JP6546269B2 - Error handling support device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an error coping support apparatus that assists a worker in coping with an error detected in a component mounting machine.

  A component mounting machine is an apparatus for mounting an electronic component on a circuit board, and is used to manufacture a circuit board product. In such a component mounting machine, various errors are detected based on a shortage of components and an inspection result for the mounted components. In order to cancel the error and restore the mounting process, the operator needs to handle the error. Patent Document 1 discloses an apparatus that supports error handling by an operator by displaying error types and error countermeasure information.

Unexamined-Japanese-Patent No. 2010-251398

  However, errors detected in the component mounting machine include those generated depending on the type of the component mounting machine and the operating environment. Therefore, if the error countermeasure information has general-purpose contents, some workers may run out of information, and the time required to clear the error may be extended. On the other hand, if the error countermeasure information has a detailed content, unnecessary information may be displayed in some cases, which may make it difficult for the operator to comprehend the necessary information.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and provides an error handling support device capable of improving the working efficiency of error handling and shortening the handling time from the occurrence of an error to the cancellation. The purpose is

The error handling support device according to claim 1 is a support device that is applied to a component mounting machine that mounts an electronic component on a circuit board, and supports a worker's handling of an error detected in the component mounting machine. The error handling support device, when the error is detected, includes a data management unit that obtains handling information including an operation procedure for resolving the error, and an editing control unit that receives editing by the operator on the handling information; And a presentation unit that presents the handling information and editing information indicating contents of editing of the handling information. When the operator performs an operation based on the handling information, the editing control unit receives image data or moving image data acquired by imaging the operation as editing by the worker on the handling information. .
The error handling support device according to claim 4 receives, when the error is detected, a data management unit for obtaining handling information including an operation procedure for solving the error, and an editing by the operator for the handling information. An editing control unit, and a presentation unit that presents the handling information and editing information indicating editing content for the handling information to the worker. The editing information includes the component equipment of the component mounting machine in which the error is detected, the type of the component mounting machine, an execution step in the mounting process when the error is detected, the electronic device mounted by the mounting process Detection data indicating at least one of the types of parts is included. The editing information is managed based on detection data Ds included in the editing information It. The edit control unit receives addition of the new handling information corresponding to the detected error as editing by the operator on the handling information. The data management unit, when the error is detected, acquires the corresponding handling information based on the detection data regarding the error.

According to the configuration of the invention as claimed in claims 1 and 4, when an error is detected in the component mounting machine, in addition to the handling information corresponding to the error, the editing information is presented by display or the like. The edit information may include, for example, supplementary items for general-purpose contents, and supplementary matters indicating work contents specific to a component mounting machine or a production line. In this way, the operator can perform appropriate error handling with reference to the target information and the editing information. Therefore, since the work efficiency of the error handling can be improved, the handling time from the occurrence of the error to the cancellation can be shortened.

It is a block diagram showing a part of production line in an embodiment. It is a figure which shows the operation panel which receives edit of process information. It is a flow chart which shows support processing of error coping. It is a flow chart which shows edit processing of coping information. It is a figure which shows the control panel which displayed process information and edit information.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment in which an error handling support device of the present invention is embodied will be described with reference to the drawings. The embodiment exemplifies a configuration in which an error handling support device is incorporated in a component mounter for mounting an electronic component on a circuit board. The component mounter constitutes a production line for producing circuit board products such as integrated circuits, for example.

Embodiment
(Configuration of production line 1)
As shown in FIG. 1, the production line 1 is configured by a plurality of production facilities communicably connected to the host computer 10 via a network. In addition to the component mounter 20, this production facility includes, for example, a screen printing machine, a mounting inspection machine, a reflow furnace, and the like. A production facility including the component mounter 20 is configured to be able to input and output various data with the host computer 10 via a network.

  The host computer 10 monitors the operation status of the production line 1 and controls production facilities including the component mounter 20. The host computer 10 has a storage device 11 configured of a hard disk, a flash memory, and the like. The storage device 11 stores various data for controlling the component mounter 20.

