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Granted Patent B2
US 11,936,985 · App. 17/765,396 · Granted Mar 19, 2024

Appearance inspection device and defect inspection method

Inventors: Shingo Hayashi (Kyoto, JP); Daisuke Konishi (Kyoto, JP)
Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
H04N23/695G01B11/0608G01N21/956G01N2021/95646G01N2201/1042
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Patent No.
US 11,936,985
App. No.
17/765,396
Granted
Mar 19, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a technique capable of more accurately determining a solder protruding defect in an appearance inspection device that acquires an image of an inspection region of an inspection target and measures a height of a predetermined place in the inspection region with a height measurement device. The appearance inspection device includes: an imaging unit ( 3 ); a height measurement unit ( 20 ); a moving mechanism ( 5 ) that moves the imaging unit ( 3 ) and the height measurement unit ( 20 ). When a restricted region (M) in the inspection target is irradiated with the measurement light emitted from the height measurement unit ( 20 ), the determination unit restricts defect determination based on the information on the height of the predetermined place measured by the height measurement unit ( 20 ).

Claims (34)

1. An appearance inspection device comprising:

an imaging unit configured to capture an image of an inspection region on an inspection target;

a height measurement unit configured to emit measurement light and receive reflected light of the measurement light to measure a height of a predetermined place in the inspection target;

a moving mechanism configured to relatively move the imaging unit, the height measurement unit, and the inspection target to change the inspection region captured by the imaging unit and the predetermined place where the height is measured by the height measurement unit;

a determination unit configured to determine whether the inspection target has a defect in the inspection region based on an image of the inspection region captured by the imaging unit and information on the height of the predetermined place measured by the height measurement unit; and

a restriction unit configured to cause the determination unit to restrict determination of whether there is the defect based on the information on the height of the predetermined place measured by the height measurement unit when a predetermined restricted region in the inspection target is irradiated with the measurement light emitted from the height measurement unit.

2. The appearance inspection device according to claim 1 , wherein

the inspection target is a circuit board equipped with a circuit component, and

the restricted region comprises a fillet part in which solder forms a slope around a lead of the circuit component soldered to the circuit board.

3. The appearance inspection device according to claim 2 , wherein

another lead and fillet part adjacent to the lead irradiated with the measurement light exist in a direction in which the height measurement unit is moved relative to the circuit board from the restricted region or in a direction opposite to the direction.

4. The appearance inspection device according to claim 2 , further comprising

a setting unit configured to automatically set the restricted region based on a position of the lead in the circuit board.

5. The appearance inspection device according to claim 1 , wherein

the inspection target is a circuit board equipped with a circuit component, and

the restricted region comprises a region irradiated with the measurement light immediately before or immediately after a time point at which a lead of the circuit component soldered to the circuit board is irradiated with the measurement light when the height measurement unit and the circuit board are moved relative to each other.

6. The appearance inspection device according to claim 5 , wherein

the defect is a solder protruding defect in which solder protrudes from a tip of the lead of the circuit component in soldering the lead to the circuit board.

7. A defect inspection method using an appearance inspection device comprising:

an imaging unit configured to capture an image of an inspection region on an inspection target;

a height measurement unit configured to emit measurement light and receive reflected light of the measurement light to measure a height of a predetermined place in the inspection target; and

a moving mechanism configured to relatively move the imaging unit, the height measurement unit, and the inspection target to change the inspection region captured by the imaging unit and the predetermined place where the height is measured by the height measurement unit, the method comprising:

determining whether the inspection target has a defect in the inspection region based on an image of the inspection region captured by the imaging unit and information on the height of the predetermined place measured by the height measurement unit; and

restricting determination of whether there is the defect based on the information on the height of the predetermined place measured by the height measurement unit when a predetermined restricted region in the inspection target is irradiated with the measurement light.

8. The defect inspection method according to claim 7 , wherein

the inspection target is a circuit board equipped with a circuit component, and

the restricted region comprises a fillet part in which solder forms a slope around a lead of the circuit component soldered to the circuit board.

9. The defect inspection method according to claim 8 , wherein

another lead and fillet part adjacent to the lead irradiated with the measurement light exist in a direction in which the height measurement unit is moved relative to the circuit board from the restricted region or in a direction opposite to the direction.

10. The defect inspection method according to claim 8 , wherein

the defect is a solder protruding defect in which solder protrudes from a tip of the lead of the circuit component in soldering the lead to the circuit board.

11. The defect inspection method according to claim 7 , wherein

the inspection target is a circuit board equipped with a circuit component, and

the restricted region comprises a region irradiated with the measurement light immediately before or immediately after a time point at which a lead of the circuit component soldered to the circuit board is irradiated with the measurement light when the height measurement unit and the circuit board are moved relative to each other.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 30, 2022
From: HAYASHI, SHINGO; KONISHI, DAISUKE
To: OMRON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059449/0403 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-192443 · Oct 23, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220360720A1 · Nov 10, 2022
Cited By (1)
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