JP7550312B2 - Data acquisition device - Google Patents

Description

This specification relates to a data capture device that captures design data for a substrate.

The technology of mass-producing boards with electronic circuits by performing substrate-to-substrate operations on boards on which circuit patterns are formed is becoming widespread. A typical example of a substrate-to-substrate operation machine that performs substrate-to-substrate operations is a component mounting machine that mounts components on a board. A typical component mounting machine automatically proceeds with the mounting of components while referring to operation data that defines the detailed method and procedure for performing the mounting operation. The operation data is created based on a sample of the board and design data, and is stored and used in a control device that constitutes the component mounting machine. Examples of technology related to the creation of this type of operation data are disclosed in Patent Documents 1 and 2.

Patent Document 1 discloses that when acquiring position information of multiple electrodes based on an image of a component, parts for which it is not necessary to acquire position information are set and excluded from image analysis, and component data to be used for mounting work is created (see claim 10, paragraph 0056). According to this, it is said that by omitting acquisition of position information for unnecessary parts, component data can be created in a shorter time.

The component mounting data creation device disclosed in Patent Document 2 includes a means for inputting CAD data for board design, a means for creating a board image based on the CAD data, a means for displaying an image of a component selected from a component library superimposed on the board image, and a means for correcting the coordinates and angles of the components on the image. This makes it possible to display a component image superimposed on the board image even when there is no sample board, and also to correct component misalignment to create accurate component mounting data.

International Publication No. 2019/003267 JP 2004-179299 A

However, among the various components mounted on a board, there are some that are difficult to mount automatically using a component mounting machine. For example, there are components that are manually mounted by an operator, and components that are attached to a board by other types of board-related work machines. For these types of components, when creating work data from CAD data (design data), it is necessary to exclude information about the components. Conventionally, after importing CAD data, an operator would search for information about the components that should be excluded, and then delete the information manually. This required a lot of effort and a lot of work time to search for and delete information. In addition, since the data structure and expression format of CAD data differ for each board manufacturer, it is not easy to search for information, and there is a risk of human error.

Therefore, the problem to be solved in this specification is to provide a data import device that can reduce the working time required by an operator when importing design data compared to the conventional method.

This specification discloses a data import device that includes an acquisition unit that acquires design data including mounting coordinate information that indicates the mounting positions of multiple types of components on a board, a determination unit that determines whether each of the mounting coordinate information is information about an automatically mounted component that is automatically mounted by the mounting operation of a component mounting machine, and an import unit that selects and imports the mounting coordinate information of the automatically mounted component as necessary information for generating work data to be used in the mounting operation.

The disclosed data import device acquires design data including mounting coordinate information, determines whether each piece of mounting coordinate information is information on an automatically mounted component, and selects and imports the mounting coordinate information of the automatically mounted component, thereby automating many of the tasks that were previously performed by workers. Therefore, the data import device can reduce the amount of time a worker spends importing design data compared to the past.

1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a data import device according to an embodiment together with a downstream data editing device. FIG. 4 is an operational flow diagram illustrating the operation of the data import device. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data structure of design data. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data structure of captured data. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data structure of design data in a modified embodiment. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data structure of captured data in a modified embodiment. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data structure of design data in an application mode.

1. Overview of the component mounting machine 9 and other component mounting methods First, an overview of the component mounting machine 9 (see FIG. 1) to which the data capture device 1 of the embodiment is applied will be described. The component mounting machine 9 is incorporated in a substrate-to-substrate work line that performs substrate-to-substrate work on a substrate on which a circuit pattern is formed. The component mounting machine 9 operates according to commands from a line management device (not shown) that manages the entire substrate-to-substrate work line. The component mounting machine 9 automatically performs a component mounting operation on a substrate based on operation data DW that defines the detailed method and procedure of the mounting operation. The operation data DW includes information such as the type and number of components to be mounted, mounting coordinate information, mounting order, and tools for handling the components.

The component mounting machine 9 includes a board transport device that transports boards, a component supply device that supplies components, a component transfer device that picks up components from the component supply device and transfers them to the board, and a control device. The control device controls the operation of the board transport device, the component supply device, and the component transfer device while referring to the work data DW stored in the memory unit. The component mounting machine 9 also includes a display unit 91. The display unit 91 displays the current operating status of the component mounting machine 9, the progress of the mounting work, the status of any abnormalities that occur during operation, etc., and notifies the operator.

