Lead sense system for component insertion machine
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1. A machine for inserting electronic components, such as dip components, having a pair of rows of parallel leads, running from one end of a component to the other end and defining the sides of the component, into holes of a printed circuit board comprising:
- means for inserting the parallel leads of a component into holes of the printed circuit board so that the leads extend beyond the bottom surface of the printed circuit board,camera means,means for mounting said camera means on one side of the leads at an angle to the rows of parallel leads selected so that said camera means will see the leads of one row spaced from the leads of the other row,means for making each of the leads extending beyond the bottom surface of the printed circuit board appear dark to said camera means with the rest of the image seen by the camera appearing light includinglight source means andmeans for mounting said light source means at the opposite side of the leads to direct light toward the bottom surface of the printed circuit board proximate the leads so that it will reflect towards said camera means thereby presenting to said camera means a pattern of dark spots corresponding to the leads extending beyond the printed circuit board, andmeans for comparing the pattern of dark spots seen by said camera means with the pattern which the camera would see if all the leads were present in the inserted component and stopping said machine if the patterns do not match.
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Abstract
A system is disclosed for verifying the proper insertion of the leads of an electrical component. The system includes a camera mounted within a component insertion machine. The camera image is stored within the system and analyzed for the absence of any leads that should have been inserted.
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1. A machine for inserting electronic components, such as dip components, having a pair of rows of parallel leads, running from one end of a component to the other end and defining the sides of the component, into holes of a printed circuit board comprising:
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means for inserting the parallel leads of a component into holes of the printed circuit board so that the leads extend beyond the bottom surface of the printed circuit board, camera means, means for mounting said camera means on one side of the leads at an angle to the rows of parallel leads selected so that said camera means will see the leads of one row spaced from the leads of the other row, means for making each of the leads extending beyond the bottom surface of the printed circuit board appear dark to said camera means with the rest of the image seen by the camera appearing light including light source means and means for mounting said light source means at the opposite side of the leads to direct light toward the bottom surface of the printed circuit board proximate the leads so that it will reflect towards said camera means thereby presenting to said camera means a pattern of dark spots corresponding to the leads extending beyond the printed circuit board, and means for comparing the pattern of dark spots seen by said camera means with the pattern which the camera would see if all the leads were present in the inserted component and stopping said machine if the patterns do not match. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A system for verifying the proper insertion of a row of leads of an electronic component such as a DIP into a printed circuit board prior to securing the leads to the board comprising:
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means for backlighting the row of inserted leads of an inserted component so that the inserted leads will appear dark from the front thereof, camera means including a plurality of photosensitive binary elements arranged in horizontal rows to define a two-dimensional array, such elements having a one value when the image sensed is dark and having a zero value when the image sensed is light, means for mounting said camera means in front of the row of inserted leads and at a distance therefrom selected so that each backlit lead, which will occupy an area at least six photosensitive elements wide by about fifteen photosensitive elements high, will be located within a discrete window of photosensitive elements defined by about fifteen consecutive horizontally spaced rows of such photosensitive elements each row having about fifteen photosensitive elements, means for determining whether about any two consecutive photosensitive elements in each of about ten consecutive rows within each of said windows have said one value, and means for indicating that all leads are present in the event said determining means so determines. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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