KR20170084602A - Apparatus and method for managing data - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a data management apparatus and method, and more particularly, to a data management apparatus and method for managing work data used in SMT (Surface Mounting Technology) equipment.
The data management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an input unit for receiving a correction command for a first operation file used in an SMT (Surface Mounting Technology) line, and a control unit for controlling at least one A first data modifying unit for modifying the first job data in the job data, and a second data modifying unit for modifying the first job among at least one job data included in each of the at least one second job file associated with the first job file, And a second data modifying unit for modifying the second job data corresponding to the data.

Description

[0001] Apparatus and method for managing data [

The present invention relates to a data management apparatus and method, and more particularly, to a data management apparatus and method for managing work data used in SMT (Surface Mounting Technology) equipment.

Surface Mounting Technology (SMT) is a general term for a technique for attaching components that can be directly mounted on the surface of a printed circuit board (PCB) to an electronic circuit.

Specifically, in the SMT process, a solder paste is printed on a printed circuit board (PCB), various surface mounting devices (SMDs) are mounted on a printed circuit board using a mounter, and the resultant is passed through a reflow oven It is a technology to connect the lead of PCB and surface mount part.

The SMT line is a technique for producing a PCB completed by a combination of a plurality of devices. The SMT line may include at least one SMT line including a plurality of devices according to a work environment. In the SMT line, the user can generate job data via offline program OLP. Operational solution program OELPE is CAD-based integrated programming software for applicant's SMT line operation.

1 is a flowchart of CAD data generation for generating conventional work data.

Referring to FIG. 1, a CAD program is executed (S10) to modify CAD data to generate operation data, a CAD file is created by opening a data file (S20), and a desired data Etc.) is added / corrected (S30), and data is stored (S40).

As such, modification of the data contained in the job data can be corrected through an offline program, or through a program of an SMT machine that mounts surface mount components.

On the other hand, it takes a lot of time to modify a plurality of data included in the job data.

Therefore, the emergence of an invention that enables uniform correction of not only one piece of data included in the working data but also all or part of the data is required.

Korean Patent Registration No. 10-0486410 (Apr. 21, 2005)

A problem to be solved by the present invention is to make it possible to uniformly modify not only one data included in the operation data but also all or a part of the data.

The objects of the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned problems, and other objects not mentioned can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a data management apparatus comprising: an input unit for receiving a correction command for a first work file used in an SMT (Surface Mounting Technology) line; A first data modifying unit for modifying the first job data among at least one job data included in the file, and a second data modifying unit for modifying at least one of the at least one first job data included in each of the at least one second job file associated with the first job file And a second data modifying unit for modifying the second job data corresponding to the first job data among the job data.

The data management method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of receiving a correction command for a first job file used in an SMT (Surface Mounting Technology) line; And a step of modifying the first job data among the at least one job data associated with the first job file in accordance with the modification command, And modifying the second job data.

The details of other embodiments are included in the detailed description and drawings.

According to the data management apparatus and method of the present invention as described above, it is possible to uniformly modify not only one data included in the job data but all or a part of the data, so that the user can more easily update the job data .

1 is a flowchart of CAD data generation for generating conventional work data.
2 is a diagram illustrating a data management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a block diagram illustrating a data management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a detailed block diagram of a data management unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating correction conditions according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG.
6 is a view illustrating an operation interface according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIGS. 7 and 8 are diagrams illustrating modifications of job data according to an embodiment of the present invention.
9 is a flowchart illustrating a data management method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The advantages and features of the present invention and the manner of achieving them will become apparent with reference to the embodiments described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. Is provided to fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art, and the invention is only defined by the scope of the claims. Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout the specification.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein may be used in a sense commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. Also, commonly used predefined terms are not ideally or excessively interpreted unless explicitly defined otherwise.

FIG. 2 illustrates a data management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The data management system 200 includes a work file generation device 210, a management server 220, a work file distribution device 230, and an SMT Mounting Technology equipment 241, 242, 243, 244.

The work file generation apparatus 210 plays a role of generating work files used in the SMT equipment 241, 242, 243, and 244 of the SMT line.

