Pick-Up Tool With Integrated Light Source

A substrate pick-up tool that is movable with respect to a vision system for capturing one or more images, the substrate pick-up tool comprising:

• a plate assembly adapted to interface with a foreign substrate, the plate assembly permitting light to pass there through to the foreign substrate;
• a light source integrated with the substrate pick-up tool, the light source adapted such that light emitted there from passes through the plate assembly to the foreign substrate to create a silhouette of the foreign substrate to be captured by the vision system;
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• a light diffuser positioned between the plate assembly and the light source, the light diffuser adapted for scattering the light emitted by the light source.

A system for capturing silhouettes of foreign substrates, the system comprising:

• a substrate pick-up tool comprising:
• a plate assembly having a surface adapted to be temporarily coupled with a foreign substrate, the plate being one of transparent, semi-transparent, or translucent;
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• an integrated light source adapted such that light emitted from the light source passes through the plate assembly to the foreign substrate when the foreign substrate is temporarily coupled with the surface of the plate assembly to create a silhouette of the foreign substrate;
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• a vision system adapted for capturing the silhouette of the foreign substrate when the foreign substrate is temporarily coupled with the surface of the plate assembly, wherein the substrate pick-up tool is movable relative to the vision system.