IP Library Granted Patent US 8,140,176
Granted Patent B2
US 8,140,176 · App. 12/160,398 · Granted Mar 20, 2012

Electronic component mounting system and electronic component mounting method

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Patent No.
US 8,140,176
App. No.
12/160,398
Granted
Mar 20, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

In an electronic component mounting system constituted by interconnecting a plurality of mounting apparatuses, a board ID code attached by digital data to the board is read in a board supply apparatus located in the uppermost stream and transmitted to the mounting apparatuses on the downstream side via communication means. By comparing the transmitted board ID code with mounting nonrequirement board code data (defective board code, read error code, dummy board code, etc.) preparatorily stored in a storage section in the mounting apparatus, it is determined whether or not execution of mounting operation of the board is required, and the board determined to be not required to be subjected to mounting is unloaded to the downstream side without carrying out mounting works and without line stop.

Claims (5)

1. An electronic component mounting method by an electronic component mounting system constituted by interconnecting a plurality of electronic component mounting apparatuses for mounting an electronic component on a board such that a continuous board conveyance path is formed, the method comprising:

reading identification information attached to the board loaded into the continuous board conveyance path;

transmitting, with wired or wireless communication means, the read identification information to each of the electronic component mounting apparatuses located on a downstream side of the board conveyance path; and

determining whether or not execution of mounting operation of each board is required in each of the electronic component mounting apparatuses by comparing the transmitted identification information with preparatorily stored mounting requirement/nonrequirement determination information associated with the identification information;

wherein error board identification information indicating that the board is a read error board is transmitted as the identification information to at least one of the electronic component mounting apparatuses on the downstream side in transmitting the identification information when the identification information has not been normally read in reading the identification information.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 13, 2008
From: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 021832/0215 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 17, 2008
From: SUMI, HIDEKI
To: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 021695/0827 →