Patent ID: 8707548

Claim:
An electronic component mounting apparatus configured to mount an electronic component on a board, the electronic component mounting apparatus comprising: a head unit comprising a nozzle configured to suction the electronic component, a nozzle driver configured to drive the nozzle, and a head support supporting the nozzle and the nozzle driver; a component supply device comprising a holder configured to hold a plurality of electronic component accommodating tapes, each having storage cells arranged in a row, the storage cells storing electronic components, and a feeder configured to forward the electronic component accommodating tapes and to move the storage cells to a suction area where the electronic component can be suctioned by the nozzle; a camera unit fixed to the head support to capture an image of the suction area; and a controller configured to control operations of the head unit and the component supply device, wherein the controller is configured to analyze the image of the suction area in the component supply device obtained by the camera unit, determine whether a portion of the electronic component accommodating tape in the suction area is a spliced portion based on a result of the analysis, and to determine that the electronic component accommodating tape is changed if the portion of the electronic component accommodating tape in the suction area is determined to be the spliced portion.