Here, not all components are necessarily mounted automatically by the component mounting machine 9. For example, some large or odd-shaped components are manually mounted by an operator. Also, a different type of substrate-related work machine from the component mounting machine 9 may perform an operation in place of the mounting operation. For example, a component bonding machine uses an adhesive to attach components to the substrate. Furthermore, a component insertion machine inserts and attaches components into connectors provided on the substrate without using solder paste or adhesive. Hereinafter, components that are automatically mounted by the component mounting machine 9 are referred to as automatically mounted components, and other components are referred to as alternatively mounted components.

2. Configuration of Data Import Device 1 of the Embodiment Next, the configuration of the data import device 1 of the embodiment will be described with reference to Fig. 1. The data import device 1 imports necessary information for generating work data DW from design data DD of a board, creates imported data DT, and outputs it. The data import device 1 is configured using a computer device having a digital data input/output function. The data import device 1 has four functional units configured using software, namely, an acquisition unit 2, an analysis unit 3, a determination unit 4, and an import unit 5.

The acquisition unit 2 acquires the design data DD. The design data DD includes mounting coordinate information that indicates the mounting positions of multiple types of components on the board, and further includes other incidental information. The design data DD includes information on all components to be mounted on the board, and in many cases includes information on both automatically mounted components and alternatively mounted components. The design data DD is often, but is not limited to, CAD data created using a computer. The data structure and expression format of the CAD data often differ depending on the manufacturer of the board. This is because the manufacturer and model of the CAD computer differ for each manufacturer, and because unique data structures and expression formats suitable for efficient operation within the manufacturer's company are used.

The design data DD is acquired online, for example, from the design department to the acquisition unit 2 of the data acquisition device 1 of the manufacturing department using an in-house LAN. The design data DD may also be acquired by being sent from the company responsible for designing the board to the data acquisition device 1 of the manufacturing contractor using a public line such as the Internet. Furthermore, the design data DD may be acquired by the acquisition unit 2 in a form stored in portable memory. Note that acquiring design data DD in electronic form is sometimes expressed using other terms such as "import."

The analysis unit 3 operates when the design data DD is CAD data. As mentioned above, the data structure and expression format of CAD data often differ depending on the manufacturer of the board. Furthermore, most CAD data contains redundant information that is not necessary for generating the work data DW. Furthermore, within multiple types of CAD data, the data areas in which the information necessary for generating the work data DW exists differ. Therefore, it is not easy to select the necessary information and perform processing.

In order to deal with such inconsistency in CAD data and the difficulty of processing, an analysis unit 3 is provided. The analysis unit 3 analyzes multiple types of CAD data that differ in at least one of the data structure and the expression format, and determines a partial data area of the CAD data to be accessed by the determination unit 4 and the import unit 5. The analysis unit 3 is configured, for example, by applying AI technology (artificial intelligence technology), and may also be configured by applying other analysis technologies.

The determination unit 4 determines whether each piece of mounting coordinate information is information on an automatically mounted component that is automatically mounted by the mounting operation of the component mounting machine 9. In other words, the determination unit 4 determines whether each piece of mounting coordinate information is information on an automatically mounted component or information on an alternative mounting component. The determination unit 4 makes the determination based on incidental information other than the mounting coordinate information that is included in the design data DD or incidental information that is included in the related data associated with the design data DD and indicates whether the information is information on an automatically mounted component.

The above related data includes manufacturing instructions (not shown) that describe instructions for component mounting work. The manufacturing instructions may include supplementary information indicating whether the information is for automatically mounted components. The manufacturing instructions are acquired by acquisition unit 2 together with design data DD. Whether the desired supplementary information is in the design data DD or in the manufacturing instructions is analyzed by analysis unit 3 or determined by the operator.

The above-mentioned additional information includes at least one of the circuit symbol of the component, the component name, and a comment attached to each type of component. In many design data DDs, characteristic information indicating that the component is an alternative attachment part is included in at least one of the circuit symbol, component name, and comment. The specific content of the characteristic information, the type of additional information included, and the location of the data area included differ for each type of design data DD, in other words, for each board manufacturer.

As a specific method of determination, the determination unit 4 compares at least one of the circuit symbol, part name, and comment with definition information that defines a non-automatically attached part to determine whether or not the information is an automatically attached part. In detail, the determination unit 4 compares at least one of the circuit symbol, part name, and comment with the definition information, and if there is at least a partial match, determines that the information is not an automatically attached part, i.e., that it is an alternatively attached part.