  Specifically, the storage device 11 stores a production plan including the type and production amount of a circuit board product to be produced, a control program for operating the component mounter 20, information required for error handling, etc. There is. The host computer 10 appropriately sends various data such as a control program to each production facility when executing production processing in each production facility.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the plurality of component mounters 20 constituting the production line 1 each have a camera 21, a control device 22, and an operation panel 30. The camera 21 is a digital imaging device having an imaging element such as a charge coupled device (CCD) or a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS). The camera 21 is provided, for example, in the plane of the component mounter 20, and is configured to be able to image an operation performed by the operator as an error countermeasure. The camera 21 captures an image based on a control signal from the control device 22, and sends out the image data or the moving image data acquired by the image capturing to the control device 22.

  The control device 22 mainly includes a CPU, various memories, and a control circuit, and controls the mounting process of the electronic component. More specifically, the control device 22 executes the mounting process based on the control program acquired from the host computer 10. The operation panel 30 displays various data possessed by the control device 22 and accepts editing of the various data displayed. The control panel 30 has a monitor 31, a speaker 32, and a plurality of notification lamps 33 in the present embodiment.

  The monitor 31 presents various data in a visually recognizable manner to the operator according to the state of the component mounter 20. The control program is displayed on the monitor 31 while the mounting process is being performed, and the error information Ie and the handling information Ip are displayed during the error handling operation (see FIG. 2). The speaker 32 presents voice information of various data to the worker in a manner that allows the user to listen. The plurality of notification lamps 33 are colored in different colors such as green, yellow and red, and present the status of error handling to the operator by lighting or blinking.

  Further, the various data described above include error information Ie, handling information Ip including an operation procedure for resolving an error, and editing information It indicating contents of editing for the handling information Ip. Here, the “error information Ie” is information corresponding to an identification code used to identify an error detected in the component mounting machine 20, and indicating information such as the type and level of the error. Also, the identification code in the error information is assigned, for example, to each component that detects an error.

  Further, “action information Ip” is information including an operation procedure for solving a detected error. More specifically, the operation indicated by the handling information Ip includes, for example, an operation for confirming a portion where an error cause is assumed, an operation for actually removing a defect, and the like. Also, “edit information It” is information indicating the content of editing of the handling information. The edit information It is associated with one operation shown in the operation procedure of the handling information Ip or an identification code of an error. The editing process of the handling information Ip will be described later.

  The error information Ie, the handling information Ip, and the editing information It can be commonly used by a plurality of component mounters 20, and in this embodiment, are stored in the storage device 11 of the host computer 10 and collectively managed. Ru. Further, the monitor 31, the speaker 32, and the plurality of notification lamps 33 in the operation panel 30 present the error information Ie and the like to the operator by various methods, and correspond to the "presentation unit" of the present invention.

(Detailed Configuration of Error Handling Support Device 50)
The control device 22 and the operation panel 30 of the mounter 20 constitute an error handling support device 50. The error handling support device 50 is a support device that supports the worker's handling of the error detected in the component mounter 20. The error handling support device 50 is incorporated so as to constitute a part of the component mounter 20 in the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the error handling support device 50 includes a control panel 30, an error detection unit 51, a data management unit 52, an editing control unit 53, and a presentation control unit 54.

  The error detection unit 51 detects an error that occurs in the component mounter 20. Specifically, for example, the error detection unit 51 may be a signal output from various sensors provided in plural in the component mounter 20, a signal output from control software incorporated in a component of the component mounter 20, and the like. Based on this, an error relating to the suction of the electronic component, an out-of-parts error in the component supply device, etc. are detected.

  The data management unit 52 acquires the handling information Ip when an error is detected. In the present embodiment, when an error is detected by the error detection unit 51, the data management unit 52 sends an identification code of the error or the like to the host computer 10, and the error information Ie or the handling information Ip corresponding to the error. To get The various information acquired by the data management unit 52 is presented to the operator by the monitor 31 of the operation panel 30 or the like.

