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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2008
Filed:
May. 20, 2005
Applicants:
Masayoshi Ichikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Aritomo Kikuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Masayoshi Ichikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Aritomo Kikuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Advantest Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A position detecting apparatus for detecting a position of an electronic component, which includes a terminal, includes an image acquiring unit for acquiring an image of the terminal, a terminal area detecting unit for detecting an area of the terminal from the image acquired by the image acquiring unit and an electronic component position detecting unit for detecting a position of the electronic component based on the area of the terminal detected by the terminal area detecting unit and predetermined terminal information of the electronic component.