The SMT process involves mounting various surface mounting devices (SMDs) on printed circuit boards (PCBs) using mounter equipment. In the present invention, the work file may be understood to include mounting sequence data such as CAD (CAD) data or Bill Of Material (BOM) data required for mounting a surface mount component. For example, a work file may contain part references, X values, Y values, Z values, R values, part names, feeders, nozzles, header numbers, skip information, The same work data can be included.

An off-line program (OLP) may be used in the creation of the work file by the work file creation apparatus 210, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

The management server 220 plays a role of storing and distributing the job file generated by the job file generating apparatus 210. [

2 illustrates one work file generation apparatus 210 and one work file distribution apparatus 230, the work file generated by the plurality of work file generation apparatuses 210 is managed by the management server 220 A managed and stored job file can be provided to a plurality of job file distribution devices. Alternatively, a work file may be managed by a plurality of management servers, and an appropriate work file may be supplied to the work file distribution device 230. [

The job file distribution device 230 transmits the job file provided from the management server 220 to each of the SMT devices 241, 242, 243, and 244.

In distributing the work file, the work file distribution device 230 may distribute the same work file to all the SMT equipment 241, 242, 243, and 244, and may distribute the work file selectively. For example, the work file 1 (not shown) provided from the management server 220 is distributed to the SMT equipment 1 241 and the SMT equipment 3 243, and the work file 2 (not shown) provided from the management server 220, To SMT equipment 2 (242), and not to the SMT equipment 4 (244).

The SMT equipment 241, 242, 243, 244 performs an SMT process operation using the work file received from the work file distribution unit 230. In the present invention, the SMT equipment 241, 242, 243, and 244 can perform a uniform SMT process operation as they receive the same job file at the same point in time, Individual SMT process operations may be performed.

The work file can be modified by each device. For example, the user can modify the work file created using the work file creation device 210, modify the work file using the management server 220, or modify the work file using the work file distribution device 230. [ Or modify the work file using the SMT equipment 241, 242, 243, 244.

Each of the devices 210, 220, 230, and 241 to 244 may include one or more programs capable of modifying a work file. Hereinafter, each device or each program that modifies a work file is referred to as a modification subject.

A plurality of work files may be used in performing the SMT process. For example, work files may be provided for each SMT equipment 241, 242, 243, 244. Alternatively, one SMT device may perform an SMT process on a plurality of different printed circuit boards, in which case a work file may be provided for each printed circuit board. Alternatively, different work files may be provided for each part. A plurality of work files may be provided according to various process environments as well as the process environment described above.

There may be an association between at least some work files among the plurality of work files according to the embodiment of the present invention. Associativity can be determined depending on whether a particular component is mounted at a similar location on a printed circuit board. For example, the work file "a" includes the coordinates of the printed circuit board of the component "R" being (30, 20), and the work file "b" , It can be judged that the work file a and the work file b are related to each other.

A plurality of job files having mutually related associations are hereinafter referred to as association job file groups.

On the other hand, when it is desired to modify specific job data included in the association job file group, the user must modify the job data included in all job files. For example, if the associated work file group consists of 10 work files, the user must perform 10 revisions.

The data management apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention can modify the corresponding job data in all job files when a correction command for specific job data is input in the association job file group. In the present invention, the data management apparatus may be included in one of the work file generating apparatus 210, the management server 220, the work file distributing apparatus 230 and the SMT equipment 241, 242, 243, and 244, It may be implemented as a separate device. Hereinafter, the data management apparatus of the present invention will be described in detail.

3 is a block diagram illustrating a data management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. The data management apparatus 300 includes an input unit 310, a storage unit 320, a control unit 330, a data management unit 340, Unit 350 and a communication unit 360.

The input unit 310 receives a correction command for a work file used in an SMT (Surface Mounting Technology) line. The input unit 310 may be implemented in the form of a button, a wheel, a jog shuttle, or the like to receive a correction command, and may receive a correction command in a wired or wireless communication manner.

