Patent ID: 6971161

Claim:
A component mounting data generating method comprising: preparing (i) component information about components to be placed onto a mounting target, (ii) mounting target information about the mounting target, and (iii) placement positional information of the components for the mounting target; preparing at least one condition out of (i) mounting apparatus conditions pertaining to (a) a component feeding device, of a mounting apparatus, for feeding the components, (b) a component holding member, of the mounting apparatus, for holding the components after being fed by the component feeding device, (c) a component recognition device, of the mounting apparatus, for recognizing the components when held by the component holding member, (d) a mounting target positioning device, of the mounting apparatus, for positioning the mounting target onto which the components held by the component holding member and recognized by the component recognition device are to be placed, and (e) a head, of the mounting apparatus, having the component holding member and for moving the component holding member between the component feeding device, the component recognition device and the mounting target positioning device, (ii) component holding conditions when the components, received from the component feeding device, are held by the component holding member, (iii) recognizing conditions when the components held by the component holding member are recognized by the component recognition device, (iv) placement conditions when the components held by the component holding member are to be placed onto the mounting target, and (v) user mounting requesting conditions; judging whether or not a mounting operation to be performed by the mounting apparatus is to be a strictly observed rule, which must be strictly observed and without observation of which the mounting operation cannot be performed, based on the component information, mounting target information, placement positional information and the at least one condition in view of productivity or quality assurance, to generate the strictly observed rule; and generating data for performing the component mounting operation in consideration of the strictly observed rule when generated.