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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 1988
Filed:
Jun. 11, 1987
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Kadoma, JP;
Abstract
A method of optical recognition of a component suction-gripped by a suction nozzle, wherein, when a small component (P) is illuminated by a first illuminator (23), from cone-shaped reflector provided on the base part of a sucking nozzle (3), thereby making a silhouette image of the small component, and when a large component (P') is suction-gripped, a second illuminator, having two-piece movable translucent sheets (25a+25b, which are opened to pass the large component (P') through a thus-opened gap, illuminates the large component (P') to make its silhouette image. By using a lightweight nozzle, a silhouette of the large component is obtainable, assuring high speed mounting of components.