The method of determining whether or not a match is found may be any of the following: partial match, forward match, backward match, or exact match. The definition information corresponds to characteristic information that indicates that the part is an alternative attachment part, and is determined by the analysis unit 3 or an operator and set by the determination unit 4. The definition information will be explained later with a concrete example.

The import unit 5 selects and imports mounting coordinate information for automatically attached components as necessary information for generating the work data DW. The import unit 5 does not import mounting coordinate information for alternatively attached components, or imports mounting coordinate information while adding skip information indicating that mounting work is not required. In addition, the import unit 5 may import reference information included in the design data DD other than mounting coordinate information for automatically attached components, and may import reference information without importing mounting coordinate information for alternatively attached components.

The above reference information includes, but is not limited to, image display information used when displaying an image of a board with components mounted. The image of the board is displayed on the display unit 91 of the component mounting machine 9 or on the monitor screen of the line management device. This display is used by workers to check the situation, etc.

The import unit 5 creates import data DT including all the imported information and outputs it to the downstream data editing device 6. Without being limited to this, the import unit 5 may temporarily store the import data DT in a storage device (not shown). The import data DT is the base data when the data editing device 6 creates the working data DW.

3. Operation of Data Import Device 1 Next, the operation of the data import device 1 will be described with reference to Figs. 2 to 4, presenting specific examples. In step S1 of Fig. 2, the acquisition unit 2 acquires design data DD1 exemplified in Fig. 3. The design data DD1 is CAD data. The design data DD1 includes six columns, including the number of rows, mounting coordinate information, circuit symbol, component name, comment, and image display information, as well as other redundant columns not shown. In addition, the design data DD1 is assigned one row for each component mounted on the board. In Fig. 3, the seventh and subsequent rows are omitted.

The contents of the first line of design data DD1 are the line number "1", mounting coordinate information "x1, y1, A1", circuit symbol "R01", component name "ROO1K11", comment "-", and image display information "DI1". The mounting coordinate information x1 and y1 are coordinate values in an xy coordinate system whose origin is a reference point set on the board, and represent the mounting position of the component. In detail, x1 and y1 represent the mounting position where the center point of the component is located.

Additionally, A1 in the mounting coordinate information represents the rotation angle of the component in the horizontal plane at the mounting position. For example, when the long side of a rectangular component is parallel to the long side of the board, the rotation angle is 0°, and when the long side of a rectangular component is parallel to the short side of the board, the rotation angle is 90°. Also, for directional components such as diodes, the mounting direction is reversed between rotation angles of 0° and 180°.

The circuit symbol R01 indicates that it is the first resistor component. Circuit symbols are often printed on the board to make it easier for workers to identify. The component name identifies the type of component. Note that different component names may be used for two components that are the same type according to the standard, but are made by different manufacturers.

The comment column is not actually used in this design data DD1. The image display information DI1 actually consists of multiple pieces of information for displaying the image of the part, such as the length dimension, width dimension, and display color of the part. Note that the part names and image display information in the first and second rows match each other, and it can be seen that two parts of the same type are to be mounted in two different mounting positions.

In the next step S2, the analysis unit 3 analyzes the design data DD1 (CAD data) and obtains an analysis result that the comment column and other redundant columns are unnecessary. Furthermore, the analysis unit 3 obtains five columns, the number of rows, mounting coordinate information, circuit symbol, part name, and image display information, as data areas to be accessed by the determination unit 4 and the import unit 5.

In the next step S3, the determination unit 4 sets definition information that defines the component as not being an automatically mounted component. The definition information is determined, for example, by any one of the following 1) to 3).
1) An operator inquires of a board designer to obtain characteristic information indicative of an alternative attachment part, and determines definition information corresponding to the characteristic information.
2) In step S2, the analysis unit 3 determines the definition information by analysis and passes it to the determination unit 4.
3) In step S2, the analysis unit 3 presents a plurality of candidates for definition information through analysis, and the operator selects and determines one of them.

Here, the last two characters of the part name, "MN," are considered to be characteristic information indicating that the part is attached manually, i.e., that it is an alternative attachment part. Therefore, the judgment unit 4 sets "MN" as the definition information and decides to use backward matching of the part name as the judgment method. Note that it is possible to set multiple pieces of definition information. For example, if the last two characters of the part name, "EX," are characteristic information indicating attachment by a part bonding machine or part insertion machine, the judgment unit 4 sets "MN" and "EX" as the definition information.

