Method and apparatus for mounting electronic component

A method for mounting an electronic component onto a transparent panel, comprising:

• picking up the electronic component at an electronic component feeding part;
• positioning and mounting the component at a predetermined mounting position on the transparent panel, said positioning and mounting of the component comprising
• registering mounting position marks formed at the mounting position of the transparent panel with positioning marks indicated on the electronic component, to thereby recognize a position of the electronic component relative to the transparent panel by viewing the electronic component through the transparent panel from a side of the transparent panel opposite to a mounting surface of the transparent panel, so that a position of the electronic component is corrected based on a result of the recognition before the electronic component is mounted to the mounting position of the panel;
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• wherein, in mounting the electronic component by positioning an optional side of the panel at the predetermined mounting position, a side data specifying each side of the panel is used as the mounting data, to thereby control rotation or reversal of the panel based on the side data used in a current mounting process and a side data for a side to be processed at a next mounting process.

An apparatus for mounting an electronic component onto a transparent panel having first and second opposite surfaces, said apparatus comprising:

• a feeding means for feeding the electronic component to a predetermined position for suction;
• a holding means for holding the transparent panel where the electronic component is to be mounted and positioning the panel at a predetermined position for mounting;
• a mounting head for holding by suction and transferring the fed electronic component to mount the component at a mounting position on the first surface of the transparent panel;
• an image recognizing means for viewing, through the transparent panel, an image on a first surface side of the transparent panel from a position on a second surface side of the transparent panel immediately below the mounting position on the transparent panel for each electronic component;
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• illuminating means for selectively casting a coaxial light and a scattered light as an illuminating light for recognition.

An apparatus for mounting an electronic component onto a transparent panel having first and second opposite surfaces, said apparatus comprising:

• a feeding means for feeding an electronic component to a predetermined position for suction;
• a holding means for holding the transparent panel where the electronic component is to be mounted and positioning the panel at a predetermined position for mounting;
• a mounting head for holding by suction and transferring the fed electronic component to mount the component at a mounting position on the first surface of the transparent panel;
• a first image recognizing device for viewing, through the transparent panel, an image on a first surface side of the transparent panel from a position on a second surface side of the transparent panel immediately below the mounting position on the transparent panel;
• a coaxial light casting device positioned on the second surface side of the transparent panel immediately below the mounting position on the transparent panel;
• a second image recognizing device and a scattered light casting device positioned in the vicinity of the first image recognizing device.