The modification command may include at least one of a work file to be modified, a modification target part included in the operation file, and modification work data of the modification target part. Hereinafter, the job file to be the target of the correction command is referred to as a first job file.

The storage unit 320 plays a role of temporarily or permanently storing a correction command. In addition, the storage unit 320 may temporarily or permanently store various data used in the data management apparatus 300.

The data management unit 340 plays a role of modifying the work file according to the modification command. That is, the data management unit 340 modifies the job data to be modified among the job data included in the first job file according to the modification command. In addition, the data management unit 340 may modify the work file associated with the first work file.

4 is a detailed block diagram of a data management unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the data management unit 340 includes a first data correction unit 341, a second data correction unit 342, a condition determination unit 343, and a file extraction unit 344.

The first data modifying unit 341 modifies work data to be corrected among at least one work data included in the first work file according to the correction command inputted through the input unit. Hereinafter, the job data to be corrected included in the first job file is referred to as the first job data.

The second data modifier 342 modifies the operation data corresponding to the first operation data among the at least one operation data included in each of the at least one operation files associated with the first operation file in accordance with the modification command inputted through the input unit . Hereinafter, the job file associated with the first job file will be referred to as a second job file, and the job data included in the second job file will be referred to as second job data.

In the present invention, the first operation data and the second operation data may include coordinates of a specific component mounted on the printed circuit board. That is, the first job data and the second job data may include at least one of the coordinate values X, Y, Z constituting the coordinates of the printed circuit board. To this end, the user may include information on the coordinate value in the correction command.

In the present invention, the correction command may include a fixed value set for at least one of the coordinate values included in the coordinates of the printed circuit board. For example, the modify command may contain a fixed value of X such that X = 30. Accordingly, the first data correcting unit 341 and the second data correcting unit 342 can modify the first job data and the second job data. That is, the first data correcting unit 341 corrects X, which is the first job data, to 30, and similarly, the second data correcting unit 342 corrects X, which is the second job data,

Further, in the present invention, the correction command may include a displacement set for at least one of the coordinate values included in the coordinates of the printed circuit board. For example, the modify command may include a displacement of X, which is referred to as "moving X by a size of 10 ". Accordingly, the first data correcting unit 341 and the second data correcting unit 342 can modify the first job data and the second job data. That is, the first data correcting unit 341 moves the first work data X by the size of 10, and likewise the second data correcting unit 342 moves the second work data X by the size of 10 .

When the correction command includes the displacement of the coordinate value, the first data correcting unit 341 and the second data correcting unit 342 can correct the work data in consideration of the origin of the coordinates and the sign of the coordinate value. For example, when a correction command called "moving X in the forward direction by a size of 10" is inputted, the first data correcting unit 341 or the second data correcting unit 342 corrects X from 30 to 40, You can change from -10 to -20, or from -15 to -25. Likewise, when a correction command called "moving X in the backward direction by the size of 10" is inputted, the first data correction unit 341 or the second data correction unit 342 corrects X from 30 to 20, You can change from 10 to 0, or from -15 to -5.

Meanwhile, the second data correcting unit 342 according to the embodiment of the present invention can determine whether to modify the second job data with reference to the previously set conditions. The predetermined condition determination may be performed by the condition determination unit 343.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating correction conditions according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG.

5, the modification conditions of the second operation data include a reference 510 related to the first operation file and the second operation file, a substrate size 520, a special mark position 530, a component name 540, And spatial data 550, as shown in FIG.

The condition determination unit 343 can determine whether the second data correction unit 342 operates by referring to the correction conditions.

The reference 510 indicates a reference of a part corresponding to the first operation data and the second operation data. The condition determination unit 343 determines whether or not a reference (hereinafter referred to as a first reference) of a part corresponding to the first job data and a reference (hereinafter referred to as a second reference) of a part corresponding to the second job data are the same Can be determined. If the first reference and the second reference are the same, the second data correction section 342 can modify the second operation data.

