Patent ID: 6211958
Filing Date: 2001-04-03
Classification: H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
An electronic component mounting apparatus, comprising:a mounting head for holding and moving an electronic component to a mounting location and for mounting it on a substrate; andrecognizing means disposed below a movement path of the mounting head for recognizing the electronic component held on the mounting head, said recognizing means including a line camera having a one-dimensional CCD array, a shutter camera having a shutter function, selecting means for selecting one of the line camera and the shutter camera depending on at least one of a size and shape of the electronic component, and synchronizing means for synchronizing operation of a selected one of the line camera and the shutter camera with a movement of the electronic component along the movement path of the mounting head which moves the electronic component towards a mounting location to permit capture of an image of the electronic component while moving, whereby the electronic component can be recognized before being mounted by image data obtained through capture of the image thereof without necessarily requiring movement of the electronic component to be halted.