In the next step S4, the determination unit 4 first focuses on the first line of the design data DD1. In the next step S5, the determination unit 4 compares the last two characters "11" of the part name "ROO1K11" on the first line with the definition information "MN" and determines that it is information about an automatically placed part since they do not match. This allows execution of the operation flow to proceed to step S6. In step S6, the import unit 5 associates the mounting coordinate information "x1, y1, A1" on the first line with the part name "ROO1K11" and imports it into the import data DT (import processing).

In the next step S8, the capture unit 5 determines whether the operation up to the last row has been completed. Since the current result is no, the execution of the operation flow branches to step S9. In step S9, the capture unit 5 sets the focus to the next row, and returns the execution of the operation flow to step S5. The operation flow is then repeated for the second row and onwards. For the second to fourth rows, the determination result of the determination unit 4 in step S5 is information on automatically attached parts, and in step S6, the capture unit 5 performs capture processing.

In step S5 of the operation flow for the fifth line, the determination unit 4 determines that the information is for an alternative attachment part because the last two characters "MN" of the part name "T101MN" on the fifth line match the definition information "MN". This causes the execution of the operation flow to proceed to step S7. In step S7, the import unit 5 does not import the mounting coordinate information "x5, y5, A5" and the part name "T101MN" on the fifth line (non-import processing). After this, the execution of the operation flow is merged with step S8.

Furthermore, in the operation flow for the sixth row, the judgment result of the judgment unit 4 in step S5 is information on automatically placed parts, and in step S6, the import unit 5 performs import processing. Through the operations up to this point, the import unit 5 creates the import data DT1 shown in FIG. 4. If the operations up to the last row have been completed in step S8, the execution of the operation flow proceeds to step S10. In step S10, the import unit 5 outputs the created import data DT1 to the data editing device 6. This completes the operation of the data import device 1 for one piece of design data DD1.

As shown in Figure 4, the import data DT1 has a data structure that associates mounting coordinate information with component names as the minimum necessary information. In other words, the information in each column of the number of rows, circuit symbol, comment, and image display information is automatically deleted. Furthermore, the information in all columns of the fifth row, which was not imported, is automatically deleted to create the import data DT1. Therefore, the number of rows in the import data DT1 is less than or equal to the number of rows in the design data DD1.

In the prior art, the setting of definition information, the judgment using the definition information, and the non-import processing were all performed by an operator. In contrast, the data import device 1 of the embodiment acquires design data DD1 including mounting coordinate information, judges whether each piece of mounting coordinate information is information on an automatically mounted component, and selects and imports the mounting coordinate information of the automatically mounted component, thereby automating many of the tasks that were previously performed by an operator. Therefore, with the data import device 1, the working time of an operator when importing design data DD1 can be reduced compared to the past. Furthermore, the automation of the tasks reduces the risk of human error.

4. Downstream data editing device 6
Next, the configuration and operation of the downstream data editing device 6 to which the captured data DT1 is input will be described with reference to Fig. 1. The data editing device 6 performs data editing to add information based on the captured data (DT, DT1) and creates working data DW. The data editing device 6 is configured using a computer device having a digital data input/output function. The data editing device 6 is connected to a parts database 61 and an equipment database 62 so as to be accessible. The data editing device 6 also includes an efficiency improvement program 63.

The parts database 61 stores various information about various parts in association with part names. Information associated with part names includes supply form information, physical property information, handling information, etc. Supply form information includes information on the medium on which the parts are supplied (e.g., carrier tape or tray), packaging form, standard delivery date, etc., in addition to information on the manufacturer and distributor of the parts. Physical property information includes information on the type of part (e.g., resistor or capacitor) and characteristic value (e.g., resistance value and capacitance value), as well as information on the external dimensions, appearance color, electrode position, etc. of the part. Handling information includes information on the type of tool used to handle the parts (e.g., tape feeder or suction nozzle), as well as information on the various conditions for handling the parts (e.g., imaging conditions when imaging the parts, processing conditions for the captured images, and constraints when transporting the parts).