The board size 520 represents the size of the printed circuit board to which the first job file and the second job file are applied. The condition determination unit 343 determines the size of the printed circuit board (hereinafter, referred to as a first printed circuit board) to which the first work file is applied and the size of the printed circuit board to which the second work file is applied It is possible to judge whether or not the sizes of the image data are the same. If the sizes of the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board are the same, the second data correcting unit 342 can modify the second operation data. Alternatively, when the sizes of the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board are similar within a predetermined range set in advance, the second data correction unit 342 can modify the second operation data.

The special mark position 530 indicates the position of the special mark displayed on the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board. The condition determination unit 343 determines the position of the differential mark (hereinafter, referred to as the first differential mark) displayed on the first printed circuit board and the position of the differential mark displayed on the second printed circuit board It is possible to judge whether or not the positions of the sensors are the same. If the positions of the first and second special marks are the same, the second data correction section 342 can modify the second operation data. Alternatively, when the positions of the first and second special marks are similar within a predetermined range set in advance, the second data correction section 342 can modify the second operation data.

The part name 540 indicates the name of a part corresponding to the first job data and the second job data. The condition judging unit 343 judges that the name of the part corresponding to the first job data (hereinafter referred to as the first part name) and the name of the part corresponding to the second job data (hereinafter referred to as the second part name) Or not. If the first part name and the second part name are the same, the second data correcting unit 342 can correct the second work data.

The spatial data 550 represents spatial data of a part corresponding to the first operation data and the second operation data. Here, the spatial data 550 may include at least one of X, Y, Z, and R on the printed circuit board. That is, the spatial data 550 may include the coordinates (X, Y, Z) of the component mounted on the printed circuit board and the placement posture R.

The condition determination unit 343 generates spatial data (hereinafter referred to as first spatial data) of the part corresponding to the first operation data and spatial data (hereinafter referred to as second spatial data) of the component corresponding to the second operation data, Are identical to each other. If the first spatial data and the second spatial data are the same, the second data correction section 342 can modify the second operation data. Alternatively, if the first spatial data and the second spatial data are similar within a predetermined range set in advance, the second data correction section 342 can modify the second operation data.

The file extracting unit 344 extracts a work file associated with the first work file, that is, a second work file. When a plurality of job files are grouped into an associated job file group, the file extracting unit 344 can extract the second job file by referring to the job file to be corrected, that is, the first job file included in the correction command . To this end, the storage unit may store information on the associated work file group, and the file extraction unit 344 may extract the second work file by referring to the information stored in the storage unit.

It is to be understood that the condition determination unit 343 and the second data correction unit 342 perform the condition determination and the operation data modification for the second operation file extracted by the file extraction unit 344.

Referring again to FIG. 3, the interface generation unit 350 generates a modification information interface reflecting the modified information according to the modification instruction. The generated interface may be transmitted to another apparatus through the communication unit 360 or may be displayed through a separate display means (not shown).

The control unit 330 performs overall control of the input unit 310, the storage unit 320, the data management unit 340, the interface generation unit 350, and the communication unit 360.

6 is a view illustrating an operation interface according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the present invention, the job interface 600 refers to a graphical user interface (GUI) for allowing the user to confirm the job data and to modify or restore specific job data.

The work interface 600 is configured to include a part layout diagram 610 and a work table 620. The parts layout diagram 610 displays various parts arranged on the basis of the work data constituting the work file. Since the parts layout diagram 610 shows the parts at a ratio corresponding to the size of the actual parts and the intervals between the parts, the user can identify the parts he wants to modify or restore.

The work table 620 displays the work data constituting the work file. For example, when a specific part of the part layout diagram 610 is selected, the corresponding area of the work table 620 corresponding to the selected part is highlighted And the corresponding part can be highlighted on the part layout 610 if the specific work data of the work table 620 is selected.

As such, the job data displayed in the job table 620 may be for the parts shown in the parts layout diagram 610, but the job interface 600 of the present invention is not limited thereto.

The job interface 600 may be for one job file. That is, the job interface 600 may be an interface composed of only job data included in one job file.

When the user modifies one of the job data included in the job table 620, the job data included in another job file may be modified. When the user modifies the work data included in the work table 620, the work data, that is, the first work data is modified by the first data modification unit 341, and the second work data is modified by the second data modification unit 342 The second job data included in the second job file is modified.

