IP Library Granted Patent US 8,576,411
Granted Patent B2
US 8,576,411 · App. 13/890,044 · Granted Nov 5, 2013

Component position measurement method

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Patent No.
US 8,576,411
App. No.
13/890,044
Granted
Nov 5, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

In the component position measurement method, the position B of the component 1 when the laser beam is blocked (the laser beam blocking position) is measured with respect to the chuck position A of the component 1 . Since the component 1 generates a large vibration (inclination) during the chuck is used, the position of the leading end (front end) C of the component 1 is computed using the inclination angle θ with respect to the measurement value of the deviation amount H of the laser beam blocking position B of the component 1 based on a similarity relationship of a triangle.

Claims (9)

1. A component position measurement method, comprising:

gripping a component using a chuck;

registering a gripping position of the component that is gripped by the chuck as a measurement reference position;

shifting the component that is gripped by the chuck with an inclination so as to block a light beam in a direction intersecting the component at a blocking position by the component;

measuring a positional deviation of the component in a direction that is inclined with respect to the measurement reference position at the blocking position by a measurement unit;

obtaining a deviation amount by comparing the measurement value with the registered measurement reference position;

obtaining a measurement correction value of a leading end position of the component based on a similarity relationship between a virtual triangle obtained by setting the deviation amount as one side and the measurement reference position as one point and a virtual triangle passing through the blocking position, a leading end of the component, and a position dropping from the component leading end to a horizontal line passing through the blocking position; and

obtaining a component leading end position deviation amount by summing the deviation amount and the measurement correction value.

2. The component position measurement method according to claim 1 , wherein, when the leading end of the component is set to a front side, and an front-back direction of the component is set to a Y direction, the light beam is irradiated to each of X and Z directions, and the component leading end position deviation amount is obtained for each of the X and Z directions.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 5, 2023
From: YAZAKI CORPORATION
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063845/0802 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 8, 2013
From: TAKADA, KAZUHIKO
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 030379/0413 →