Patent ID: 7151850
Filing Date: 2006-12-19
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
1. A teaching data setting apparatus for setting teaching data required for image processing associated with mounting electronics, comprising: a subject teaching data generating section operable to store in advance subject attributes related to a subject to be mounted and recognition operation conditions required for the image processing, and operable to generate a plurality of pieces of teaching data representing all possible combinations of the subject attributes and the recognition operation conditions; a teaching data candidate selecting section operable to select, from the plurality of pieces of teaching data generated by the subject teaching data generating section, teaching data candidates related to the subject and a mounting machine for use; a subject image input section operable to be supplied with a simple subject image representing only the subject; an evaluation image generating section operable to generate a plurality of predetermined evaluation images required for determining optimum teaching data for the subject by using one simple subject image supplied to the subject image input section; and a teaching data determining section operable to determine, based on the plurality of evaluation images generated by the evaluation image generating section, a piece of teaching data as the optimum teaching data for the subject out of the teaching data candidates selected by the teaching data candidate selecting section.