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Method of and apparatus for inspecting width of wiring line on printed board

US5367467A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 20, 1991
Grant dateNov 22, 1994
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Expiry dateNov 20, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2207/30141
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A cross operator is applied to the image of a wiring pattern provided on a printed board, to obtain respective sizes of the image in first and second directions. When the condition that the size of the wiring pattern in one of first and second directions is larger than a threshold value but the size in the other direction is smaller than the threshold value is satisfied, it is decided that the wiring pattern is a wiring line., The width of the wiring line is measured with the operator and is compared with a predetermined allowable range of the width. A land and a pin hole which may be present on the printed board do not satisfy the condition for detecting the wiring line and accurate inspection of the wiring line is attained.

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