Touch screen input apparatus for chip mounter, chip mounter including the same and method for controlling the chip mounter

• US 5,917,477 A
• Filed: 02/28/1997
• Issued: 06/29/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Jong-ho
• Primary Examiner(s): Hofsass, Jeffery A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): GOINS, DAVETTA WOODS
• Application Number:
  US08/807,683
• Time in Patent Office: 851 Days
• Field of Search: 345/1, 345/2, 345/156, 345/173, 345/174, 345/123, 345/180, 345/157, 345/179, 345/526, 345/516, 348/15
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/409 characterised by using manual data input [MDI] or by using control panel, e.g. controlling functions with the panel; characterised by control panel details or by setting parameters G05B19/408, G05B19/4093 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/32266 Priority orders
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/36153 Two, several consoles, displays, panels, two different input, joystick
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/36168 Touchscreen
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/45026 Circuit board, pcb
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04166 Details of scanning methods, e.g. sampling time, grouping of sub areas or time sharing with display driving Synchronisation with the driving of the display or the backlighting unit to avoid interferences generated internally G06F3/04184
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1423 controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/02 Total factory control, e.g. smart factories, flexible manufacturing systems [FMS] or integrated manufacturing systems [IMS]

Abstract

A touch screen input apparatus including a plurality of touch screens, a chip mounter provided with the apparatus, and a method for controlling the chip mounter are provided which improve the capability of controlling the chip mounter. The touch screen input apparatus of a chip mounter comprises a plurality of monitors dispersedly disposed in the vicinity of the chip mounter to provide display screens for inputting the letter or numeral, a touch panel attached to each monitor for recognizing a touched coordinate on each display screen and outputting an electrical signal, priority order and release time controlling means for receiving the signals output from the touch panels and recognizing the order of generation thereof, and a multiplexer for receiving the signals output from the touch panels and sequentially selecting and outputting the input signals according to the order recognized by the priority order and release time controlling means. The touch screen input apparatus includes the monitors and the touch screen which are located at different places in order to control the chip mounter, thereby improving the operational capability of the chip mounter.

Claims

1. A touch screen input apparatus for inputting indicia to a chip mounter, comprising:

a plurality of monitors dispersedly disposed in the vicinity of said chip mounter to provide display screens for inputting the indicia;

a touch panel attached to each said monitor for recognizing a touched coordinate on each display screen and outputting an electrical signal;

priority order and release time controlling means for receiving said signals output from said touch panels and recognizing the order of generation thereof; and

a multiplexer for receiving said signals output from said touch panels and sequentially selecting and outputting said input signals according to the order recognized by said priority order and release time controlling means.

2. A touch screen input apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a line driver for receiving a signal output from said multiplexer, and touch controlling means for receiving said signal output from said line driver and decoding the touched coordinate therefrom.

3. A chip mounter for receiving indicia through a touch screen input apparatus, said touch screen input apparatus comprising:

a plurality of monitors dispersedly disposed in the vicinity of said chip mounter to provide display screens for inputting the letter or numeral;

a touch panel attached to each said monitor for recognizing a touched coordinate on each display screen and outputting the detected coordinate as an electrical signal;

priority order and release time controlling means for receiving said signals output from said touch panels and recognizing the order of generation thereof; and

a multiplexer for receiving said signals output from said touch panels and sequentially selecting and outputting said input signals according to the order recognized by said priority order and release time controlling means.

4. A touch screen input apparatus as claimed in claim 3, further comprising a line driver for receiving a signal output from said multiplexer, and touch controlling means for receiving said signal output from said line driver and decoding the touched coordinate therefrom.