein said decision means checks whether said land shape data which has been subjected to chrominance/brightness conversion exceeds a predetermined reference value for each pixel within a land extracting region.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
75 words
The inspection apparatus as claimed in claim 10, wherein different kinds of said parts are mounted on the circuit board and said decision means has a plurality of inspecting algorithms, and wherein each of the inspecting algorithms cuts out an image portion from the image data which is appropriate for one kind of the parts, and decides from the image portion the state of the one kind of the parts on the packaged circuit board.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
34 words
The inspection apparatus as claimed in claim 10, further comprising alarm condition setting means for setting an alarm condition, and an alarm generating means for generating an alarm when the alarm condition is satisfied.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
38 words
The inspection apparatus as claimed in claim 14, wherein said alarm condition is satisfied when misalignment of a same part is detected on a predetermined number of successive packaged circuit boards set by said alarm condition setting means.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
51 words
The inspection apparatus as claimed in claim 14, wherein said alarm condition is satisfied when, for a plurality of successive packaged circuit boards, misalignment of a same part is detected on a number of said successive packaged circuit boards which exceeds a predetermined number set by said alarm condition setting means.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
37 words
The inspection apparatus as claimed in claim 14, wherein said alarm condition is satisfied when a ratio of detection of misaligned parts to detection of aligned parts on a single packaged circuit board exceeds a predetermined ratio.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
31 words
The inspection apparatus as claimed in claim 10, wherein said decision means processes said image data and determines whether the position of the land on the packaged circuit board is satisfactory.
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