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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2021
Filed:
May. 31, 2016
Fuji Corporation, Chiryu, JP;
Akio Sugihara, Chiryu, JP;
FUJI CORPORATION, Chiryu, JP;
Abstract
A loose component supply device in which a stage on which components are scattered is imaged by an imaging device and the area of the stage imaged by the imaging device is divided into 20×20 blocks. A difference value between first imaging data that is imaging data of the stage without any components loaded and second imaging data that is imaging data of the stage after component supply has been started and components replenished onto the stage is calculated for each block. If the difference value is equal to or greater than a threshold value, it is determined that a component is present in the block, and if it is determined that the quantity of blocks for which it is determined that a component is present is equal to or less than a set quantity, components are replenished to the stage.