Electronic assembly video inspection system
CA 2580858 A1 · Owner: Vectron, Inc. · Inventors: Vilella, Joseph L.
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An apparatus for automatically assessing the quality of a printed circuit board assembly (6) using digitized video image analysis. The apparatus integrates with existing relatively low precision automated surface mount technology ("SMT") manufacturing systems as an inspection station (56a) insertable at various steps in the assembly process or as a separate manually loaded station. The inspection station includes a high resolution video imaging system and a video image analyzer comprising an onboard master computer (26a) that generates control signals to reposition the camera mounted within a screen (45) on a movable carriage (22a) and/or reposition the circuit board, and adjust …
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- Filed October 8, 1998. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended October 8, 2018.
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