| US 7,346,420 B2 | ||
| Component feeder exchange diagnostic tool | ||
| Steven K. Case, St. Louis Park, Minn. (US) | ||
| Assigned to CyberOptics Corporation, Golden Valley, Minn. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jan. 30, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/700,209. | ||
| Application 11/700209 is a division of application No. 11/131925, filed on May 18, 2005. | ||
| Application 11/131925 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/291074, filed on Nov. 08, 2002. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/572280, filed on May 18, 2004. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/374964, filed on Apr. 22, 2002. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/356801, filed on Feb. 13, 2002. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/338233, filed on Nov. 13, 2001. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0129816 A1, Jun. 07, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 19/00 (2006.01); B23P 19/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 700—121 [700/221; 700/224; 382/103; 29/700; 29/739] | 7 Claims |
| 1. A method of verifying exchange of a feeder containing a pre-exchange component with a feeder containing a post-exchange
component in a pick and place machine, the method comprising:
acquiring a pre-exchange image of the pre-exchange component using the pick and place machine;
exchanging the feeder;
acquiring a post-exchange image of the post-exchange component using the pick and place machine;
generating a comparison of the pre-exchange image with the post-exchange image; and
validating the feeder exchange based on the comparison.
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