阅读说明：本技术 元件安装机及元件安装机的照明光量调整方法 (Component mounting machine and method for adjusting illumination light quantity of component mounting machine ) 是由 泽浪寿人 于 2017-07-18 设计创作，主要内容包括：一种元件安装机,具备：LED照明装置(61),对由搭载于元件安装机(10)的相机(55)拍摄的拍摄对象进行照明；及照明光量调整装置(71),按预定灰度级数分级地调整上述LED照明装置的照明光量。上述LED照明装置使用亮度不同的两种LED元件(72、73)而构成,上述照明光量调整装置使预定电流在上述两种LED元件中的亮度较高的LED元件即高亮度LED元件(73)中流动而确保预定等级的照明光量,并且按预定灰度级数分级地调整在亮度较低的LED元件即低亮度LED元件(72)中流动的电流的电流值或者脉冲宽度而按预定灰度级数分级地调整该低亮度LED元件的发光光量,从而确保上述拍摄对象的拍摄所需要的照明光量,并且在超过上述预定等级的区域按预定灰度级数分级地调整照明光量。(A component mounting apparatus includes: an LED illumination device (61) that illuminates an imaging subject imaged by a camera (55) mounted on the component mounting apparatus (10); and an illumination light quantity adjusting device (71) for adjusting the illumination light quantity of the LED illumination device in a gradation manner in accordance with a predetermined number of gradation levels. The LED illumination device is configured by using two types of LED elements (72, 73) having different brightness, and the illumination light amount adjustment device ensures an illumination light amount of a predetermined level by flowing a predetermined current to a high-brightness LED element (73) which is an LED element having higher brightness among the two types of LED elements, and ensures an illumination light amount necessary for imaging the imaging object by adjusting a current value or a pulse width of a current flowing to a low-brightness LED element (72) which is an LED element having lower brightness in a predetermined gradation number in a stepwise manner to adjust an emission light amount of the low-brightness LED element in a predetermined gradation number in a stepwise manner, and adjusts the illumination light amount in a region exceeding the predetermined gradation number in a stepwise manner in a predetermined gradation number.)

1. A component mounting apparatus includes:

an LED illumination device that illuminates an object to be imaged by a camera mounted on the component mounting apparatus; and

an illumination light amount adjusting device which adjusts the illumination light amount of the LED illuminating device in a gradation manner at a predetermined number of gray levels,

the LED lighting device is provided with two LED elements with different brightness,

the illumination light amount adjustment device includes: a first adjustment unit that ensures a predetermined level of illumination light quantity by flowing a predetermined current through a high-luminance LED element, which is a high-luminance LED element, of the two LED elements; and a second adjustment unit that ensures a predetermined level of illumination light quantity by flowing a predetermined current through a low-luminance LED element, which is a LED element having a low luminance, of the two LED elements.

2. A component mounting apparatus includes: an LED illumination device that illuminates an object to be imaged by a camera mounted on the component mounting apparatus; and an illumination light amount adjusting device which adjusts the illumination light amount of the LED illuminating device in a gradation manner in accordance with a predetermined number of gray levels,

the LED lighting device is configured using two kinds of LED elements having different brightness,

the illumination light amount adjusting device ensures an illumination light amount of a predetermined level by causing a predetermined current to flow through a high-luminance LED element, which is a higher-luminance LED element, of the two LED elements, and adjusts a current value or a pulse width of a current flowing through a low-luminance LED element, which is a lower-luminance LED element, in a stepwise manner by a predetermined number of gray levels, thereby adjusting a light emission amount of the low-luminance LED element in a stepwise manner by a predetermined number of gray levels, thereby ensuring an illumination light amount necessary for photographing the subject, and adjusting an illumination light amount in a stepwise manner by a predetermined number of gray levels in a region exceeding the predetermined level.

3. The component mounting machine according to claim 1 or 2,

the number of the low-luminance LED elements is larger than that of the high-luminance LED elements.

4. Component mounting machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3,

the low brightness LED element is provided in plurality,

the illumination light amount adjustment device divides the plurality of low-luminance LED elements into two or more groups, and adjusts a current value or a pulse width of a current flowing in the low-luminance LED elements in a stepwise manner by a predetermined number of gray levels individually for each of the groups.

5. Component mounting machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4,

the LED lighting device is configured such that a plurality of the low-luminance LED elements are arranged on a central side of an illumination light output region facing the imaging target, and at least one of the high-luminance LED elements is arranged on each of both sides of the illumination light output region.

6. Component mounting machine according to any one of claims 1 to 5,

the illumination light amount adjustment device is configured to be capable of adjusting a current value or a pulse width of a current flowing through the high-luminance LED element in a stepwise manner.

