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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2013
Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsin-Chu, TW;
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Abstract
A method and system for pins detection and insertion of an electronic component are provided. The method includes picking an electronic component having a plurality of pins by a pick and place device, acquiring a plurality of serial images with respect to the plurality of pins at different height along an image acquiring direction by an image acquiring device, separately detecting image positions corresponding to the plurality of pins in the plurality of serial images, determining whether the electronic component is qualified according to a distance between the image positions of two adjacent pins, and if the electronic component is qualified, inserting the electronic component to a circuit board according to a position relationship between the image positions of the pins and a geometric center position of the pick and place device.