| US 7,346,419 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. 11/699,634. | ||
| Application 11/699634 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 2007/0150074 A1, Jun. 28, 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; 235/375; 382/103; 29/700; 29/739] | 4 Claims |
| 1. A method of verifying exchange at least one feeder in a pick and place machine, the method comprising:
acquiring and storing at least one pre-exchange component image with respect to a plurality of active feeders;
receiving an indication relative to at least one feeder exchange;
acquiring at least one post-exchange component image relative to the exchanged feeder(s);
generating at least one comparison of the post-exchange image(s) with the associated pre-exchange image; and
validating the exchange based on the comparison.
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