7. Component mounting machine according to any one of claims 1 to 6,

the photographic subject is at least a lower end portion of the suction nozzle or a component sucked by the suction nozzle.

8. The component mounting machine according to claim 7,

the camera photographs at least a lower end portion of the suction nozzle or a component sucked by the suction nozzle from a side.

9. The component mounting machine according to claim 8,

a plurality of suction nozzles are held at predetermined intervals in the circumferential direction of the mounting head of the rotary type,

the camera includes an optical system unit for imaging, from the side, at least lower end portions of two adjacent suction nozzles located in a suction nozzle lowered for component suction and mounting operations among the plurality of suction nozzles or components sucked by the two suction nozzles, at one or more positions of the rotational position of the mounting head,

the LED lighting device is provided with a plurality of lighting light output areas for lighting at least lower end parts of two adjacent suction nozzles of the suction nozzle descending for the component suction and mounting operation or components sucked by the two suction nozzles from the side at one or more positions of the rotation position of the mounting head, the two LED components are respectively arranged corresponding to each lighting light output area,

the illumination light amount adjustment device is configured to adjust the light amount by a predetermined number of gray levels individually for each of the illumination light output regions.

10. An illumination light amount adjusting method for a component mounting machine,

the component mounting apparatus includes:

an LED illumination device that illuminates an object to be imaged by a camera mounted on the component mounting apparatus; and

an illumination light amount adjusting device which adjusts the illumination light amount of the LED illuminating device in a gradation manner at a predetermined number of gray levels,

the LED lighting device is provided with two LED elements with different brightness,

the illumination light amount adjustment device includes: a first adjustment step of flowing a predetermined current through a high-luminance LED element, which is a higher-luminance LED element, of the two LED elements to secure a predetermined level of illumination light; and a second adjustment step of flowing a predetermined current through a low-luminance LED element, which is a low-luminance LED element of the two LED elements, to secure a predetermined level of illumination light.

Technical Field

The present specification discloses a technique relating to a component mounting machine having a function of adjusting the quantity of illumination light of an LED illumination device illuminating an object photographed by a camera in stages by a predetermined number of gradation steps, and a method of adjusting the quantity of illumination light of the component mounting machine.

Background

In general, an LED lighting device for a camera mounted on a component mounting machine is configured using a plurality of LED elements, and adjusts the lighting light amount of an object to be illuminated by adjusting the current value flowing through each LED element by an LED driver (LED driving circuit) using the characteristic that the lighting light amount of each LED element increases and decreases almost in proportion to the current value flowing through each LED element.

In order to adjust the amount of illumination light of the LED illumination device by a digital signal by a control device (computer) of the component mounting apparatus, the adjustment of the current value of the LED element by the LED driver is, for example, an adjustment of gradation such as 64 gradation or 128 gradation. In this case, the larger the number of gray levels is, the finer the adjustment width of the current value per 1 gray level (adjustment width of the light amount) is, and there is an advantage that the illumination light amount can be finely adjusted according to the subject to be photographed, the photographing environment, and the like, but on the other hand, there is a disadvantage that: the higher the gradation level of the LED driver, the higher the price of the LED driver, and the higher the cost of the LED driver.

In the LED illumination device described in patent document 1 (japanese patent application laid-open No. 2003-174292), in order to increase the number of gray levels for adjusting the illumination light amount in a stepwise manner, the light amount adjustment of m levels is performed individually for each LED element in a group consisting of n total LED elements, and the illumination light amount of n × m levels (gray levels) can be adjusted as the whole group.

Disclosure of Invention

Problems to be solved by the invention

However, as in patent document 1, in order to adjust the light amount individually for each LED element, it is necessary to provide one LED driver for each LED element. This configuration also has a drawback that the number of LED drivers required is the same as the number of LED elements, which leads to an increase in cost.

In addition, when the amount of illumination light for illuminating the subject to be photographed is increased, it is necessary to increase the number of LED elements or change the LED elements to a high-luminance product (high-output product). However, if the number of LED elements is increased, the mounting area for mounting the LED elements also needs to be increased, which disadvantageously increases the size of the LED lighting device. In addition, since a space for installing the LED lighting device around a camera (particularly, a camera for photographing a component sucked by the suction nozzle from a side) mounted on the component mounting apparatus is narrow, the LED lighting device is difficult to be increased in size.

On the other hand, when the LED element is changed to a high-luminance product, the adjustment width of the current value (adjustment width of the light amount) for each 1 gray level adjusted by the LED driver becomes rough, and there is a disadvantage that the illumination light amount of the illumination subject cannot be finely adjusted.

