Discard Component Arrangement Image Screen for Mounting Systems
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Solution Overview
Problem
In mounting systems, operators face difficulties in identifying and understanding the reasons for components being discarded, as the information related to defective components is not clearly linked to the components on the conveyor, making it hard to manage and rectify issues.
Innovation Solution
An image processing device and method that captures identification images and corresponding captured images of discarded components, creating a discard component arrangement image screen to display the components' arrangement order and reasons for discarding, allowing operators to easily identify and manage discarded components.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If detailed information about discarded components is stored in a management server, then the completeness of defect information is improved, but the ease of identifying specific discarded components deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates visual copies (images) of discarded components and their arrangement positions, displaying them on a screen. This allows operators to identify specific discarded components through visual representation rather than searching through detailed data in a management server, thus maintaining information completeness while improving identification ease.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an image processing device as an intermediary between the management server and the operator. This device retrieves information from the server, processes it into visual images showing component arrangements and defect details, and presents it in an easily interpretable format, bridging the gap between complete data storage and easy identification.
2Loss of information
If multiple pieces of information about discarded components are displayed together, then the comprehensiveness of defect analysis is improved, but the complexity of the display system deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple types of information (component images, arrangement positions, defect reasons, captured images) into a single integrated display screen. This allows comprehensive defect analysis while avoiding the complexity of multiple separate display systems by presenting all information in one unified interface.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transforms tabular or textual defect information into a two-dimensional visual layout that mirrors the physical arrangement of components on the conveyor. This spatial representation adds a dimensional aspect to data display, making comprehensive information more intuitive and easier to analyze without increasing system complexity.
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AI summary
A mounting device mounts components on a board, and performs processing of arranging discard components discarded based on a captured image on a discard loading section. A CPU of a management computer acquires an identification image in which it is possible to identify a discard component to be discarded and a captured image of the discard component, links the acquired identification image of the discard component and the captured image of the discard component, and creates a discard component arrangement image screen that includes an arrangement display area in which the identification images are arranged based on an order in which the discard components were arranged on discard loading section. The CPU of management computer then outputs the created discard component arrangement image screen.