Patent ID: 7957822
Filing Date: 2011-06-07
Classification: H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of controlling a component mounter which includes a mobile unit for mounting a component onto a circuit board, the component mounter including plural operation units for a user to issue an instruction to the component mounter, one of the plural operation units being installed to a front side and one of the plural operation units being installed to a back side of the component mounter, the method comprising: judging on which side of the component mounter the user, who issued the instruction to the component mounter, is present; shifting the mobile unit to a position which allows a maintenance task to be performed on the component mounter from a side on which the user is judged to be present; and accepting the instruction by the user issued from one of the operation units, wherein when the instruction by the user issued from the operation unit on the front side is accepted, the user is judged to be present on the front side of the component mounter, and when the instruction by the user issued from the operation unit on the back side is accepted, the user is judged to be present on the back side of the component mounter.