In short, there is no conventional LED lighting device mounted on a component mounting apparatus that can meet the requirements of cost reduction and size reduction and can simultaneously cope with an increase in the amount of illumination light and a subdivision of the adjustment width.

Means for solving the problems

In order to solve the above problem, a component mounting apparatus includes: an LED illumination device that illuminates an object to be imaged by a camera mounted on the component mounting apparatus; and an illumination light amount adjusting device configured to adjust an illumination light amount of the LED illumination device in steps by a predetermined number of gray-scale levels, wherein the LED illumination device is configured by using two types of LED elements having different luminances, and the illumination light amount adjusting device ensures an illumination light amount of a predetermined level by flowing a predetermined current through a high-luminance LED element, which is a higher-luminance LED element, of the two types of LED elements, and adjusts a current value or a pulse width of a current flowing through a low-luminance LED element, which is a lower-luminance LED element, in steps by a predetermined number of gray-scale levels, thereby adjusting an emission light amount of the low-luminance LED element in steps by a predetermined number of gray-scale levels, thereby ensuring an illumination light amount necessary for photographing the subject, and adjusts an illumination light amount in steps by a predetermined number of gray-scale levels in a region.

In general, the illumination light amount suitable for imaging of an imaging target differs depending on the type of the imaging target, the performance of the camera, and the like, but in either case, it is not meaningful to be able to finely adjust the illumination light amount in a region of a minimum light amount level or less necessary for imaging of the imaging target, and it is not necessary to perform light amount adjustment.

Therefore, the LED lighting device is configured using the high-luminance LED element and the low-luminance LED element, and a predetermined current is made to flow through the high-luminance LED element to secure a predetermined level of lighting light quantity (for example, a minimum light quantity level required for photographing an object to be photographed or a light quantity level slightly lower than the minimum light quantity level), and the current flowing through the low-luminance LED element is adjusted in stages by a predetermined number of gradation levels to secure a lighting light quantity required for photographing the object to be photographed, and the lighting light quantity is adjusted by a predetermined number of gradation levels in a region exceeding the predetermined level. In this way, the illumination light amount can be adjusted by a predetermined number of gray levels in the region where the light amount adjustment is required, that is, the region exceeding the predetermined level. Further, by using the high-luminance LED elements, the amount of illumination light can be easily increased without increasing the number of LED elements, and the demand for miniaturization can be satisfied and the increase in the amount of illumination light can be coped with.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a main part of a component mounting machine according to an embodiment.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view illustrating the structure of the mounting head unit of the rotary type.

Fig. 3 is a plan view illustrating a positional relationship among the LED lighting device, the suction nozzle, the optical system unit, and the side-view camera.

Fig. 4 is a development view of an LED substrate on which low-luminance LED elements and high-luminance LED elements of the LED lighting device are mounted.

Fig. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a control system of the component mounting machine.

Fig. 6 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the LED illumination device and the illumination light amount adjustment device.

Fig. 7 is a diagram illustrating a relationship between the amount of illumination light of the LED illumination device and a dimmable gray scale.

Detailed Description

An embodiment will be described below.

First, the structure of the component mounting apparatus 10 will be schematically described with reference to fig. 1.

A conveyor 13 for conveying the circuit boards 12 is provided on the base 11 of the component mounting machine 10 (hereinafter, the conveying direction of the circuit boards 12 by the conveyor 13 is referred to as the X direction, and the orthogonal direction is referred to as the Y direction). A component supply device 14 such as a tape feeder or a tray feeder is provided on the base 11 on the side of the conveyor 13, and components mounted on the circuit board 12 are supplied by the component supply device 14.

The component mounter 10 is provided with a head moving device 16 that moves the rotary-type mounting head unit 15 in the horizontal direction (XY direction). The head moving device 16 is composed of an X-axis sliding mechanism 17 that moves the mounting head unit 15 in the X direction and a Y-axis sliding mechanism 18 that moves the mounting head unit 15 in the Y direction. The Y-axis slide mechanism 18 is configured such that two Y-axis guide rails 21 are fixed to the upper portion of the component mounting apparatus 10 so as to extend in parallel in the Y direction, and a Y-axis slider 22 supported slidably by the Y-axis guide rails 21 is moved in the Y direction by a ball screw device (not shown) or the like using a Y-axis motor (not shown) as a drive source. On the other hand, the X-axis slide mechanism 17 is configured such that two X-axis guide rails 23 are attached to the Y-axis slider 22 so as to extend in parallel in the X direction, and the X-axis guide rails 23 support the X-axis slider 24 so as to be slidable, and the mounting head unit 15 attached to the X-axis slider 24 is moved in the X direction by moving the X-axis slider 24 in the X direction using a ball screw device (not shown) or the like using an X-axis motor as a drive source.

