Patent ID: 8294760

Claim:
An electronic part recognition apparatus comprising: a part conveyor unit for moving an electronic part along a part moving path and mounting the part at a mounting position; a position recognition portion for continuously recognizing position information of the part conveyor unit moving along the part moving path; a controller for receiving the position information from the position recognition portion and generating a photographing signal; and an image processing unit for receiving the photographing signal from the controller and exposing the electronic part to light of a light source for a certain time to photograph an image of the electronic part using an image photographer when the electronic part is located at a part recognition region while the part conveyor unit moves, wherein: the light source is located under the electronic part at the part recognition region; the image processing unit comprises: the light source disposed adjacent to the part recognition portion that emits the light at a certain predefined luminance or more; and the image photographer electrically connected to the controller that photographs the image of the electronic part exposed to the light for the certain time, and transmits the photographed image to the controller; the controller generates the photographing signal to turn on the light source for a certain time; and the part recognition is set in the controller.