  The editing control unit 53 receives an operator's editing of the handling information Ip via the operation panel 30. The editing includes text input, change of error type and level, audio data input, image data input, and moving image data input. The edit control unit 53 receives an edit on the measure information Ip presented on the operation panel 30, and holds the content of the edit as the edit information It. The editing information It is associated with one operation shown in the operation procedure of the handling information Ip or an identification code of an error according to the determination by the setting or the editing control unit 53 by the operator.

  Further, in the present embodiment, in the editing information It, the component equipment of the component mounter 20 in which an error is detected, the type of the component mounter 20, an execution step in the mounting processing when an error is detected, the mounting processing Detection data Ds indicating at least one of the types of electronic components mounted by The detection data Ds is automatically added to the editing information It by the editing control unit 53, for example, and is used for management of the editing information It, determination of necessity of presentation, and the like.

  The presentation control unit 54 presents the error information Ie, the handling information Ip, and the editing information It to the monitor 31 of the operation panel 30 or the like. More specifically, the presentation control unit 54 displays on the monitor 31 an outline of an error included in the error information Ie and an operation procedure included in the handling information Ip. In addition, the presentation control unit 54 outputs audio data from the speaker 32 as necessary, and turns on or blinks the notification lamp 33 to present various information.

(Error handling support processing)
The support processing of the error handling (the handling of the operator for the error detected in the component mounting machine 20) by the above-described error handling support device 50 will be described. When the error detection unit 51 detects an error in the component mounting machine 20, the error handling support device 50 executes an error handling support process as shown in FIG.

  The data management unit 52 first acquires the identification code of the error from the error detection unit 51 (step 11 (hereinafter, “step” is described as “S”)). Next, the data management unit 52 sends various information to the host computer 10 as the identification code of the error (S12). The various information sent to the host computer 10 includes, for example, the type of the component mounter 20, an execution step in the mounting process when an error is detected, and a worker in charge of operating the component mounter 20. Is included as appropriate.

  The host computer 10 can use the error information Ie, the handling information Ip, and the editing information It that can be commonly used to deal with errors in a plurality of mounters 20, the corresponding ones, the identification code of the input error and various Select based on the information. The host computer 10 sends out the selected error information Ie etc. to the component mounting machine 20 which has sent out the identification code of the error.

  The data management unit 52 acquires the error information Ie and the handling information Ip sent from the host computer 10 (S13). If the edit information It corresponding to the handling information Ip is existing, the data management unit 52 acquires the editing information It together with the error information Ie and the handling information Ip. Here, it is assumed that the editing information It is not acquired.

  The presentation control unit 54 presents the worker with the error information Ie and the like acquired by the data management unit 52 (S14). For example, the presentation control unit 54 displays the summary of the error on the monitor 31 as the error identification code and the error information Ie. Further, the presentation control unit 54 displays an operation procedure for solving the error as the handling information Ip on the monitor 31. In addition, the presentation control unit 54 operates the speaker 32 and the notification lamp 33 according to the contents of the error information Ie and the handling information Ip to present various information to the worker.

  The editing control unit 53 enables the operator to accept editing of the handling information Ip in a state where the handling information Ip is presented on the operation panel 30. The edit control unit 53 determines the presence or absence of an edit request (S15). The editing control unit 53 executes editing processing of the handling information Ip, for example, when the editing button displayed on the operation panel 30 is pressed by the operator and there is a request for editing the handling information Ip (S15: Yes). To do (S16). Details of the editing process will be described later.

  The error handling support device 50 monitors whether or not the error that has occurred has been resolved while the error handling by the worker is being performed. If there is no request for editing the handling information Ip (S15: No), the error handling support device 50 determines whether the error has been resolved (S17). If the error is not resolved (S17: No), the presentation control unit 54 performs again the presentation process (S14), such as sequentially displaying the operation procedure according to the situation of the error handling by the operator.