Next, the structure of the mounting head unit 15 of the rotary type will be described with reference to fig. 2.

In a rotating head 31 (mounting head) provided in the mounting head unit 15, a plurality of nozzle holders 32 are supported so as to be able to descend at predetermined intervals in the circumferential direction thereof, and each nozzle holder 32 holds a nozzle 33 that sucks a component supplied from the component supply device 14 so as to be able to be replaced in a downward manner.

The swivel head 31 is fitted to the lower end of an R-axis 34 extending in the vertical direction (Z direction), and an R-axis gear 36 of an R-axis drive mechanism 35 is fitted to the upper end of the R-axis 34. A gear 39 fixed to a rotating shaft 38 of the R-axis motor 37 is engaged with the R-axis gear 36, and the R-axis gear 36 is rotated by the rotation of the gear 39 of the R-axis motor 37, so that the rotary head 31 rotates about the R-axis 34, and the plurality of nozzle holders 32 and the plurality of nozzles 33 rotate (revolve) integrally in the circumferential direction of the rotary head 31.

Upper and lower 2-stage Q-axis gears 41 and 42 of the Q-axis drive mechanism 40 are rotatably inserted into the R-axis 34, and a gear 43 fitted to the upper end of each nozzle holder 32 is engaged with the lower Q-axis gear 42. On the other hand, the gear 46 fixed to the rotating shaft 45 of the Q-axis motor 44 is engaged with the Q-axis gear 41 on the upper stage, and the gears 43 are rotated by integrally rotating the Q-axis gears 41 and 42 by the rotation of the gear 46 of the Q-axis motor 44, and the nozzle holders 32 are rotated (rotated) around the axial lines of the nozzle holders 32, respectively, whereby the directions (angles) of the components sucked by the nozzles 33 held by the nozzle holders 32 can be corrected.

Z-axis drive mechanisms 48 for individually lowering the nozzle holders 32 are provided at two positions in the radial direction of the rotary head 31, and the respective nozzle holders 32 are individually lowered at two stop positions in the radial direction of the swing path of the nozzle holder 32 by the respective Z-axis drive mechanisms 48. In the present embodiment, the two positions of the Z-axis drive mechanism 48 are positions where the rotation angle of the rotary head 31 is 0 ° and 180 ° or positions of 90 ° and 270 °. Here, 0 ° and 180 ° are the X direction (substrate conveying direction) and the opposite direction thereof, and 90 ° and 270 ° are the Y direction (direction at right angles to the substrate conveying direction) and the opposite direction thereof.

Each Z-axis drive mechanism 48 uses a Z-axis motor 49 as an actuator, and rotates a lead screw 50 by the Z-axis motor 49 to move a Z-axis slide 51 in the vertical direction, and engages the Z-axis slide 51 with an engagement piece 52 provided at the upper end of the nozzle holder 32 to move the nozzle holder 32 in the vertical direction. Further, as the Z-axis motor 49, a linear motor may be used to move the Z-axis slide 51 in the vertical direction. Alternatively, a linear solenoid, an air cylinder, or the like may be used instead of the linear motor.

The mounting head unit 15 configured as described above is provided with a side image capturing camera 55 (see fig. 3) that captures a side image of a component sucked by the suction nozzle 33 or a side image of at least a lower end portion of the suction nozzle 33. Further, a mark imaging camera 56 (see fig. 1) for imaging a reference position mark of the circuit board 12 is mounted downward on the X-axis slider 24 on which the mounting head unit 15 is mounted, and the head moving device 16 moves the side imaging camera 55 and the mark imaging camera 56 in the XY direction together with the mounting head unit 15.

As shown in fig. 1, a component imaging camera 57 for imaging a component sucked by the suction nozzle 33 from below and a nozzle changer 58 for storing a nozzle to be exchanged for the suction nozzle 33 held by the nozzle holder 32 of the mounting head unit 15 are provided in a space between the component supply device 14 and the conveyor 13 in the base 11 of the component mounting machine 10.

The side-view camera 55, the mark-shooting camera 56, and the component-shooting camera 57 are each provided with an illumination device for illuminating an object to be shot. The configuration of the LED illumination device 61 for illuminating the subject imaged by the side imaging camera 55 will be described below with reference to fig. 3 and 4.