FIGS. 7 and 8 are diagrams illustrating modifications of job data according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 shows a modify instruction 700 that includes a reference R1 and a fixed value of X equal to 40. FIG. As the modification command 700 is input, the X of R1, which is the first operation data 710, and the X of R1, which is the second operation data 720 and 730, can be modified. That is, the X of the first job data 710 and the X of the second job data 720 and 730 are modified to 40. [

Each of the job data 710, 720 and 730 can be modified to 40 even if the first job data 710 and the second job data 720 and 730 have different values. On the other hand, when the difference between the first job data 710 and the second job data 720 and 730 is out of the preset range according to the determination result of the condition determination unit 343, the second job data 720 and 730 It may not be modified.

FIG. 8 shows a modify instruction 800 that includes reference R1 and displacement of X being forward 10. As the modification command 800 is entered, the X of R1, which is the first job data 810, and the X of R1, which is the second job data 820, 830, can be modified. That is, X of R1 as the first job data 810 is modified to 40, and X of R1 as the second job data 820 and 830 are modified to -20 and -25, respectively.

As described above, the operation data of the present invention can be modified in consideration of the sign of the origin and the coordinate value of the coordinates on the printed circuit board. FIG. 8 shows that the displacement of X is positive 10, so that the coordinate value of 30 is modified to 40, the coordinate value of -10 is modified to -20, and the coordinate value of -15 is modified to -25 have.

On the other hand, when the difference between the first operation data 810 and the second operation data 820 and 830 is out of the predetermined range according to the determination result of the condition determination unit 343, the second operation data 820 and 830 It may not be modified. Here, the difference between the pieces of work data may be a difference in consideration of a sign and a difference in absolute values not considering a sign.

9 is a flowchart illustrating a data management method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The input unit 310 receives the correction command of the first job file used in the SMT line (S910). The user can input a correction command while confirming the operation data through the operation interface.

In response to the input of the correction command, the first data correction unit 341 corrects the first operation data to be modified among at least one operation data included in the first operation file according to the modification command (S920).

In addition, the second data modifying unit 342 may modify the second operation data corresponding to the first operation data among the at least one operation data contained in each of the at least one second operation file associated with the first operation file (S930).

Although not shown in FIG. 9, the extraction of the second work file and the determination of the condition of the second work file can be performed before the modification of the second work data.

That is, as the correction command is input, the file extraction unit 344 can extract the second work file. The file extracting unit 344 can extract the second work file by referring to the information on the associated work file group stored in the storage unit 320. [

When the second work file is extracted, the condition determination unit 343 can perform condition determination on the extracted second work file. That is, the condition determination unit 343 determines whether or not the actual modification can be reflected in the second operation data included in the extracted second operation file. When it is determined that the second job data can be modified according to the determination result of the condition determination unit 343, the second data correction unit 342 can modify the second job data. On the other hand, when it is determined that the second job data can not be modified according to the determination result of the condition determination unit 343, the second data correction unit 342 may not modify the second job data.

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be practical exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, It will be understood. It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive.

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Claims (6)

An input unit for receiving a correction command for a first work file used in an SMT (Surface Mounting Technology) line;
A first data modifying unit modifying the first job data among at least one job data included in the first job file according to the modification command; And
And a second data modifying unit for modifying the second job data corresponding to the first job data among at least one job data included in each of the at least one second job file associated with the first job file according to the modification command Lt; / RTI > The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the first job data and the second job data include coordinates of a specific part mounted on a printed circuit board. 3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the modification command includes a fixed value set for at least one of the coordinate values included in the coordinate. 3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the correction command includes a displacement set for at least one of coordinate values included in the coordinate. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the second data modifying unit determines whether to modify the second job data with reference to a preset condition. Receiving a modification command of a first work file used in an SMT (Surface Mounting Technology) line;
Modifying the first job data among at least one job data included in the first job file according to the modification command; And
And modifying the second job data corresponding to the first job data among at least one job data included in each of the at least one second job file associated with the first job file according to the modification command Way.

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