JP2005098926A - Illuminating device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an illuminating device having small amount of irregularities in the brightness of irradiation light. <P>SOLUTION: The illuminating device irradiates electronic components to be imaged used for inspecting appearance and for recognizing the electronic components with irradiation light. Lens units 18, 19 are provided at the light transmission side of an LED array 14 in which a plurality of LED units 15 that are composed by covering LEDs with a transparent body are arranged nearly flatly, where the lens units 18, 19 are provided, while covering the center section of the LED array 14, and have, as an assembly, a lens section having a concave lens function for refracting light projected from the LED unit 15 with a light projection axis as a center, in a direction in which the light is diffused from the light projection axis. Illumination light from the plurality of close LED units 15 is applied overlapped, thus realizing the illuminator having small irregularities in the brightness of illumination light. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an illuminating device used when an electronic component is imaged in an electronic component mounting apparatus or an appearance inspection apparatus that performs inspection after mounting an electronic component.

In an electronic component mounting device and an appearance inspection device that inspects after mounting an electronic component, the board is imaged with a camera for the purpose of detecting the position of the electronic component or determining the quality of the solder joint after mounting. An image of an electronic component is captured. When the image is captured by the camera, the illumination device irradiates the imaging target with illumination light. As such an illuminating device, the thing of the structure which combined the diffuser plate and the lens with the light source which arranged several LED is known (for example, refer patent document 1).
JP-A-2-2014486

  In order to acquire a good quality image in the position recognition and appearance inspection of the electronic component, it is necessary to uniformly illuminate each part of the imaging range. However, it is difficult for a conventional illumination device using LEDs to realize a uniform illumination state without uneven brightness. In recent years, in particular, an illumination device has been used in which LEDs of three colors R, G, and B are alternately arranged so that the color of illumination light can be switched in accordance with the object to be imaged. Since the interval between the LEDs to be increased becomes large, the unevenness of the brightness of the illumination light is particularly noticeable.

  In view of the above, an object of the present invention is to provide an illuminating device with less unevenness of illumination light.

  An illuminating device of the present invention is an illuminating device that irradiates illuminating light onto an electronic component to be imaged, and is an LED array in which a plurality of LED units each configured by covering an LED with a transparent body are arranged in a substantially planar shape. And refracting the light projected from the LED unit around the light projection axis in the direction of diffusing from the light projection axis. And a light diffusing means formed by assembling a lens portion having a concave lens function.

  According to the present invention, the illumination device with less unevenness of the brightness of the illumination light is provided by including the light diffusion means formed by assembling the lens portions having the concave lens function that refracts the light from each LED unit in the direction of diffusing. Can be realized.

  Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an appearance inspection apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a configuration of an illumination apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of the diffusing state of the illumination light of the LED unit of the illuminating device, FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of the illuminance distribution by the illuminating light of the illuminating device of the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is the illumination of the embodiment of the present invention It is a structure explanatory view of an apparatus.

First, the configuration of the appearance inspection apparatus will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 1, a substrate 2 is held on the substrate holder 1. An electronic component (not shown) is mounted on the substrate 2, and the mounting state and soldering state of the electronic component are subjected to appearance inspection. An imaging unit 3 is disposed above the substrate holding unit 1. The imaging unit 3 includes an illumination optical system 5 on which a camera 4 and an illumination device 6 are mounted. At the time of imaging for inspection, the substrate 2 is imaged by the camera 4 in a state where light from the illumination device 6 is projected onto the surface of the substrate 2 by the half mirror 5a.

  Image data obtained by imaging is sent to the image processing unit 7 where predetermined image processing is executed. The image processing result is sent to the inspection processing unit 8, and the inspection processing unit 8 executes inspection processing based on the image processing result. The illumination device 6 is turned on by the illumination drive unit 9, and the illumination drive unit 9 is controlled by the illumination control unit 10.

  The control unit 11 controls the inspection processing unit 8 and the illumination control unit 10. The display unit 12 is a display device, and displays an image captured by the camera 4, a processed image by the image processing unit 7, and a guidance image at the time of operation input. The operation / input unit 13 is an input means such as a keyboard and a mouse, and performs operation command input and data input during inspection work.

  Next, the structure of the illuminating device 6 is demonstrated with reference to FIG. 2, FIG. The illumination device 6 has a function of irradiating illumination light to an electronic component to be imaged, and as shown in FIG. 2, an LED unit configured by covering an LED (semiconductor light emitting element) with a translucent body. 15 is mainly composed of an LED array 14 arranged in a grid pattern on the base 16 in a substantially planar shape. As shown in FIG. 3, the LED unit 15 is configured to collect the light emitted from the LED 15a and project the light in a direction substantially parallel to the illumination direction, and covers the light projecting side of the LED. 15b is formed into a three-dimensional curved surface having a refraction characteristic that realizes the above-mentioned light projecting characteristic.