The LED lighting device 61 is configured by mounting two types of LED elements 62 and 63 having different luminances (light emission amounts) on an LED substrate 64. Hereinafter, the LED element 62 having a low luminance out of the two LED elements 62 and 63 is referred to as a low-luminance LED element 62, and the LED element 63 having a high luminance is referred to as a high-luminance LED element 63. In the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, the two Z-axis drive mechanisms 48 provided at two positions in the radial direction of the rotary head 31 are configured to individually lower the respective suction nozzles 33 at two stop positions in the radial direction of the swing path of the suction nozzle 33 for component suction and mounting operations. In the following description, as an example, as shown in fig. 3, a configuration in which the number of the nozzles 33 (the number of the nozzle holders 32) is 8, the nozzles 33 (the nozzle holders 32) are arranged at a pitch of 45 °, and the positions of the rotation angles of the rotary head 31 of 0 ° and 180 ° are stop positions will be described, but it goes without saying that the number and the stop positions of the nozzles 33 (the nozzle holders 32) may be changed as appropriate. The direction of rotation of the 8 suction nozzles 33 shown in fig. 3 (the direction of rotation of the rotary head 31) is clockwise.

At least the lower end portions of two nozzles 33(B, C) present adjacent to each other of the nozzle 33(a) which is lowered at two stop positions (0 ° and 180 °) among the 8 nozzles 33 held by the rotary head 31 for component suction and mounting operation, or components sucked by the two nozzles 33(B, C) are taken as imaging targets, and the imaging targets are imaged by the side imaging camera 55 from the side. Therefore, the imaging positions are four positions where the rotation angle of the rotating head 31 is 45 °, 135 °, 225 °, and 315 °, and the number of imaging subjects is 4. In other words, the side surface images of at least the lower end portion of the nozzle 33(B) stopped at the positions 315 ° and 135 ° before 1 pitch of the positions (0 ° and 180 °) where the component suction operation is performed are captured by the side surface imaging camera 55, and it is confirmed by image processing that no component is attached (no component is carried) to the nozzle 33(B), and the side surface images of the component sucked by the nozzle 33(C) stopped at the positions 45 ° and 225 ° after 1 pitch of the positions (0 ° and 180 °) where the component suction operation is performed are captured by the side surface imaging camera 55, and it is confirmed by image processing whether the component sucked by the nozzle 33(C) is present, the component suction posture, and the like.

In order to capture side images of the four photographic subjects with one side-view camera 55, the optical system unit 66 is provided so as to surround the periphery of the LED lighting device 61. The optical system unit 66 is configured by combining a plurality of mirrors 67a, 67b, and 67c and a plurality of prisms 68a and 68b, and forms an image of the side surface image of the subject at four positions on the light receiving surface of the side imaging camera 55 by reflecting or refracting the side surface image by the path of the mirror 67a → the prism 68a → the mirror 67b → the mirror 67c → the prism 68 b. At this time, the side images of the four subjects are imaged on the light receiving surface of the side imaging camera 55 so as not to overlap each other, and the side images of the four subjects are separately displayed on 1 image captured by the side imaging camera 55. In this way, the side images of the four subjects can be simultaneously confirmed from 1 image captured by the side-view camera 55.

Further, an optical path switcher (not shown) or the like for selectively switching 4 optical paths for imaging the side images of the four imaging targets may be provided in the optical system unit 66, and the side images of the four imaging targets may be imaged by the side imaging cameras 55 at every one place or every two places by the optical path switching.

On the other hand, as shown in fig. 3, the LED substrate 64 on which the low-brightness LED elements 62 and the high-brightness LED elements 63 are mounted is formed of, for example, 1 flexible printed substrate, and is refracted in an 8-angle ring shape so as to surround the rotation orbit of the 8 suction nozzles 33 held by the spin head 31, and an optical system unit 66 is provided so as to surround the periphery of the 8-angle ring-shaped LED substrate 64.

In the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 4, the LED mounting surface of the LED substrate 64 is divided into 4 illumination light output regions D1 to D4 so as to illuminate the above-described four imaging objects from the sides, and the low-luminance LED element 62 and the high-luminance LED element 63 are mounted corresponding to the illumination light output regions D1 to D4, respectively. The number of low-luminance LED elements 62 mounted in the illumination light output regions D1 to D4 is larger than the number of high-luminance LED elements 63, a plurality of low-luminance LED elements 62 are disposed on the center side of the illumination light output regions D1 to D4, and at least one high-luminance LED element 63 is disposed on each of the both sides of the illumination light output regions D1 to D4. In the present embodiment, the number of the LED elements 62 and 63 in each of the illumination light output regions D1 to D4 is 8 low-luminance LED elements 62 and two high-luminance LED elements 63. A notch 69 (see fig. 4) for guiding the side image of each subject to be captured to the mirror 67a of the optical system unit 66 is formed in the center of the upper edge of each of the illumination light output regions D1 to D4 of the LED board 64.

