JPH08236990A - Part data preparation - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To obtain part data with little error by a small number of processes by displaying the image of a part whose part data is to be prepared, specifying a dimensional measurement position of the part on the screen, calculating the distances between dimensional measurement positions and storing a calculated size as part data. CONSTITUTION: The image of an electronic part is displayed in an image display part 7. A measurement position instruction point 10a is made to coincide by key operation of an operation board 1. Then, another measurement position instruction point 10b is moved and a measurement position instruction point 10b is made to coincide with another part end of a portion to be measured on an image. The length on an image between instruction point 10a, 10b on a part image 9 is calculated. The size of an actual electronic part 8 is calculated by proportionally calculating contraction scale ratio and a length on an image between the instruction points 10a, 10b. Then, the calculated part size is stored in a part data library as part data.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a part data creating method which can be suitably used when creating a part data library for storing data such as dimensions and shapes of electronic parts in an electronic part mounting machine. is there.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, with the progress of electronics,
As the products become lighter, thinner, shorter, and smaller, high density and high accuracy are required for mounting electronic components on a substrate. As a result, there is a demand for higher density even in the electronic component automatic mounting machine, and in order to detect the position of the electronic component with high accuracy when mounting the electronic component, the position detection by the image recognition technique is often used.

When detecting the position by this image recognition,
In order to prevent erroneous detection, it is necessary to measure the dimensions and shape of electronic components in advance and create them as a component data library. In particular, due to the recent diversification of parts and the complexity of part shapes, the size items necessary for detecting the position of the parts are increasing, and the accuracy of the reference part data library is required.

A conventional example will be described below. In an electronic component automatic mounter, a mounting head sucks an electronic component from a component supply unit, an image of the sucked electronic component is picked up by a recognition camera, and image recognition detects a component size, a component pickup position coordinate and the like. ing. At this time, the component data in the component data library is compared with the component dimensions to check if the wrong electronic component is picked up, and at the same time, the deviation between the component pick-up position and the position where it should be picked up is detected. . Then, the board position is corrected on the basis of the detected shift amount to correct the shift at the time of picking up the component, and the component is mounted, so that accurate mounting is performed.

A conventional method of creating the component data library will be described with reference to FIG. First, the operator measures the necessary dimensions of the parts to be registered in the parts library with a measuring instrument such as a caliper (step # 31). Next, the measured data is input to the component data library (step # 32). Next, by determining whether or not measurement / input of all parts dimensions are completed (step # 33), measurement / input of all necessary dimensions of the part is performed. By repeating the above steps # 31 to # 33 for all parts (step # 34), the creation of the parts data library is completed.

[0006]

However, in the method of obtaining component data by measuring with a measuring instrument such as a caliper as described above at the time of creating the component data library, the work man-hours required for that are large and There is a problem that the error is large.

In view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a component data creating method capable of obtaining component data with a small error with a small number of steps.

[0008]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of displaying a component image in which component data is to be generated, and a teaching for teaching a dimension measuring position on the image of the component. The method is characterized by including a step, a step of calculating a distance between dimension measurement positions, and a step of storing the calculated dimension as component data.

The part data creating method according to the second aspect of the present invention includes a step of drawing and displaying an image showing the part shape from the part data, a step of displaying the target part as an image, and an image showing the part shape. And a step of comparing images of target parts.

[0010]

According to the first invention of the present application, the distance between the dimension measurement positions can be calculated by simply teaching the dimension measurement positions on the image of the displayed component image, and highly accurate measurement can be performed. It is possible to obtain component data with a small error.

According to the second aspect of the invention, an image showing the shape of the component is drawn from the component data and displayed, and compared with the image of the target component to confirm whether the component data is correct or incorrect. Can be easily confirmed.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A parts data creating method according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

First, a schematic configuration of an electronic component automatic mounting machine will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 3, 1 is a control panel, 2
Is a mounting head for picking up electronic components and mounting them on a substrate, 3
Is an XY table for positioning a board on which electronic components are to be mounted, 4 is a recognition camera for recognizing electronic components, 5 is a component supply unit, 6 is a control unit, 7 is an image display unit, and the control unit 6 has components A data library is stored and maintained. When the electronic component 8 is a chip capacitor as shown in FIG. 4A, the component data held in the component data library is, for example, as shown in FIG. And the width (right and left) of the electrodes.

Next, the mounting operation of the electronic component on the substrate will be described. The substrate is fixed to the XY table 3, and the electronic component is sucked by the mounting head 2 from the component supply unit 5. The picked-up electronic component is imaged by the recognition camera 4, and the component size, the coordinate of the component suction position, and the like are detected by image recognition. At this time, the component data in the component data library is compared with the component size to confirm whether or not the wrong electronic component is picked up. At the same time, a shift between the coordinates of the component suction position and the position where the component should originally be sucked is detected, and the XY table 3 is moved to correct the board position based on the detected shift amount, and the shift when the component is picked up is corrected. Do. The electronic component sucked by the mounting head 2 is mounted on the board after the position correction.