  Here, as the types of the LED units 15 constituting the LED array 14, various combinations are used according to the characteristics of the inspection target. That is, although there are three colors of R, G, and B in the LED, a case where the entire LED array 14 is configured by a single color LED and three types of LEDs of R, G, and B are alternately arranged and used. There are cases. The former is employed when the characteristics of the inspection object are fixed, and a monochromatic LED is selected according to the inspection object. The latter is adopted when a plurality of inspection objects having different characteristics are illuminated by the same illumination device. In this case, any one of R, G, and B LEDs is selected according to the inspection object to emit light.

  A light diffusion portion 17 is mounted on the light projecting side of the LED array 14. The light diffusing unit 17 includes two lens units 18 and 19 provided so as to cover the central portion and the peripheral portion of the LED array 14, respectively. As shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, the lens units 18 and 19 are transparent through which concave curved surfaces 18 b and 19 b each having a shape along the three-dimensional curved surface on the light projecting side of the individual LED unit 15 are formed. The lens portions 18a and 19a, which are light bodies, are gathered and formed. Each lens part 18a, 19a has a concave lens function that refracts light projected from the LED unit 15 around the light projection axis (center line of the LED unit) in the direction of diffusing from the light projection axis. Yes.

  That is, the lens units 18 and 19 are provided so as to cover at least the central part of the LED array 14 and function to refract the light projected from the LED unit 15 around the light projection axis in the direction of diffusing from the light projection axis. This is a light diffusing means formed by assembling lens portions 18a and 19a having

Next, the light diffusion characteristics of the lens portions 18a and 19a will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 3A, the lens portion 18a has a concave curved surface 18b that covers almost the entire surface of the tertiary curved surface of the LED unit 15, and is originally condensed and concentrated in a substantially parallel direction. The illumination light emitted from the LED 15a can be diffused by the concave lens function of the concave curved surface 18b. Here, since the concave curved surface 18b is axisymmetric with respect to the light projection axis, the light from the LED unit 15 spreads axisymmetrically, and the center point O is centered on the irradiation surface irradiated with the diffused light. Illustrated is a symmetric illumination distribution over the forward irradiation width W1.

  FIG. 3B shows the light diffusion characteristics of the lens portion 19a. The lens portion 19 a has a concave curved surface 19 b that covers only about half of the tertiary curved surface of the LED unit 15 on the center side of the LED array 14. Therefore, the illumination light emitted from the LED 15a is projected while being collected by the light transmitting body 15b on the central side of the LED array 14, and the concave lens function of the concave curved surface 19b is used for the peripheral side of the LED array 14 as shown in FIG. Diffusion similar to the case shown in a).

  On the irradiated surface irradiated with the diffused light, the illuminance distribution is not point-symmetric with respect to the center point O, and the central portion side of the LED array 14 has the same irradiation width W1 as in FIG. On the peripheral side of the LED array 14, an asymmetric distribution is obtained such that the irradiation width W2 is narrower than W1. In other words, the lens portion 19a has a diffusion characteristic that diffuses light from the LED unit 15 while being biased toward the central portion of the LED array 14 with respect to the light projection axis.

  Therefore, the light diffusing unit 17 including the lens units 18 and 19 is provided so as to cover the central portion of the LED array 14 and diffuses light from the LED unit 15 in an axially symmetric manner with respect to the light projection axis (first lens unit 18). Lens unit 19) and a lens unit 19 (second lens unit) provided so as to cover the periphery of the LED array 14 and diffusing light from the LED unit 15 toward the center of the LED array 14 with respect to the projection axis. ).

  FIG. 4 shows the illuminance distribution on the irradiated surface by the diffused light when the light from the lens array 14 is diffused by the light diffusing unit 17 having such characteristics. In the illuminating device 6 shown in the present embodiment, the diffusion characteristics shown in FIG. 3B are obtained for two rows of LED units (indicated by reference numeral 15 (2)) along the periphery of the lens array 14. The diffusion characteristics shown in FIG. 3A are realized for the LED units that are realized and are located at the center of the lens array 14 (differentiated by reference numeral 15 (1)).