The illumination light amounts of the illumination light output regions D1 to D4 of the LED illumination device 61 configured as described above are adjusted in stages by a predetermined number of gray scales (for example, 64 gray scales, 128 gray scales, etc.) by the illumination light amount adjustment device 71 shown in fig. 6. The illumination light amount adjustment device 71 functions as a first adjustment unit that ensures a predetermined level of illumination light amount by flowing a predetermined current through the high-luminance LED element 63 by the LED driver 73(LED driving circuit), and also functions as a second adjustment unit that ensures a predetermined level of illumination light amount by flowing a predetermined current through the low-luminance LED element 62 by the LED driver 72(LED driving circuit).

The two high-luminance LED elements 63 in the illumination light output regions D1 to D4 are driven by one or a plurality of LED drivers 73, and a predetermined constant current is caused to flow through each high-luminance LED element 63 to irradiate each subject with a predetermined level of illumination light quantity from each high-luminance LED element 63. Here, the illumination light amount of the predetermined level may be a minimum light amount level required for photographing the subject or a light amount level slightly lower than the minimum light amount level.

Since the LED driver 73 for driving the high-luminance LED element 63 needs to flow a relatively large constant current to the high-luminance LED element 63, when the output current value is insufficient by only one LED driver 73, one high-luminance LED element 63 may be driven by two LED drivers 73. Conversely, when there is a margin in the output current value of the LED driver 73, two high-luminance LED elements 63 may be connected in series by a wiring pattern (not shown) and driven by one LED driver 73. Alternatively, the high-luminance LED elements 63 of all the illumination light output regions D1 to D4 may be individually driven by one multi-ch output type LED driver 73 for each of the illumination light output regions D1 to D4. In either case, the LED driver 73 for driving the high-luminance LED element 63 may have a configuration in which the output current value cannot be adjusted, or may have a configuration in which the output current value can be adjusted. The configuration of fig. 6 shows an example of a configuration in which two high-luminance LED elements 63 of the illumination light output regions D1 to D4 are driven by different LED drivers 73.

On the other hand, the 8 low-luminance LED elements 62 in the illumination light output regions D1 to D4 are divided into two or more groups, for example, three groups. In the present embodiment, the three groups of low-brightness LED elements 62 are divided into two groups, the two groups of low-brightness LED elements 62 are divided into one group, and the three or two low-brightness LED elements 62 of each group are connected in series by a wiring pattern (not shown) and are individually driven by one or more LED drivers 72. When the number of low-luminance LED elements 62 in each of the illumination light output regions D1 to D4 is large, the low-luminance LED elements 62 may be divided into 4 or more groups. In addition, when all the low-luminance LED elements 62 of the illumination light output regions D1 to D4 can be driven by one LED driver 72, the low-luminance LED elements 62 of the illumination light output regions D1 to D4 may not be divided into two or more groups and all the low-luminance LED elements 62 may be driven by one LED driver 72. Alternatively, the low-luminance LED elements 62 of all of the illumination light output regions D1 to D4 may be individually driven for each group by one multi-ch output type LED driver 72. The configuration example of fig. 6 shows a configuration example in which three or two low-luminance LED elements 62 of each group are driven by different LED drivers 72.

The LED driver 72 that drives the low-luminance LED elements 62 adjusts the current value of the constant current flowing through the low-luminance LED elements 62 in steps by a predetermined number of gray levels (for example, 64 gray levels, 128 gray levels, or the like) and adjusts the amount of emitted light of the low-luminance LED elements 62 in steps by a predetermined number of gray levels.

The illumination light amount adjusting device 71 for adjusting the illumination light amounts of the illumination light output regions D1 to D4 of the LED illumination device 61 is composed of the control device 75 of the component mounting machine 10 and the two types of LED drivers 72, 73 controlled by the control device 75, and converts the current supplied from the power supply circuit section 76 into a predetermined constant current by the respective LED drivers 72, 73, and the LED driver 72 for driving the low-luminance LED element 62 adjusts the current value of the constant current flowing through the low-luminance LED element 62 in steps of a predetermined number of gray levels based on an illumination control signal from the control device 75 of the component mounting machine 10, and adjusts the light emission amount of the low-luminance LED element 62 in steps of a predetermined number of gray levels.

The control device 75 of the component mounting machine 10 is constituted by 1 or more computers (one or more CPUs), controls the operation of each function (see fig. 5) of the component mounting machine 10, and also functions as an image processing device that processes images captured by the mark imaging camera 56, the component imaging camera 57, and the side imaging camera 55 and recognizes each object to be captured. Specifically, the control device 75 of the component mounting apparatus controls the following operations: the reference mark, which is an imaging target of the circuit board 12 that is carried into a predetermined working position by the conveyor 13 and clamped, is imaged from above by the mark imaging camera 56, the reference mark is recognized, after each component mounting position of the circuit board 12 is measured with the position of the reference mark as a reference, the mounting head unit 15 is moved along a path of the component suction position → the component imaging position → the component mounting position, the component supplied from the component supply device 14 is sucked by the suction nozzle 33 of the mounting head unit 15, the component is imaged by the component imaging camera 57, the picked-up image is processed, the suction position (X, Y) and the angle θ of the component are measured, and the component is mounted on the circuit board 12 with the deviation of the suction position (X, Y) and the angle θ of the component corrected.

