Patent ID: 7643650
Filing Date: 2010-01-05
Classification: G01G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A system for calibrating a feeder for a surface mount device (SMD), the system comprising: an operation controller structured and arranged for controlling the operations on the feeder; an image controller structured and arranged for capturing material images of materials delivered by the feeder and for capturing gear images of the feeder; and a calibrating module structured and arranged for calibrating the feeder via the operation controller and the image controller, the calibrating module comprising: an input sub-module structured and arranged for reading a standard coordinate value, setting controlling parameters comprising a predefined amount of materials to be delivered and a predefined range of a coordinate deviation, for capturing the material images of materials delivered by the feeder, and for capturing the gear images of the feeder via the image controller; a controlling sub-module structured and arranged for booting the feeder to deliver materials via the operation controller if a total delivered amount of the delivered materials is unequal to the predefined amount, and calibrating the feeder if a coordinate deviation of the captured images is beyond a predefined range; an analyzing sub-module structured and arranged for analyzing whether a total delivered amount of the delivered materials is equal to the predefined amount, and for analyzing whether a coordinate deviation of the captured images is beyond the predefined range; and a processing sub-module structured and arranged for calculating the coordinate deviations of the captured images.