  Since light from the plurality of LED units 15 constituting the lens array 14 is superimposed on the irradiation surface, the entire illuminance distribution is obtained by superimposing the illuminance distribution shown in FIG. That is, in the range W3 from the center of the re-peripheral LED unit 15 to the center side, the illumination light diffused and irradiated from a plurality of adjacent LED units 15 is superimposed, and the irradiation range corresponding to this range W3 is uneven. A uniform illuminance distribution without any problem is realized.

  Then, since the irradiation light is projected from the two rows of LED units 15 (2) along the periphery of the lens array 14 toward the center, the outermost LED units 15 (2) are directed outward. The irradiation width W4 of the illumination light irradiated in this manner becomes narrow. That is, in the region of the irradiation width W4, although the illumination light is not superimposed, the amount of light per unit area is larger than the central portion side, so the decrease in illuminance is small. Therefore, it is possible to reduce as much as possible the low illuminance area around the illuminating device that has occurred in the conventional illuminating device.

FIG. 5 shows a configuration example of a light diffusing unit 17A having the same function as the light diffusing unit 17 shown in the above example. The light diffusing unit 17A shown in FIG. 5 has a configuration in which lens units 17 and 18 provided individually are combined in the example shown in FIG. That is, as shown in FIG. 5B, by adding hatching portions 28a and 28b that do not exist in the example shown in FIG. 2, the integrated lens unit 28 without changing the functions of the lens units 17 and 18 is added. Is realized.

  That is, the hatching portions 28a and 28b are formed by forming the light transmitting body along the cubic curved surface of the LED unit 15 with the same thickness, and having the same thickness and no concave lens function. It is equivalent to not existing. Therefore, by using the light diffusion portion 17A having such a configuration, an illuminance distribution similar to the example shown in FIG. 4 is realized. That is, from the two rows of LED units 15 (2) along the peripheral portion of the lens array 14, the irradiation light is projected to be biased toward the center portion side, so that the outermost LED units 15 (2) are moved outward. On the other hand, the irradiation width W4 of the illumination light irradiated is narrowed, and it is possible to reduce the low illuminance area in the peripheral part of the illuminating device generated in the conventional illuminating device as much as possible.

  As described above, the illuminating device 6 according to the present embodiment includes the light diffusing means formed by assembling the lens portions having the concave lens function that refracts the light from each LED unit 15 in the diffusing direction. The illumination light can be uniformly irradiated to each part of the imaging range, and an illumination device with less unevenness of the illumination light can be realized. In particular, in an illuminating device in which LEDs of three colors R, G, and B are alternately arranged so that the color of the illumination light can be switched according to the imaging target, The uneven brightness of the illumination light can be reduced as much as possible.

  In the above embodiment, the illumination device 6 is applied to the appearance inspection device. However, the present invention is not limited to the above application, and the component recognition in the electronic component mounting device and the solder inspection in the screen printing device. The present invention is applicable to various devices in the field of electronic component mounting, such as imaging for the purpose.

  The illuminating device of the present invention has an effect that an illuminating device with little unevenness of illumination light can be realized, and recognition of electronic components in an appearance inspection device or an electronic component mounting device that performs an inspection after mounting an electronic component. It can be used for various devices in the electronic component mounting field.

The block diagram which shows the structure of the external appearance inspection apparatus of one embodiment of this invention Structure explanatory drawing of the illuminating device of one embodiment of this invention Explanatory drawing of the diffusion state of the illumination light of the LED unit of the illuminating device of one embodiment of this invention Explanatory drawing of the illumination distribution by the illumination light of the illuminating device of one embodiment of this invention Structure explanatory drawing of the illuminating device of one embodiment of this invention

Explanation of symbols

3 Imaging unit 4 Camera 6 Illumination device 14 LED array 15 LED unit 15a LED
15b Translucent member 17, 17A Light diffusing unit 18, 19, 28 Lens unit 18a, 19a Lens unit

Claims (2)

  An illumination device that irradiates an electronic component to be imaged with illumination light, an LED array in which a plurality of LED units each configured by covering an LED with a translucent body are arranged in a substantially planar shape, and a projection of the LED array A lens part provided on the light side so as to cover at least the central part of the LED array and having a concave lens function for refracting light projected from the LED unit around the light projection axis in a direction diffusing from the light projection axis; And a light diffusing means formed in a collective manner. The light diffusing means covers a central portion of the LED array, covers a first lens unit that diffuses light from the LED unit symmetrically with respect to a light projection axis, and covers a peripheral portion of the LED array. The lighting device according to claim 1, further comprising: a second lens unit that is provided and diffuses light from the LED unit while being biased toward the central portion with respect to the light projection axis.

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