The equipment database 62 stores information about the component mounting machines 9 and the tools (e.g., tape feeders and suction nozzles) that are used interchangeably with the component mounting machines 9. The information stored in the equipment database 62 includes the shape and performance of each component mounting machine 9 and tool, the current operating status, past operating records, maintenance history, etc. The equipment database 62 centrally manages information about all component mounting machines 9 and tools owned.

In operation, the data editing device 6 first accesses the parts database 61 to select the type of tool associated with the part name in the imported data (DT, DT1). In other words, the data editing device 6 selects the type of tool that can handle (supply or mount) the part with that part name. The data editing device 6 then accesses the equipment database 62 to determine the individual tools that correspond to the selected type. The data editing device 6 excludes tools that are being used by other component mounting machines and tools undergoing maintenance to determine the tools that can be used at the current time.

The data editing device 6 then executes the efficiency improvement program 63. The efficiency improvement program 63 improves the efficiency of component mounting work and shortens the time required for the mounting work. The efficiency improvement program 63 optimizes each tool used for multiple types of components, optimizes the arrangement order of multiple tools (tape feeders) in the component mounting machine 9, and further optimizes the mounting order of multiple components. The efficiency improvement program 63 accesses the equipment database 62 to switch the tools used, assumes multiple types of tool arrangement orders, assumes multiple types of component mounting orders, performs multiple simulations, and evaluates the estimated work time required.

Therefore, the efficiency improvement program 63 can obtain simulation results that optimize the tools used, their arrangement order, and the installation order of multiple parts. The data editing device 6 adds information equivalent to the simulation results to the imported data (DT, DT1). This completes the work data DW.

The data editing device 6 outputs the completed work data DW. The work data DW is sent to and stored in the control device of the component mounting machine 9, either directly or via the host management device. The worker then sets up the tools and other equipment based on the work data DW. The component mounting machine 9 is now ready to begin mounting the components.

By combining the data import device 1 of the embodiment with the data editing device 6, a work data creation system can be constructed that creates work data DW based on design data (DD, DD1). The work data creation system can be configured by connecting two computer devices so that data can be transmitted. The work data creation system can also be realized by a single computer device.

5. Modified Form Next, a modified form in which the data structures of the design data DD2 and the import data DT2 differ from those of the embodiment will be described with reference to Figs. 5 and 6. The design data DD2 shown in Fig. 5 has the same six columns as the design data DD1 shown in Fig. 3. The import data DT2 shown in Fig. 6 differs from the import data DT1 shown in Fig. 4 in that it has four columns: skip, mounting work information, component name, and image display information. In the skip column, skip information "o" is added as necessary. The skip information "o" indicates that automatic mounting work by the component mounting machine 9 is not required.

Here, in design data DD2, the characteristic information indicating that it is an alternative attachment part is contained in the content of the comment, not in the part name. More specifically, the comment on lines 1 to 3 of design data DD2 is "chip," meaning a chip part that is automatically attached by component placement machine 9. The comment on line 4 is "handwork," meaning attachment by hand. The comment on line 5 is "-," meaning an automatically attached part. The comment on line 6 is "work-other," meaning attachment by a board-related work machine other than component placement machine 9.

In the modified form, the operation flow shown in FIG. 2 is applied. In step S2 of the operation flow, the analysis unit 3 obtains as an analysis result that the comment field of the design data DD2 is necessary information, and that the comment contains characteristic information indicating that the part is an alternative attachment part. Furthermore, the analysis unit 3 obtains an analysis result that the characteristic information indicating that the part is an alternative attachment part is "work". The analysis unit 3 is capable of improving the accuracy of the analysis by using a learning function (including a big data analysis function of AI technology) based on the analysis results of other design data that was previously analyzed.

As a result, in step S3, the judgment unit 4 sets "work" as the definition information and decides to use partial match of the comments as the method for judging a match. In other words, if the content of the comment contains "work," the judgment unit 4 judges that it contains definition information, regardless of its position. Based on the above settings and judgment, in step S5 for the fourth and sixth lines of the design data DD2, the judgment unit 4 judges that the information is for an alternative attachment part. Also, in step S5 for the first through third and fifth lines, the judgment unit 4 judges that the information is for an automatically attached part.

Meanwhile, in step S6 for the first to third and fifth lines, the import unit 5 associates the mounting coordinate information, the part name, and the image display information and imports them into the import data DT2 (import processing). Also, in step S7 for the fourth and sixth lines, the import unit 5 associates the mounting coordinate information, the part name, and the image display information and imports them into the import data DT2. In addition, the import unit 5 adds the skip information "O" to the skip column (corresponding to non-import processing).

