Patent ID: 7715614

Claim:
A method of producing component data for use with an electronic component mounting apparatus, comprising: a process of imaging a component whose component data is to be produced, by an imaging unit and displaying a component image on a display, the component image on the display having an outline further having at least one side edge with two corners; a process of inputting the corners as reference points by an operator so that a first reference line passing the reference points is produced; a process of producing second and third reference lines passing the reference points respectively so as to be perpendicular to the first reference line; a process of inputting a point on another side edge of the outline of the component image by the operator and producing a fourth reference line passing the point on said another side edge so as to be parallel to the first reference line; and a process of producing component data by measuring a size of the outline of the component image on the basis of the first to fourth reference lines and automatically computing a size of the out line of the component image and an inclination of the component image from the reference points.