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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2005
Filed:
May. 19, 2000
Shinichi Ogimoto, Ebina, JP;
Shinichi Ogimoto, Ebina, JP;
Shibaura Mechatronics Corporation, Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
A mounting system for mounting an electronic component on a substrate includes a component identifying apparatus that identifies an electronic component to be mounted on the substrate. The component identifying apparatus includes a holding mechanism that holds the electronic component, a color-perceptive sensor that perceives a color of a predetermined region on the electronic component, and a data processor that identifies the electronic component on the basis of the color perceived by the color-perceptive sensor. The mounting system also includes a controller that controls an electronic component mounting operation on the basis of a result of identification obtained by the component identifying apparatus. The component identifying apparatus carries out the identification of the color of the predetermined region on the electronic component before the electronic component is mounted on the substrate, and the controller executes an operation to cause the electronic component mounting operation to be interrupted when the electronic component is not identified to be a desired one.