Alternatively, the import unit 5 may not import the mounting coordinate information of the alternative attachment parts, and may import image display information as reference information. In other words, the skip column in FIG. 6 may be eliminated, and the import unit 5 may leave "x7, y7, A7" in the fourth row and "x9, y9, A9" in the sixth row of the mounting coordinate information blank instead of importing them. In a modified form, the number of rows of the import data DT2 matches the number of rows of the design data DD2.

In the modified form, the work data DW created based on the captured data DT2 contains skip information "O" and information for image display. Therefore, the component mounting machine 9 does not perform erroneous mounting work by referring to the skip information "O". Also, in the alternative method, the work data DW has blank columns for mounting coordinate information for alternatively mounted parts. Therefore, the component mounting machine 9 does not perform erroneous mounting work.

In addition, because the work data DW includes information for displaying an image, the worker can display an image of the board as necessary. This improves the efficiency of the worker's situation checks. Furthermore, in the modified form, as in the embodiment, the effect of reducing the worker's work time when importing the design data DD2 is achieved more than ever before.

6. Application Form Next, an application form in which the data structure of the design data is different from that of the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 7. In the application form, the design data consists of CAD data DC and bill of materials data DP. The CAD data DC includes three columns, namely, the number of rows, mounting coordinate information, and circuit symbol. Meanwhile, the bill of materials data DP includes five columns, namely, the number of rows, circuit symbol, part name, comment, and image display information. The bill of materials data DP is created in association with the CAD data DC. The bill of materials data DP may be abbreviated as BOM.

Here, the circuit symbol column is provided in common to the CAD data and the bill of materials data DP. Each row of the CAD data and each row of the bill of materials data DP are associated by a circuit symbol. This is not limited to the above, and the number of rows common to both data may be used to associate each row of the CAD data with each row of the bill of materials data DP. In an application form, the information contained in the CAD data DC and the information contained in the bill of materials data DP are added together to obtain the same information as that contained in the design data DD1 of the embodiment.

In the applied embodiment, the operation flow shown in FIG. 2 is applied. In step S1 of the operation flow, the acquisition unit 2 acquires both the CAD data DC and the bill of materials data DP. In the next step S2, the analysis unit 3 analyzes the CAD data DC and the bill of materials data DP to obtain an analysis result that the last two characters of the part name in the bill of materials data DP contain characteristic information indicating that the part is an alternative attachment part. Furthermore, the analysis unit 3 determines "MN" as the definition information. The subsequent operation flow is the same as in the embodiment.

In the application form, the data structure of the design data is different from that of the embodiment, and is made up of multiple data. Nevertheless, as in the embodiment, the effect of shortening the work time of the worker when importing the CAD data DC and the bill of materials data DP is achieved.

7. Applications and Modifications of the Embodiments The definition information and the method of determining whether or not a match is made using the definition information are not limited to the forms described in the embodiments. For example, when the types of alternative attachment parts are limited, the part names of all types of alternative attachment parts can be set in the definition information, and a determination can be made based on an exact match of the part names. Also, when the first three characters of the circuit symbol, "CPU", are limited to large CPU parts that are manually installed, "CPU" can be set in the definition information, and a determination can be made based on a forward match of the circuit symbol.

Furthermore, the data structures of the design data (DD, DD1, DD2, CAD data DC, bill of materials data DP) and the import data (DT, DT1, DT2) are not limited to those described in the embodiments, and various data structures can be used. Furthermore, for the supplementary information and reference information, information other than that described in the embodiments can be used. Also, a format conversion unit can be provided in place of the analysis unit 3. The format conversion unit converts multiple types of CAD data, which differ in at least one of the data structure and the expression format, into a common format that can be accessed by the determination unit 4 and the import unit 5. Various other modifications and applications are possible for the embodiments, modified forms, and applied forms.

