Patent ID: 6362877
Filing Date: 2002-03-26
Classification: G01R,H01L,H05K

Abstract:
A visual inspection supporting apparatus, comprising:a board supporting member supporting a printed circuit board to be inspected; a stage having said board supporting member and being moveable in at least one direction; an illuminating device illuminating the printed circuit board to be inspected; an imaging device imaging an area on the printed circuit board illuminated by said illuminating device and outputting an image signal representing an image obtained by the imaging; a display device displaying the image represented by the image signal outputted from said imaging device; a command input device entering a movement command and a return command; a stage drive device moving said stage to a predetermined position in response to the movement command entered through said command input device; and a device storing the current position of said stage when the movement command is issued and controlling said stage drive device to return said stage to the current position when the return command is issued.