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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2015
Applicant:
Abb Schweiz Ag, Baden, CH;
Inventors:
Daniel Sirkett, Västerås, SE;
Peter Fransson, Västerås, SE;
Assignee:
ABB Schweiz AG, Baden, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01); G01B 11/26 (2006.01); G01G 19/414 (2006.01); G01G 19/52 (2006.01); G01B 11/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/10 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/0093 (2013.01); B25J 9/1697 (2013.01); G01B 11/002 (2013.01); G01B 11/26 (2013.01); G01G 19/414 (2013.01); G01G 19/52 (2013.01); H04N 1/1008 (2013.01); G05B 2219/37555 (2013.01);
Abstract
A component feeder including a stationary picking surface for receiving components to be picked, a vision system including an image unit arranged to take images of components distributed on the picking surface and a load device including one or more load sensors adapted to detect the presence of a component on the picking surface and the vision system is configured to automatically trigger the image unit to take an image upon detecting the presence of the component on the picking surface.