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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 1992
Filed:
Oct. 24, 1990
Kazutoshi Ikegaya, Zama, JP;
Yuji Maruyama, Tokyo, JP;
Yukifumi Tsuda, Kawasaki, JP;
Kunio Sannomiya, Atsugi, JP;
Hiroto Toba, Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
A beam of light is applied to a surface of a circuit board provided with at least one solder portion. The light beam scans the surface of the circuit board. Height data are derived from a portion of the light beam which is scattered at the surface of the circuit board. The height data represent a height of a currently-scanned point of the surface of the circuit board. The height data are accumulatively added for the solder portion. A variation in the height data is calculated. The accumulative addition of the height data is executed and suspended in response to the calculated variation in the height data. A decision is made as to whether the solder portion is acceptable or unacceptable on the basis of a result of the accumulative addition.