The control device 75 of the component mounter 10 takes at least the lower end portions of two suction nozzles 33(B, C) present adjacent to each other of the suction nozzle 33(a) which is lowered during the component suction operation and the component mounting operation, or components sucked by the two suction nozzles 33(B, C), as imaging objects, illuminates the imaging objects from the side by the LED illumination device 61, and in a state where the illumination light amounts are adjusted by the LED drivers 72 and 73 of the illumination light amount adjustment device 71, images a side image of the imaging objects by the side image camera 55, and processes the side image to confirm the presence or absence of components sucked by the two suction nozzles 33(B, C).

Fig. 7 is a diagram illustrating a relationship between the amount of illumination light of the LED illumination device 61 of the present embodiment and the gray scale adjustable by the LED drivers 72, 73 of the illumination light amount adjustment device 71. In the example of fig. 7, the range of the first to fourth gray scales is an area adjusted by the LED driver 73 that drives the high-luminance LED element 63, and the illumination light amount of the high-luminance LED element 63 can be adjusted at 4 levels (4 gray scales). The illumination light amount of the high-luminance LED element 63 when the high-luminance LED element 63 is driven at the fourth gray scale of fig. 7 is set to the minimum light amount level required for photographing of the subject or an illumination light amount at a light amount level slightly lower than the minimum light amount level. The range from the fifth gray scale to the maximum gray scale in fig. 7 is a region adjusted by the LED driver 72 that drives the low-luminance LED element 62, and the illumination light amount of the low-luminance LED element 62 can be finely adjusted by a predetermined number of gray scales. Thus, the illumination light amount of a predetermined level is secured by flowing a predetermined constant current through the high-luminance LED elements 63, and the illumination light amount necessary for photographing the subject can be secured by adjusting the current value of the constant current flowing through the low-luminance LED elements 62 in steps by a predetermined number of gray levels and adjusting the light emission amount of the low-luminance LED elements 62 in steps by a predetermined number of gray levels, and the illumination light amount can be adjusted in steps by a predetermined number of gray levels in a region exceeding the predetermined level.

When the high-luminance LED element 63 is driven at the fourth gray scale level in fig. 7, if the illumination light amount of the high-luminance LED element 63 exceeds the minimum light amount level required for imaging the subject, the gray scale level of the illumination light amount at which the illumination light amount of the high-luminance LED element 63 becomes the minimum light amount level required for imaging the subject or a light amount level slightly lower than the minimum light amount level may be selected from the third gray scale level to the first gray scale level in fig. 7, and the high-luminance LED element 63 may be driven at the gray scale level.

In general, the amount of illumination light suitable for imaging of an imaging target differs depending on the type of the imaging target, the performance of the camera, and the like, but in any case, it is not meaningful to adjust the amount of illumination light in any way in a region below a minimum light amount level necessary for imaging of the imaging target, and light amount adjustment is not necessary.

Therefore, in the present embodiment, the LED illumination device 61 is configured by using two types of LED elements 62, 63 having different luminance, a predetermined constant current is caused to flow through the high-luminance LED element 63 to secure an illumination light amount of a predetermined level (for example, a minimum light amount level necessary for photographing a photographic subject or a light amount level slightly lower than the minimum light amount level), and the constant current flowing through the low-luminance LED element 62 is adjusted in stages by a predetermined number of gradation steps to secure an illumination light amount necessary for photographing the photographic subject, and the illumination light amount is adjusted by the predetermined number of gradation steps in a region exceeding the predetermined level. In this way, since the illumination light amount can be adjusted by a predetermined number of gradation steps in the region where the light amount adjustment is required, that is, in the region exceeding the predetermined level, the illumination light amount can be finely adjusted in the region where the light amount adjustment is required, and the subject can be illuminated with an optimum light amount. Further, by using the high-luminance LED elements 63, the amount of illumination light can be easily increased without increasing the number of LED elements 62, and the demand for miniaturization can be satisfied and the increase in the amount of illumination light can be also coped with.

