1 - Board enters machine to home position. Images taken and analyzed.
2 - Moves board to next location. Images taken and analyzed. Continue to next location or as many locations as needed to cover the complete length of the board.
AccuEye is a machine vision system designed for through hole component inspection. The design of the system is radically different from the traditional Surface Mount Technology (SMT) inspection machine.
AccuEye is not data driven but uses images of a known good board to compare with the incoming production boards. The idea is very similar to optical comparator and hence the name Automatic Comparative Inspection machine (ACI). The ACI is particularly suitable for through hole components inspection because of the diverse component geometry of the through hole components. While it is not data driven, it retains some of the attributes of a surface mount inspection machine such as image offset compensation using fudicials.