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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2018
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Junkei Shimizu, Yamanashi, JP;
Takeyuki Kawase, Yamanashi, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a component mounter including: a plurality of transport lanes for transporting a board sorted by a board sorting device; a congestion index calculator for calculating a congestion index indicating a congestion degree of each of the plurality of transport lanes; a transport lane determiner for determining a transport lane for carrying in the board among the plurality of transport lanes based on the calculated congestion index; and an outputter for outputting a board request signal for requesting to carry the board into the transport lane determined by the transport lane determiner, to the board sorting device.