  On the other hand, when the error is resolved by the error handling of the worker (S17: Yes), the error handling support device 50 notifies the host computer 10 that the error has been solved by the handling information Ip presented. (S18). When the editing control unit 53 executes the editing process (S16) and the editing information It is generated or updated, the error handling support device 50 sends the editing information It to the host computer 10 (S18). . The error handling support device 50 cancels the error in the component mounting machine 20 (S19), and ends the error handling support process.

(Editing process of response information Ip)
The editing process of the handling information Ip by the editing control unit 53 will be described. The editing control unit 53 executes editing processing as shown in FIG. 4 (S16) when there is an editing request for the handling information Ip in the error handling support processing (S15: Yes).

  The editing control unit 53 first acquires various types of information such as the handling information Ip for which the editing request has been made (S21). The above-mentioned various types of information include, for example, an identification code of an error, the editing information It if the editing information It is existing, detection data Ds related to the error, and the like. The edit control unit 53 causes the presentation control unit 54 to execute presentation processing so as to display the acquired various types of information on the monitor 31 (S22). As a result, the monitor 31 displays the action information Ip etc. in an editable state.

  The editing control unit 53 receives editing by a touch operation on the monitor 31 by the operator or an operation on the input device (S23). The contents of the editing include, for example, supplementary items to the contents of the handling information Ip, work contents specific to the production line 1 and the component mounting machine 20, and the like. The contents of editing are indicated by, for example, text information, graphic information, voice information, information on lighting or blinking of the notification lamp 33, image data, moving image data, and the like.

  That is, the worker can be notified to the worker who will handle the next error, for example, by text input or voice input of the additional operation based on the work rule or the point in the error handling. Further, when the operator performs an operation based on the handling information Ip, the editing control unit 53 may receive the image data Di or the moving image data Dm acquired by imaging the operation as the editing information It.

  In the present embodiment, the editing control unit 53 receives the addition of new countermeasure information Ip corresponding to the detected error as the operator editing the countermeasure information Ip. That is, the editing control unit 53 receives the newly created handling information Ip as a solution to the detected error. As a result, the error handling support device 50 can respond to an error not solved by the existing handling information Ip, or can guide an error handling specialized for a specific component mounting machine 20.

  Subsequently, the editing control unit 53 associates the editing information It or the added handling information Ip with various information (S24). Specifically, the edit information It is associated with one operation shown in the operation procedure of the handling information Ip or an identification code of an error. Here, when the editing information It is associated with one operation indicated in the operation procedure, editing is performed when other handling information Ip including the associated operation in the operation procedure is used as the handling information Ip for a different error. Information It is used.

  Also, when the edit information It is associated with the identification code of the error, when the same error is detected in another component mounter 20 configuring the production line 1, the edit information It together with the handling information Ip of the error Is used. When the new handling information Ip is added, the editing control unit 53 associates the identification code of the error acquired in S21 with the handling information Ip.

  The edit control unit 53 appropriately sets the detection data Ds in the edit information It (S25). The detection data Ds indicates at least one of the following detection information (A) to (D). The detection information (A) is a component of the component mounter 20 in which an error is detected. The component devices include, for example, a suction head and a suction nozzle of a component transfer device for transferring the held electronic components onto the circuit board, a feeder of a component supply device for supplying the electronic components, and the like.

  The detection information (B) is a type of the component mounting machine 20 in which an error is detected. The detection information (C) is an execution step in the mounting process when an error is detected. The execution process includes, for example, a suction process for sucking an electronic component, an imaging process using a component camera, a mounting process for mounting the held electronic component on a circuit board, and the like. The detection information (D) is a type of electronic component mounted by the mounting process.

  According to such detection data Ds, it is possible to determine whether the detected errors individually occur under specific requirements or may generally occur. Finally, the editing control unit 53 receives the editing by the operator and notifies the data management unit 52 that the editing information It has been generated or updated (S26), and ends the editing process of the handling information Ip.

