# US 9,801,318 B2 · Component verification method and component verification system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,801,318 B2 - Document ID: US9801318B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/605,518 - Filed: 2015-01-26 - Published: 2015-07-30 - Granted: 2017-10-24 - Earliest claimed: 2014-01-27 - Assignees: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Hideki Sumi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9801318B2 ## CPC - H05K 13/0417: {Feeding with belts or tapes} - G05B 19/4183: {characterised by data acquisition, e.g. workpiece identification} - H05K 13/0215: {Interconnecting of containers, e.g. splicing of tapes} - H05K 13/084: {Product tracking, e.g. of substrates during the manufacturing process; Component traceability} - H05K 13/086: {Supply management, e.g. supply of components or of substrates} - G05B 2219/35288: Verification of instructions on tape, direct or by comparing with reference - Y02P 90/02: Total factory control, e.g. smart factories, flexible manufacturing systems [FMS] or integrated manufacturing systems [IMS] - H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS - G05B: CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS (systems for controlling or regulating non-electric variables G05D; systems for regulating electric or magnetic variables G05F; control devices or systems insofar as characterised by mechanical features only G05G) - Y02P: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS ## Abstract A component verification method includes a component ID reading process of reading a component ID corresponding to a stored component of a subsequent tape, a tape insertion detecting process of detecting that the subsequent tape has been inserted into a tape feeder, a feeder specifying process of specifying a tape feeder in which the insertion of the subsequent tape has been detected, and a component verifying process of verifying whether or not a correspondence relationship between the read component ID and the specified tape feeder is correct. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A component verification method for verifying whether or not a stored component of a subsequent tape subsequently inserted into a tape feeder, in a state where a preceding tape precedingly sent out of two carrier tapes sequentially sent one after another is set, for component replenishment is correct, in a component mounting apparatus that picks up components, which are supplied from carrier tapes tape-fed by a plurality of tape feeders arrayed in a component supply unit, by a mounting head to mount the components on a substrate, the component verification method comprising: a component ID reading process of reading a component ID corresponding to the stored component of the subsequent tape; a tape insertion detecting process of detecting that the subsequent tape has been inserted into the tape feeder; a feeder specifying process of specifying a tape feeder in which the insertion of the subsequent tape has been detected; and a component verifying process of verifying whether or not a correspondence relationship between the read component ID and the specified tape feeder is correct. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The component verification method according to claim 1, wherein, if the tape feeder specified in the feeder specifying process is wrong, a fact is visually notified. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The component verification method according to claim 2, wherein, if the component ID read in the component ID reading process is correct, visual notification for specifying a tape feeder into which a carrier tape corresponding to the component ID is to be inserted is performed. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The component verification method according to claim 1, wherein in the tape insertion detecting process, the subsequent tape insertion is detected based on a fact that a sprocket provided in a tape feed mechanism that tape-feeds the subsequent tape rotates in accordance with the insertion of the subsequent tape. ### Claim 5 A component verification system that verifies whether or not a stored component of a subsequent tape subsequently inserted into a tape feeder, in a state where a preceding tape precedingly sent out of two carrier tapes sequentially sent one after another is set, for component replenishment is correct, in a component mounting apparatus that picks up components, which are supplied from carrier tapes tape-fed by a plurality of tape feeders arrayed in a component supply unit, by a mounting head to mount the components on a substrate, the component verification system comprising: a component ID reading unit that reads a component ID corresponding to the stored component of the subsequent tape; a tape insertion detecting unit that detects that the subsequent tape has been inserted into the tape feeder; a feeder specifying unit that specifies a tape feeder in which the insertion of the subsequent tape has been detected; and a component verifying unit that verifies whether or not a correspondence relationship between the read component ID and the specified tape feeder is correct. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The component verification system according to claim 5, further comprising a notification unit that visually notifies, if the tape feeder specified by the feeder specifying unit is wrong, a fact to that effect. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The component verification system according to claim 6, further comprising a notification unit that performs, if the component ID read by the component ID reading unit is correct, visual notification for specifying a tape feeder into which a carrier tape corresponding to the component ID is to be inserted. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The component verification system according to claim 5, wherein the tape insertion detecting unit detects the subsequent tape insertion based on a fact that a sprocket provided in a tape feed mechanism that tape-feeds the subsequent tape rotates in accordance with the insertion of the subsequent tape.