Electronic component mounting method

An electronic component mounting method executed by an electronic component mounting apparatus comprising:

• a mounting head for picking up an electronic component of an electronic component supplying unit to hold the picked electronic component, and for mounting said held electronic component on an electronic component mounting position of a board held by a board holding unit;
• a mounting head transporting mechanism for transporting said mounting head between said electronic component supplying unit and said board holding unit;
• a first camera for taking an image of the board held by said board holding unit;
• a first camera transporting mechanism for transporting said first camera over at least said board holding unit;
• a first recognition processing unit for processing an image taken by said first camera so as to acquire an actual position of said electronic component mounting position of the board held by said board holding unit;
• a second camera for taking an image of the electronic component of said electronic component supplying unit;
• a second camera transporting mechanism for transporting said second camera over at least said electronic component supplying unit;
• a second recognition processing unit for processing an image of said second camera so as to acquire a position of the electronic component of said electronic component supplying unit;
• said electronic mounting method comprising:
• a first step in which said second camera is transported to said electronic component supplying unit by said second camera transporting mechanism to take images of a plurality of electronic components, and thereafter said second camera is evacuated from an upper area of said plural electronic components by said second camera transporting mechanism;
• a second step in which images taken by said second camera are processed by said second recognition processing unit so as to acquire positions of said plural electronic components;
• a third step in which while said mounting head transporting mechanism executes a positioning operation for sequentially positioning said mounting head to said plural electronic components based upon the positions of the plural electronic components acquired by said second recognition processing unit, said plural electronic components are sequentially picked up by said mounting head;
• a fourth step in which said first camera is transported by said first camera transporting mechanism over a board held by said board holding unit so as to take an image of said board by said first camera, and thereafter said first camera is evacuated from an upper area of said board by said first camera transporting mechanism;
• a fifth step in which the image taken by said first camera is processed by said first recognition processing unit so as to acquire actual positions of said plural electronic component mounting positions of said board;
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• a sixth step in which while said mounting head transporting mechanism executes a positioning operation for sequentially positioning said mounting head to said plural electronic component mounting positions based upon the positions of said plural electronic component mounting positions acquired by said first recognition processing unit, the plural electronic components held by said mounting head are sequentially mounted on said plural electronic component mounting positions;
• wherein while said electronic components held by the mounting head are sequentially mounted on said plural electronic component mounting positions, said second camera is again transported over said electronic component supporting unit so as to take images of a plurality of electronic components which are subsequently picked up by said mounting head.