Patent ID: 6788806
Filing Date: 2004-09-07
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
A method of inspecting whether a printed board is appropriately supported by a supporting device, when a holding device holding an electric component mounts the electric component on one of opposite surfaces of the printed board the other surface of which has at least one electric component already mounted thereon and is engaged with the supporting device, the supporting device including at least one support member having at least one two-dimensional support spot which supports the printed board by engaging said other surface thereof at at least one support location prescribed for a sort of the printed board, the method comprising the steps of:taking, with an image taking device, an image of at least one prescribed detection portion of said one surface the printed board said other surface of which is supported by the supporting device, and judging, based on image data representing the taken image of said at least one detection portion of said one surface of the printed board, whether said at least one electric component already mounted on said other surface of the printed board is interfered with by said at least one support member of the supporting device.