Support pin arrangement determination assisting method
AssigneePanasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
InventorsHirokazu Takehara, Takaaki Yokoi
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Abstract
A support pin arrangement determination assisting method includes displaying an image including a board image that indicates a shape and an arrangement of an already mounted component on the already mounted surface; inputting an arrangement position of the support pin to the displayed image; and displaying a composite image in which a pin arrangement image indicating the input arrangement position is superimposed on the board image. A planar image of the support pin in the pin arrangement image includes an image of a top portion of a shaft and an image of a contact portion which is located on a tip side of the top portion, which has a sectional shape smaller than that of the top portion, and which contacts and supports a lower surface of the board.
Claims7
A support pin arrangement determination assisting method comprising:
- displaying an image including an image of a board, said image of the board including a shape data of an arrangement of an already mounted component on an already mounted surface of the board;
- inputting an arrangement position of the support pin provided on a support plate in a board holding unit to the displayed image;
- superimposing the arrangement position of the support pin on the image of the board to create a composite image;
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- displaying the composite image which provides the support pin arrangement determination assistance,
- wherein the arrangement position of the support pin includes an image of a top portion of the support pin and an image of a contact portion of the support pin which is located on a tip side of the top portion, the contact portion has a sectional shape smaller than that of the top portion, and the contact portion contacts and supports a lower surface of the board.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.