Patent ID: 6839960

Claim:
An electronic parts mount method for taking out electronic parts from a parts supply section by a transfer head moved by head move means and transporting and mounting the electronic parts to and on a board positioned in a board positioning section, the electronic parts mount method comprising the steps of: image picking up for advancing image pickup means to above the board in the board positioning section and picking up an image of the board, wherein the image pickup means is disposed in a manner that the image pickup means can advance to and retreat from the board positioning section; position detecting for detecting the position of the board based on image data of the board obtained by the step of picking up; parts taking out for taking out the electronic parts from the parts supply section by the transfer head; and parts mounting for controlling the head move means based on the result of the step of position detecting and moving the transfer head to above the board positioned in the board positioning section and mounting the electronic parts on the board; wherein the step of image picking up is executed by the board positioning section and the step of parts taking out is executed by the parts supply section, and both of the steps are performed concurrently.