Further, it is not necessary to adjust the constant current flowing through the high-luminance LED element 63 (it is not necessary to adjust the number of gray levels at least as large as that of the low-luminance LED element 62), and the LED driver 73 for adjusting the constant current flowing through the low-luminance LED element 62 is not required to be configured using a high-gray-level LED driver, and a plurality of low-luminance LED elements 62 can be driven by a small number of LED drivers 72, and the circuit configuration is simple and the requirement for cost reduction can be satisfied.

In the present embodiment, the plurality of low-luminance LED elements 62 of the illumination light output regions D1 to D4 facing the respective imaging subjects are divided into two or more groups, and the low-luminance LED elements 62 of the respective groups are individually driven for the respective groups by the LED driver 72, so that the current value of the constant current flowing through the low-luminance LED elements 62 can be adjusted in stages by a predetermined number of gray levels individually for the respective groups. This enables the illumination light amounts of the low-luminance LED elements 62 in the illumination light output regions D1 to D4 to be further finely adjusted.

In the present embodiment, since the low-luminance LED elements 62 are disposed on the center side of the illumination light output regions D1 to D4 facing the respective subjects, and the high-luminance LED elements 63 are disposed on both sides thereof, the illumination light quantity of the illumination light illuminating the respective subjects by the low-luminance LED elements 62 on the center side can be finely adjusted while the respective subjects are illuminated with the illumination light from the high-luminance LED elements 63 on both sides of the illumination light output regions D1 to D4 in a balanced manner from the directions inclined from both sides thereof, and the illumination state suitable for the imaging of the respective subjects can be provided.

In the present embodiment, since 4 illumination light output regions D1 to D4 for illuminating four imaging targets are integrally formed by one LED board 64 (flexible printed board), there is an advantage that the number of components and the number of assembly steps can be reduced, but the LED boards may be divided into 4 parts and the illumination light output regions may be provided individually for each LED board. It goes without saying that the LED substrate is not limited to a flexible printed circuit board, and may be formed of a rigid printed circuit board that is not flexible.

In the present embodiment, the Z-axis drive mechanisms 48 for individually lowering the nozzle holders 32 are provided at two positions in the radial direction of the rotary head 31, but for example, the Z-axis drive mechanisms 48 may be provided at four positions (positions of 0 °, 90 °, 180 °, and 270 °) around the rotary head 31, or the number and positions of the Z-axis drive mechanisms 48 may be appropriately changed by providing only one Z-axis drive mechanism 48.

The mounting head unit 15 is not limited to the configuration using the rotary head 31, and may be configured using a non-rotating mounting head.

In the present embodiment, the configuration has been described in which the amount of illumination light of the LED illumination device 61 of the side imaging camera 55 for imaging the side image of the component sucked by the suction nozzle 33 is adjusted in stages by a predetermined number of gradation levels, however, the LED lighting device of the component imaging camera 57 for imaging the component sucked by the suction nozzle 33 from below and the LED lighting device of the mark imaging camera 56 for imaging the reference position mark of the circuit board 12 may be configured by using two types of LED elements having different luminance, and by flowing a predetermined constant current through the high-luminance LED element to secure a predetermined level of illumination light quantity (for example, a minimum light quantity level required for imaging the subject or a light quantity level slightly lower than the minimum light quantity level), and the current value of the constant current flowing in the low-luminance LED element is adjusted in stages by a predetermined number of gray levels.

In the present embodiment, the current value of the current flowing through the low-brightness LED element 62 is adjusted in stages by a predetermined number of gray levels by the LED driver 72 of the current dimming method, and the light emission amount of the low-brightness LED element 62 is adjusted in stages by a predetermined number of gray levels, but the pulse width of the current flowing through the low-brightness LED element 62 may be adjusted in stages by a predetermined number of gray levels by the LED driver of the PWM dimming method by PWM control, and the light emission amount of the low-brightness LED element 62 may be adjusted in stages by a predetermined number of gray levels.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the present embodiment, and for example, it is needless to say that the arrangement and the number of the low-luminance LED elements 62 and the high-luminance LED elements 63, the configuration of the mounting head unit 15, the configuration of the component mounting machine 10, and the like may be changed as appropriate, and various changes may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.

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10 … component mounter 12 … circuit board 13 … conveyor 14 … component supply device 15 … mounting head unit 16 … head moving device 31 … rotating head 32 … suction nozzle holder 33 … suction nozzle 34 … R shaft 35 … R shaft driving mechanism 40 … Q shaft driving mechanism 48 … Z shaft driving mechanism 55 … camera for side shooting 56 … mark shooting 57 … component shooting 61 … camera for shooting 62 … low brightness LED component 63 … high brightness LED component 64 … LED board 66 … optical system unit 67a, 67b, 67c … mirror 68a, 68b … prism 71 … lighting quantity adjusting device 72, 73 … LED driver 75 … control device