1: Data import device 2: Acquisition unit 3: Analysis unit 4: Judgment unit 5: Import unit 6: Data editing device 61: Parts database 62: Equipment database 63: Efficiency improvement program 9: Parts mounting machine 91: Display unit DD, DD1, DD2: Design data DC: CAD data DP: Bill of materials data DT, DT1, DT2: Imported data DW: Work data

Claims (8)

an acquisition unit that acquires design data including mounting coordinate information that indicates each mounting position on a board of a plurality of types of components;
a determination unit that determines whether each of the pieces of mounting coordinate information is information on an automatically mounted component that is automatically mounted by a mounting operation of a component mounting machine;
an import unit that selects and imports the mounting coordinate information of the automatically placed component as necessary information for generating work data to be used in the mounting work,
the determination unit makes a determination based on additional information other than the mounting coordinate information that is included in the design data or additional information that is included in associated data associated with the design data, the additional information indicating whether or not the information is information on the automatically mounted component;
The related data includes a manufacturing instruction sheet describing an instruction regarding the mounting operation of the component.
Data capture device. an acquisition unit that acquires design data including mounting coordinate information that indicates each mounting position on a board of a plurality of types of components;
a determination unit that determines whether each of the pieces of mounting coordinate information is information on an automatically mounted component that is automatically mounted by a mounting operation of a component mounting machine;
an import unit that selects and imports the mounting coordinate information of the automatically placed component as necessary information for generating work data to be used in the mounting work,
The design data includes CAD data that is created using a computer and includes the mounting coordinate information, and BOM data that is created in association with the CAD data,
The determination unit makes a determination based on supplementary information included in the BOM data, the supplementary information indicating whether the information is information on the automatically mounted component,
an analysis unit that analyzes a plurality of types of CAD data having different data structures and/or expression formats and obtains a partial data area of the CAD data to be accessed by the determination unit and the import unit;
Data capture device. an acquisition unit that acquires design data including mounting coordinate information that indicates each mounting position on a board of a plurality of types of components;
a determination unit that determines whether each of the pieces of mounting coordinate information is information on an automatically mounted component that is automatically mounted by a mounting operation of a component mounting machine;
an import unit that selects and imports the mounting coordinate information of the automatically placed component as necessary information for generating work data to be used in the mounting work,
the determination unit makes a determination based on additional information other than the mounting coordinate information that is included in the design data or additional information that is included in associated data associated with the design data, the additional information indicating whether or not the information is information on the automatically mounted component;
the additional information includes at least one of a circuit symbol of the component, a component name of the component, and a comment added to each type of the component;
the determination unit compares at least one of the circuit symbol, the component name, and the comment with definition information defining that the component is not an automatically mounted component to determine whether the information is the automatically mounted component.
Data capture device. an acquisition unit that acquires design data including mounting coordinate information that indicates each mounting position on a board of a plurality of types of components;
a determination unit that determines whether each of the pieces of mounting coordinate information is information on an automatically mounted component that is automatically mounted by a mounting operation of a component mounting machine;
an import unit that selects and imports the mounting coordinate information of the automatically placed component as necessary information for generating work data to be used in the mounting work,
The design data includes CAD data that is created using a computer and includes the mounting coordinate information, and BOM data that is created in association with the CAD data,
The determination unit makes a determination based on supplementary information included in the BOM data, the supplementary information indicating whether the information is information on the automatically mounted component,
the additional information includes at least one of a circuit symbol of the component, a component name of the component, and a comment added to each type of the component;
the determination unit compares at least one of the circuit symbol, the component name, and the comment with definition information defining that the component is not an automatically mounted component to determine whether the information is the automatically mounted component.
Data capture device. 5. The data import device according to claim 3, wherein the determination unit compares at least one of the circuit symbol, the part name, and the comment with the definition information, and determines that the information is not information about the automatically mounted part when at least a portion of the information matches. 6. The data import device according to claim 1, wherein the import unit does not import the mounting coordinate information of the components other than the automatically mounted components, or imports the mounting coordinate information while adding skip information indicating that the mounting operation is unnecessary . an acquisition unit that acquires design data including mounting coordinate information that indicates each mounting position on a board of a plurality of types of components;
a determination unit that determines whether each of the pieces of mounting coordinate information is information on an automatically mounted component that is automatically mounted by a mounting operation of a component mounting machine;
an import unit that selects and imports the mounting coordinate information of the automatically placed component as necessary information for generating work data to be used in the mounting work,
The capture unit is
With respect to the automatically placed component, reference information included in the design data other than the placement coordinate information is taken in;
With respect to the components other than the automatically placed component, the placement coordinate information is not acquired, and the reference information is acquired.
Data capture device. 8. The data capture device according to claim 7 , wherein the reference information includes image display information used when displaying an image of the board on which the components are mounted.

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