IP Library Granted Patent US 10,102,426
Granted Patent B2
US 10,102,426 · App. 15/314,691 · Granted Oct 16, 2018

Lead image recognition method and lead image recognition device, and image processing-use component data creation method and image-processing-use component data creation device

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Patent No.
US 10,102,426
App. No.
15/314,691
Granted
Oct 16, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

When recognizing leads by processing an image captured by a camera of a component provided with a single row or multiple rows of leads of the same size and shape at a regular pitch, waveform analysis of a change pattern of brightness (pixel value) along multiple lines set in a vertical, a horizontal, or a diagonal direction of the image is performed so as to identify a region in which the brightness changes cyclically as a lead recognition target region in which there is a possibility of a lead existing. Then, image recognition of leads is performed in the lead recognition target region.

Claims (32)

1. A method for recognizing leads by processing an image captured by a camera of a component provided with a single row or multiple rows of leads of the same size and shape at a regular pitch, the method comprising:

first, performing waveform analysis of a change pattern of brightness along multiple lines extending across the image and set in a vertical, a horizontal, or a diagonal direction of the image;

second, identifying a region in which the brightness changes cyclically as a lead recognition target region, in which there is a possibility of a lead existing, based upon the waveform analysis;

third, performing lead image recognition in the lead recognition target region; and

fourth, mounting a leaded component using a component mounter based upon the lead image recognition.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the lead recognition target region is identified using one of a normalized square difference function, an average magnitude difference function, and a Fourier transformation.

3. A device for recognizing leads by processing an image captured by a camera of a component provided with a single row or multiple rows of leads of the same size and shape at a regular pitch, the device comprising:

a processor configured to:

first, perform waveform analysis of a change pattern of brightness along multiple lines extending across the image and set in a vertical, a horizontal, or a diagonal direction of the image;

second, identify a region in which the brightness changes cyclically as a lead recognition target region, in which there is a possibility of a lead existing, based upon the waveform analysis;

third, perform lead image recognition in the lead recognition target region;

fourth, mount a leaded component using a component mounter based upon the lead image recognition.

4. The device according to claim 3 , wherein the processor is configured to identify the lead recognition target region using one of a normalized square difference function, an average magnitude difference function, and a Fourier transformation.

5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

creating imaging-processing-use component data including at least one of lead position, lead quantity, lead pitch, lead width, or lead length, using a recognition result of leads from the lead image recognition; and

mounting the leaded component using the component mounter based upon the image-processing-use component data.

6. The device according to claim 3 , wherein the processor is configured to

create imaging-processing-use component data including at least one of lead position, lead quantity, lead pitch, lead width, or lead length, using a recognition result of leads from the lead image recognition; and

mount the leaded component using the component mounter based upon the image-processing-use component data.

7. A system for recognizing leads by processing an image captured by a camera of a component provided with a single row or multiple rows of leads of the same size and shape at a regular pitch, the device comprising:

a processor configured to:

first, perform waveform analysis of a change pattern of brightness along multiple lines extending across the image and set in a vertical, a horizontal, or a diagonal direction of the image,

second, identify a region in which the brightness changes cyclically as a lead recognition target region, in which there is a possibility of a lead existing, based upon the waveform analysis, and

third, perform lead image recognition in the lead recognition target region; and

a component mounter configured to mount a leaded component based upon the lead image recognition.

8. The system according to claim 7 , wherein the processor is configured to identify the lead recognition target region using one of a normalized square difference function, an average magnitude difference function, and a Fourier transformation.

9. The system according to claim 7 , wherein

the processor is configured to create imaging-processing-use component data including at least one of lead position, lead quantity, lead pitch, lead width, or lead length, using a recognition result of leads from the lead image recognition, and

the component mounter is configured to mount the leaded component based upon the image-processing-use component data.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein identifying the region as the lead recognition target region includes determining end coordinates of the lead recognition target region based upon a standard deviation of a pitch width of the change pattern of brightness.

11. The device according to claim 3 , wherein the processor is configured to identify the region as the lead recognition target region includes determining end coordinates of the lead recognition target region based upon a standard deviation of a pitch width of the change pattern of brightness.

12. The system according to claim 7 , wherein the processor is configured to identify the region as the lead recognition target region includes determining end coordinates of the lead recognition target region based upon a standard deviation of a pitch width of the change pattern of brightness.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 19, 2018
From: FUJI MACHINE MFG. CO., LTD.
To: FUJI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046591/0109 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 5, 2017
From: NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
To: FUJI MACHINE MFG. CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 041862/0485 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 29, 2016
From: KITO, SHUICHIRO
To: FUJI MACHINE MFG. CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 040452/0178 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 29, 2016
From: UMEZAKI, TAIZO
To: NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Reel/Frame 040452/0221 →