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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2002
Shinsuke Suhara, Kariya, JP;
Mitsutaka Inagaki, Anjo, JP;
Toshiya Ito, Nishio, JP;
Yusuke Tsuchiya, Toyota, JP;
Shinsuke Suhara, Kariya, JP;
Mitsutaka Inagaki, Anjo, JP;
Toshiya Ito, Nishio, JP;
Yusuke Tsuchiya, Toyota, JP;
Fuji Machine Mfg. Co., Ltd., Chiryu, JP;
Abstract
In an electric-component mounting system including an illuminating device including a light source which emits a light for illuminating an object, a camera which takes an image of the object, and a processing and controlling device which includes a data processing portion that processes image data representing the image of the object taken by the camera, at least one of the camera and the illuminating device includes a brightness controlling device which controls a brightness of an image taken by the camera, and the processing and controlling device includes a brightness detecting portion which detects a brightness of at least a portion of the image of the object taken by the camera, and a control-parameter varying portion which varies, based on the brightness detected by the brightness detecting portion, at least one control parameter of the brightness controlling device so that a brightness of at least a portion of an image taken by the camera is equal to a preset brightness.