Transport System Tray Imaging Merging
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing transport systems for small works, such as electronic components, face inefficiencies and increased costs due to the need for dedicated shooting apparatuses and tray movement, which disrupts the transport process and is costly.
Innovation Solution
A transport system that includes a first and second transport unit, a transfer device, a shooting unit with a line sensor, and a moving device, allowing for horizontal tray transport and image capture perpendicular to the tray's movement direction, enabling efficient tray management and processing without the need for multiple shooting apparatuses.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If a dedicated shooting area and shooting apparatus are provided for tray shooting, then image shooting of the tray can be performed, but transport efficiency decreases due to the need to transport the tray to the dedicated area and perform shooting after transport completion
Solution Approach 1:
The shooting apparatus is integrated directly onto the transport line, merging the shooting function with the transport function. This eliminates the need for a separate dedicated shooting area and allows tray shooting to occur during normal transport operations, thereby maintaining transport efficiency while achieving image capture.
Solution Approach 2:
The shooting apparatus is designed to move together with the transport line, making it a dynamic rather than static setup. This allows the apparatus to maintain optimal positioning relative to the tray throughout the transport process, enabling continuous shooting without interrupting transport flow.
2Measurement precision
If a shooting apparatus is provided for each tray transport line, then tray shooting can be performed on each line, but the number of shooting apparatuses increases resulting in increased cost
Solution Approach 1:
A single movable shooting apparatus is designed to serve multiple transport lines by moving between them. This universal apparatus performs the shooting function for all lines sequentially, eliminating the need for dedicated apparatuses on each line and significantly reducing the total number of shooting devices required.
Solution Approach 2:
The shooting apparatus is equipped with movement capability to dynamically reposition itself between different transport lines. This allows one apparatus to replace multiple static apparatuses, reducing overall system complexity and cost while maintaining the ability to shoot trays on all lines.
3Measurement precision
If tray transport is performed to a dedicated shooting area, then complete tray imaging can be achieved, but the transport process is disrupted and time is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The shooting operation is merged with the transport operation, allowing both to occur simultaneously rather than sequentially. The tray is imaged during its normal transport movement, eliminating the need to pause or redirect the tray to a separate shooting area, thus avoiding time loss.
Solution Approach 2:
The transport process continues uninterrupted while the shooting apparatus captures images of the moving tray. This continuous operation ensures that transport time is not wasted, and the useful action of transporting trays is maintained throughout the imaging process.
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AI summary
The present invention provides a system that transports a tray in a horizontal attitude, the tray including a plurality of work placement portions arranged in a matrix. The system includes first and second transport units, a transfer device transferring the tray between the first transport unit and the second transport unit, a shooting unit including a line sensor shooting, between the first transport unit and the second transport unit, an image of the tray transferred by the transfer device and a moving device moving the transfer device and the shooting unit in a direction to traverse a plurality of transport lines of the first transport unit.