Electric-circuit fabricating system and method, and electric-circuit fabricating program
First Claim
1. An electric-circuit fabricating system for fabricating an electric circuit by performing a predetermined working operation on a circuit substrate, comprising:
- a substrate holding device operable to hold said circuit substrate at a position almost aligned with a predetermined working position thereof;
an imaging device operable to image a surface of the circuit substrate on which the predetermined working operation is to be performed;
an imaging control device operable to control said imaging device to take an image of at least one substrate-position fiducial mark provided on said surface of said circuit substrate, and obtain substrate-position information on the basis of said image, said substrate-position information indicating the position at which said circuit substrate is held by said substrate holding device; and
a working device operable to perform the predetermined working operation on said circuit substrate, on the basis of said substrate-position information, and wherein said imaging control device includes a substrate-identification control portion operable to control said imaging device to take an image of a substrate ID mark provided on said surface of the circuit substrate as held by said substrate holding device, said substrate-identification control portion obtaining substrate identifying information identifying said circuit substrate, on the basis of said image of said substrate ID mark.
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Abstract
An electric-circuit fabricating system for fabricating an electric circuit, by performing a working operation on a circuit substrate, including a substrate holding device to hold the substrate, an imaging device to image a surface of the substrate on which the working operation is to be performed, an imaging control device to control the imaging device to take an image of a substrate-position fiducial mark provided on the substrate, and obtaining substrate-position information on the basis of the image, and a working device to perform the working operation on the substrate, on the basis of the substrate-position information, and wherein the imaging control device is operable to control the imaging device to take an image of a substrate ID mark provided on the substrate as held by the substrate holding device, for obtaining substrate identifying information identifying the substrate, on the basis of the image of the substrate ID mark. Also disclosed are a method and a control program for fabricating an electric circuit by performing the working operation on the substrate.
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10 Claims
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1. An electric-circuit fabricating system for fabricating an electric circuit by performing a predetermined working operation on a circuit substrate, comprising:
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a substrate holding device operable to hold said circuit substrate at a position almost aligned with a predetermined working position thereof;
an imaging device operable to image a surface of the circuit substrate on which the predetermined working operation is to be performed;
an imaging control device operable to control said imaging device to take an image of at least one substrate-position fiducial mark provided on said surface of said circuit substrate, and obtain substrate-position information on the basis of said image, said substrate-position information indicating the position at which said circuit substrate is held by said substrate holding device; and
a working device operable to perform the predetermined working operation on said circuit substrate, on the basis of said substrate-position information, and wherein said imaging control device includes a substrate-identification control portion operable to control said imaging device to take an image of a substrate ID mark provided on said surface of the circuit substrate as held by said substrate holding device, said substrate-identification control portion obtaining substrate identifying information identifying said circuit substrate, on the basis of said image of said substrate ID mark. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of fabricating an electric circuit by performing a predetermined working operation on a circuit substrate, said method comprising:
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a substrate-holding step of holding said circuit substrate at a position almost aligned with a predetermined working position thereof, a substrate-position-information obtaining step of operating an imaging device to take an image of at least one substrate-position fiducial mark provided on a surface of said circuit substrate, and obtaining substrate-position information on the basis of said image, said substrate-position information indicating the position at which said circuit substrate is held;
substrate-identifying step of operating said imaging device to take an image of a substrate ID mark provided on said surface of the circuit substrate, and obtaining substrate identifying information identifying said circuit substrate, on the basis of said image of said substrate ID mark; and
a working step of performing said predetermined working operation on the basis of said substrate-position information.
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8. A control program executed by a computer to perform a predetermined working operation on a circuit substrate, for fabricating an electric circuit, said control program comprising:
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a substrate-holding step of holding said circuit substrate at a position almost aligned with a predetermined working position thereof;
a substrate-position-information obtaining step of operating an imaging device to take an image of at least one substrate-position fiducial mark provided on a surface of said circuit substrate, and obtaining substrate-position information on the basis of said image, said substrate-position information indicating the position at which said circuit substrate is held;
substrate-identifying step of operating said imaging device to take an image of a substrate ID mark provided on said surface of the circuit substrate, and obtaining substrate identifying information identifying said circuit substrate, on the basis of said image of said substrate ID mark; and
a working step of performing said predetermined working operation on the basis of said substrate-position information. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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10. A circuit substrate carrying at least one substrate-position fiducial mark indicative of a position of said circuit substrate, and a substrate ID mark in the form of a two-dimensional bar code which identifies said circuit substrate and which is located adjacent to one of said at least one substrate-position fiducial mark.
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