Patent ID: 7367117
Filing Date: 2008-05-06
Classification: H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of mounting an electronic component, comprising: storing in a memory data on connection terminals for a predetermined type of electronic component to be mounted in a mounting operation; providing a component feeding unit containing electronic components; picking up one of the electronic components by suction from the component feeding unit using a suction nozzle; taking an image of the electronic component held by the suction nozzle using a component recognition camera; determining whether the electronic component held by the suction nozzle has all the connection terminals of the predetermined type of electronic component based on the image taken by the component recognition camera and the data stored in the memory; determining whether the electronic component held by the suction nozzle has a connection terminal that is not of the predetermined type of electronic component based on the image taken by the component recognition camera and the data stored in the memory, only when it is determined that the electronic component held by the suction nozzle has all the connection terminals of the predetermined type of electronic component; and stopping the mounting operation when it is determined that the electronic component held by the suction nozzle does not have all the connection terminals of the predetermined type of electronic component or that the electronic component held by the suction nozzle has a connection terminal that is not of the predetermined type of electronic component.