  Thereafter, the handling information Ip and the editing information It are presented on the control panel 30 by the presentation control unit 54 as shown in FIG. 5 (S14 in FIG. 3). Further, the added handling information Ip and editing information It are sent to the host computer 10 (S18) and stored in the storage device 11 when the error is resolved. At this time, the edit information It is managed based on the detection data Ds included in the edit information It, is appropriately sent to the component mounter 20 in which the error is detected as needed, and is used for error handling.

(Effect by the configuration of the embodiment)
The error handling support device 50 according to the present embodiment is a support device that is applied to the component mounting machine 20 for mounting an electronic component on a circuit board and supports the operator's handling for an error detected in the component mounting machine 20. .
When an error is detected, the error handling support device 50 receives a data management unit 52 that obtains handling information Ip including an operation procedure for solving the error, and an editing control unit 53 that receives editing by the operator for the handling information Ip. And a presentation unit (monitor 31, speaker 32, notification lamp 33) for presenting handling information Ip and editing information It indicating contents of editing with respect to the handling information Ip.

  According to such a configuration, when an error is detected in the component mounting machine 20, in addition to the handling information Ip corresponding to the error, the editing information It is presented by display or the like. The edit information It can include, for example, supplements to general-purpose contents, and supplements indicating work contents specific to the component mounter 20 or a production line. As a result, the worker can perform appropriate error handling with reference to the target information and the editing information It. Therefore, since the work efficiency of the error handling can be improved, the handling time from the occurrence of the error to the cancellation can be shortened.

Further, the editing information It is associated with one operation shown in the operation procedure of the handling information Ip or an identification code used for identifying an error.
According to such a configuration, the editing information It is associated with the operation or identification code. Thereby, in addition to the handling information Ip presented corresponding to the same operation in the target information corresponding to another error or the same error detected in another component mounting machine 20, the existing editing information It is added. Can be presented. As a result, the editing information It can be widely shared as compared with the case where only the targeted operation or error is presented, so that the operation efficiency of the error handling can be improved as a whole.

In addition, a plurality of component mounters 20 communicably connected to the host computer 10 via a network constitute a production line 1. The host computer 10 stores coping information Ip and editing information It that can be commonly used for coping with errors in a plurality of mounters 20. When an error is detected, the data management unit 52 acquires, from the host computer 10, handling information Ip and editing information It corresponding to the error. When the editing control unit 53 receives editing by the operator on the coping information Ip acquired by the data management unit 52, the editing control unit 53 causes the host computer 10 to store editing information It indicating the content of the editing.
According to such a configuration, it is possible to manage the handling information Ip and the editing information It in cooperation with the host computer 10. This makes it possible to share the editing information It between different component mounters 20, so that it is possible to improve the working efficiency of error handling as a whole of the production line 1.

Further, in the editing information It, the component equipment of the component mounting machine 20 in which an error is detected, the type of the component mounting machine 20, an execution step in the mounting process when the error is detected, and the electronic device mounted by the mounting process. Detection data Ds indicating at least one of the types of parts is included.
According to such a configuration, the editing information It includes the set detection data Ds in addition to the supplementary items directly input by the operator. As a result, it is possible to determine, for example, whether or not the editing information It should be presented, and whether or not the editing information It is to be reflected in another operation or an error. Therefore, it is possible to present appropriate editing information It while suppressing the presentation of unnecessary editing information It to the worker.

Further, the editing control unit 53 receives addition of new handling information Ip corresponding to the detected error as editing by the operator on the handling information Ip.
According to such a configuration, new handling information Ip can be added and registered. As a result, it becomes possible to present guidance for handling the cause of the unknown error and present more appropriate handling information Ip for the error.

Further, when the operator performs an operation based on the handling information Ip, the editing control unit 53 edits the image data Di or the moving image data Dm acquired by imaging the operation by the worker with respect to the handling information Ip. Accept as.
According to such a configuration, the operator can perform error handling while referring to the image data Di or the moving image data Dm presented as the editing information It. As a result, since the release operation for the error is performed regardless of the skill level of the worker, the handling time from the occurrence of the error to the release can be shortened.

