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US 12,216,064 · App. 17/629,757 · Granted Feb 4, 2025

Inspection device

Inventors: Tomoya Fujimoto (Nagoya, JP); Takahiro Kobayashi (Chiryu, JP); Yuki Inaura (Chiryu, JP)
Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
G01N21/95H05K13/08G01N2021/8845G01N2021/8887
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Patent No.
US 12,216,064
App. No.
17/629,757
Granted
Feb 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An inspection device is such that the inspection device executes a mounting inspection of a component using an inspection image of a board on which the component is mounted and includes an imaging device and an image processing device. The imaging device obtains three monochromatic images of the board in R, G, B. The image processing device sets a board color using brightness values of the three monochromatic images obtained by the imaging device, calculates complementary colors of the board color so set, determines on a color component having a largest brightness value in individual color components of the complementary colors so calculated, and sets the monochromatic image having the color component so determined in the obtained three monochromatic images as the inspection image.

Claims (13)

1. An inspection device for executing a mounting inspection of a component using an inspection image of a board on which the component is mounted, comprising:

an imaging device configured to obtain three monochromatic images of the board in red, green, and blue; and

an image processing device configured to

analyze each of the monochromatic images and count occurrences of brightness values 0 to 255;

determine a board color R, G, B based on a highest count of the occurrences of the brightness values of the three monochromatic images,

determine a complementary color R′, G′, B′ of the board based on a highest brightness value among the board color R, G, B, and a lowest brightness value among the board color R, G, B, and,

determine a color component as having a largest brightness value in the complementary color R′, G′, B′, and

select a monochromatic image of the three monochromatic images corresponding to the color component as the inspection image.

2. The inspection device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the image processing device individually prepares histograms of the occurrences of the brightness values for the three monochromatic images and determines the board color based on a combination of most frequently occurring brightness values in the histograms.

3. The inspection device according to claim 1 , comprising:

a lighting device capable of independently irradiating three monochromatic lights of red, green, and blue onto the board,

wherein the imaging device constitutes a monochromatic camera configured to obtain the three monochromatic images by imaging the board by irradiating the board with the three monochromatic lights which are independently irradiated from the lighting device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 24, 2022
From: FUJIMOTO, TOMOYA; KOBAYASHI, TAKAHIRO; INAURA, YUKI
To: FUJI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058749/0411 →
Continuity (1)
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