Apparatus and method for setting teaching data, teaching data providing system over network

A teaching data providing system for providing teaching data required for image processing associated with mounting electronics to one or more specific machines over a network connecting a service provider side and a service user side,

• the service provider side comprising:
• a subject teaching data generating section that stores in advance subject attributes related to a subject to be mounted and recognition operation conditions required for the image processing, and generates a plurality of pieces of teaching data representing all possible combinations of the subject attributes and the recognition operation conditions;
• a teaching data candidate selecting section that selects, from the plurality of pieces of teaching data generated by the subject teaching data generating section, teaching data candidates related to the subject and a mounting machine for use;
• a subject image input section that is supplied with a simple subject image representing only the subject;
• an evaluation image generating section that generates a predetermined evaluation image required for determining optimum teaching data for the subject by using the simple subject image supplied to the subject image input section;
• a teaching data determining section that determines, based on the evaluation image generated by the evaluation image generating section, a piece of teaching data as the optimum teaching data for the subject out of the teaching data candidates selected by the teaching data candidate selecting section;
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• a delivering section that electronically delivers the optimum teaching data determined by the teaching data determining section to the one or more specific machines, and
• the service user side comprising the one or more specific machines that perform the image processing associated with mounting electronics by using the optimum teaching data delivered from the delivering section.

A teaching data providing system for providing teaching data required for image processing associated with mounting electronics to one or more specific machines over a network connecting a service provider side and a service user side,

• the service provider side comprising:
• a subject teaching data generating section that stores in advance subject attributes related to a subject to be mounted and recognition operation conditions required for the image processing, and generates a plurality of pieces of teaching data representing all possible combinations of the subject attributes and the recognition operation conditions;
• a teaching data candidate selecting section that selects, from the plurality of pieces of teaching data generated by the subject teaching data generating section, teaching data candidates related to the subject and a mounting machine for use;
• a subject image input section that is supplied with a simple subject image representing only the subject;
• an evaluation image generating section that generates a predetermined evaluation image required for determining optimum teaching data for the subject by using the simple subject image supplied to the subject image input section;
• and
• a teaching data determining section that determines, based on the evaluation image generated by the evaluation image generating section, a piece of teaching data as the optimum teaching data for the subject out of the teaching data candidates selected by the teaching data candidate selecting section, and
• the service user side comprising:
• a delivering section that obtains the optimum teaching data determined by the teaching data determining section, and electronically delivers the optimum teaching data determined by the teaching data determining section to the one or more specific machines;
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• the one or more specific machines that perform the image processing associated with mounting electronics by using the optimum teaching data delivered from the delivering section.

A teaching data providing system for providing teaching data required for image processing associated with mounting electronics to one or more specific machines over a network connecting a service provider side and a service user side,

• the service provider side comprising
• a subject teaching data generating section that stores in advance subject attributes related to a subject to be mounted and recognition operation conditions required for the image processing, and generates a plurality of pieces of teaching data representing all possible combinations of the subject attributes and the recognition operation conditions, and
• the service user side comprising:
• a teaching data candidate selecting section that obtains the plurality of pieces of teaching data generated by the subject teaching data generating section, and selects, from the plurality of pieces of teaching data, teaching data candidates related to the subject and a mounting machine for use;
• a subject image input section that is supplied with a simple subject image representing only the subject;
• an evaluation image generating section that generates a predetermined evaluation image required for determining optimum teaching data for the subject by using the simple subject image supplied to the subject image input section;
• a teaching data determining section that determines, based on the evaluation image generated by the evaluation image generating section, a piece of teaching data as the optimum teaching data for the subject out of the teaching data candidates selected by the teaching data candidate selecting section;
• a delivering section that obtains the optimum teaching data determined by the teaching data determining section, and electronically delivers the optimum teaching data determined by the teaching data determining section to the one or more specific machines;
• and
• the one or more specific machines that perform the image processing associated with mounting electronics by using the optimum teaching data delivered from the delivering section.

A teaching data setting method for setting optimum teaching data required for image processing associated with mounting electronics, comprising the steps of:

• generating, by using subject attributes related to a subject to be mounted and recognition operation conditions required for the image processing stored in advance, a plurality of pieces of teaching data representing all possible combinations of the subject attributes and the recognition operation conditions;
• selecting, from the generated plurality of pieces of teaching data, teaching data candidates related to the subject and a mounting machine for use;
• supplying a simple subject image representing only the subject;
• generating a predetermined evaluation image required for determining optimum teaching data for the subject by using the supplied simple subject image;
• and
• determining, based on the generated evaluation image, a piece of teaching data as the optimum teaching data for the subject out of the selected teaching data candidates.