<Modification of Embodiment>
In the embodiment, the presentation control unit 54 presents the editing information It to the worker by display or the like. At this time, the presentation control unit 54 may present the editing information It so that the portion edited with respect to the handling information Ip is clearly indicated. For example, the presentation control unit 54 divides the editing information It with the handling information Ip, or changes and displays the display color. According to such a configuration, the worker can distinguish the handling information Ip and the editing information It.

  Further, in the embodiment, the camera 21 configured to be able to capture an operation performed by the operator as an error countermeasure is provided inside the component mounter 20. On the other hand, the camera 21 may be non-fixed so that the operator manually performs imaging, or may be a head camera that can be worn by the operator. Even in such a configuration, it is possible to use the image data Di or the moving image data Dm acquired by imaging as the editing information It.

  In the embodiment, the error handling support device 50 is incorporated in the component mounter 20. On the other hand, the error handling support device 50 may be an external device for the component mounter 20. For example, the editing control unit 53 may be disposed in the host computer 10 and may be configured to receive editing using the host computer 10.

1: Production line 10: Host computer, 11: Storage device 20: Component mounting machine 21: Camera, 22: Control device 30: Operation panel 31: Monitor (presentation unit), 32: Speaker (presentation unit)
33: Notification lamp (presentation unit)
50: error handling support device 51: error detection unit 52: data management unit 53: editing control unit 54: presentation control unit Ie: error information, Ip: handling information, It: editing information Ds: detection data, Di: image Data, Dm: Movie data

Claims (6)

A support apparatus applied to a component mounting machine for mounting an electronic component on a circuit board and supporting an operator's handling of an error detected in the component mounting machine,
A data management unit that acquires handling information including an operation procedure for resolving the error when the error is detected;
An editing control unit that receives editing by the operator on the handling information;
A presentation unit that presents, to the worker, the handling information and editing information indicating contents of editing of the handling information;
Equipped with
When the operator performs an operation based on the handling information, the editing control unit receives image data or moving image data acquired by imaging the operation as editing by the worker on the handling information. Error handling support device. The editing information includes the component equipment of the component mounting machine in which the error is detected, the type of the component mounting machine, an execution step in the mounting process when the error is detected, the electronic device mounted by the mounting process The error handling support device according to claim 1, further comprising detection data indicating at least one of component types. The editing control unit, the addition of new the coping information corresponding to said detected error, accepted as edited by the operator with respect to the address information, error handling assistance device according to claim 1 or 2. A support apparatus applied to a component mounting machine for mounting an electronic component on a circuit board and supporting an operator's handling of an error detected in the component mounting machine,
A data management unit that acquires handling information including an operation procedure for resolving the error when the error is detected;
An editing control unit that receives editing by the operator on the handling information;
A presentation unit that presents, to the worker, the handling information and editing information indicating contents of editing of the handling information;
Equipped with
The editing information includes the component equipment of the component mounting machine in which the error is detected, the type of the component mounting machine, an execution step in the mounting process when the error is detected, the electronic device mounted by the mounting process Detection data indicating at least one of the types of parts;
The editing information is managed based on the detection data included in the editing information,
The editing control unit receives addition of new countermeasure information corresponding to the detected error as editing by the operator on the countermeasure information.
The error management support device acquires the corresponding management information based on the detection data related to the error when the error is detected . The error handling support device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the editing information is associated with one operation shown in an operation procedure of the handling information or an identification code used for identifying the error. A production line is configured by a plurality of the component mounters communicably connected to a host computer via a network,
The host computer stores the coping information and the editing information that can be commonly used for coping with the errors in a plurality of the component mounting machines.
The data management unit acquires, when the error is detected, the handling information and the editing information corresponding to the error from the host computer.
The editing control unit, when said data management unit accepts the editing by the operator for the acquired address information, and stores the editing information indicating the contents of the editing to the host computer, according to claim 1-4 The error handling support device according to any one of the above.

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