A method of creating the component data library used as described above will be described with reference to FIG. First, in step # 1, an electronic component for which component data is to be created is attracted to the tip of the mounting head 2 and recognized by the recognition camera 4. Next, in step # 2, the image of the electronic component is displayed on the image display unit 7. FIG. 5 shows an example of the component image 9 in which the electronic component 8 is displayed as an image. Next, steps # 3 and # 4
With the key operation of the operation panel 1, the measurement position teaching point 10
As shown in FIG. 5, the measurement position teaching point 10a is moved to one of the parts ends of the portion to be measured on the image.
Are matched, and if they match, the position is determined in step # 5. Next, in steps # 6 and # 7, the other measurement position teaching point 10b is moved by the key operation of the operation panel 1, and the measurement position teaching point 10b is made to coincide with the other component end of the portion to be measured on the image. , If they match, step # 8
To determine the position. Measurement position teaching points 10a, 10
When the position of b is determined, the length on the image between the teaching points 10a and 10b on the component image 9 is calculated at step # 9. Here, a jig (for example, a square of 10 mm x mm) whose reference length is a scale ratio between the length on the image and the actual length is set in advance.
Is captured and the length on the image is obtained. Then, an actual size of the electronic component 8 is calculated by proportionally calculating the scale ratio thus obtained and the length of the teaching points 10a and 10b on the image. Next, the component dimensions calculated in step # 10 are stored in the component data library as component data. Next, in step # 11, the operations of steps # 3 to # 10 are repeated for the dimensions required as the component data of the electronic component 8. next,
Step # 3 for all electronic components in Step # 3
By repeating the operations of # 11 to # 11, the creation of the component data library is completed.

As described above, by displaying the image of the component for which the component data is to be created, teaching the dimension measurement positions on the image, calculating the distance between the dimension measurement positions, and storing the calculated dimension, the component data is stored. Can be created, component data can be measured with high accuracy, and the number of man-hours required for measurement can be reduced.

Next, a method of confirming the component data of the component data library after the component data library is created as described above and a method of confirming the suction component by the mounting head 2 will be described with reference to FIG.

First, based on the component data stored and held in the component data library in step # 21, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, an image 11 showing the part shape consisting of the contour line is drawn on the image display unit 7. Next, Step # 22
Then, the electronic component 8 of interest is picked up by the mounting head 2 and recognized by the recognition camera 4, and its component image 12 is displayed on the image display unit 7 at the same time as the image 11 showing the component shape. next,
After the component image 12 of the electronic component is moved by the key operation on the operation panel 1 in step # 23, the operator compares the component image 12 and the image 11 showing the component shape in step # 24, and the shape of the component and each part of the component are compared. Determine if the dimensions match. As a result, if they match, it is confirmed in step # 25 that the correct component is set in the component supply unit 5, or that the data in the component data library is correct. On the other hand, if they do not match, step #
At 26, it is confirmed that the wrong component is set in the component supply unit 5, or it is confirmed that the data of the component data library is incorrect. Next, after confirming the electronic components in step # 27, the process ends.

As described above, an image showing a part shape is displayed from the part data, the part image of the target part is displayed, and the image showing the shape of the part is compared with the part image to supply the part. Confirm the mistake of setting to Part 5,
Alternatively, it is possible to easily confirm whether the component data library is correct.

In the above embodiment, the measurement position teaching point 1
Although the operator determines whether 0a and 10b coincide with the component end, the control unit 6 may detect the component end or the like by image recognition processing.

Further, although the image showing the part shape created from the part data is the contour line showing the part shape, it may be a contour line showing the electrode part. Further, the component image 12 is moved so as to match with the image 11 showing the component shape, but it may be moved in reverse, or both may be moved.

[0022]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the part data creating method of the first invention of the present application, the part for which part data is to be created is displayed as an image, and the dimension is measured on the displayed part image. By teaching the positions, calculating the distance between the dimension measurement positions, and storing the calculated dimensions as part data, the distance between the dimension measurement positions can be calculated simply by teaching the dimension measurement positions on the part image. Highly accurate measurement is possible,
It is possible to obtain component data with a small error with a small man-hour.

Further, according to the part data creating method of the second invention, an image showing the shape of the part is drawn from the part data, displayed, and compared with the image of the target part to check whether the part data is correct or incorrect. Alternatively, it is possible to easily confirm the correctness of the target component.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a part data creating method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a method of confirming a part or data in the same embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a schematic configuration of an electronic component automatic mounting machine in the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of an example of component data according to the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of an example of a display screen when measuring component data according to the same embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of an example of a display screen for comparing an image showing a part shape and a part image in the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a conventional component data creation method.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Operation panel 2 Mounting head 4 Recognition camera 6 Control unit 7 Image display unit 8 Electronic component 9 Component image 10a Measuring position teaching point 10b Measuring position teaching point 11 Image showing component shape 12 Component image

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A step of displaying an image of a part for which part data is to be created, a teaching step of teaching a dimension measurement position on the image of the displayed part image, and a step of calculating a distance between the dimension measurement positions, And a step of storing the measured dimensions as part data. 2. A method comprising: drawing and displaying an image showing a part shape from the part data; displaying the target part as an image; and comparing the image showing the part shape with the image of the target part. The part data creation method according to claim 1, characterized in that