本研究結合自動光學檢測、雷射加工技術與智能化技術，發展一套智動化的電路板修復方法。使用者放置有缺陷的電路板於平台上，透過影像拍攝與處理，獲得缺陷端點座標資訊後，本研究所開發的程式，即能自動快速規劃一個考量端點效應(熱累積效應)的最佳雷射掃描路徑，以達到高效率且精準穩定修復電路板缺陷的目標。
為拓展技術的應用範圍，本研究進一步建立考慮端點效應(熱累積效應)的雷射掃描路徑規劃技術，運用深度學習與影像辨識，以及改良壓縮影像與全檢測技術，提升路徑規劃的分析效率。目前研究成果發現深度學習的正確率為0.7，而改良影像壓縮全檢技術在誤差3^°內的正確率為0.86，後者的計算時間在所測試範例樣本中，平均至少可以縮短10倍以上的檢測時間。同時，本研究所開發的雷射掃描路徑規劃技術，亦可應用於雷射加法製造的製程優化，改進現行一般雷射積層製造路徑優化未考慮熱累積效應的缺點。
此外，本研究也開發可處理電路板短路缺陷的雷射掃描路徑規劃技術，依使用者需求分為兩種功能：
第一類是對短路區域進行切斷，目的是快速破壞短路；第二類是對短路區域進行精準的完全清除，目標應用場域是高頻、高靈敏度電子元件的電路，解決原本製程殘留的不規則金屬或殘膠所造成的電磁干擾雜訊。

The current study combines automatic optical inspection and detection with image analysis and optimization technologies to develop an intelligent laser path planning method for ultra-precision printed circuit board (PCB) defects repairment. Once the user placed the defective PCB on the working stage and captured the image of the board, a series of image processing, positioning will be conducted to attain information of defects. The repairing path based on this information of defects will then be determined automatically and accurately by using the rule-based method developed in this study.
To further improve the efficiency and effectiveness for the path planning analysis, Deep Learning and a new method based on image compression was applied, separately, with considering heat accumulation during the laser process to optimize laser scanning strategy. The accuracy to the optimized scanning direction achieved by Deep Learning and by the new image compression method is 0.7 and 0.86, respectively. The later method can reduce the analyzing time at least 10 times than the exhaustive method (full-scan).
The method developed in this study can not only be applied for repairing open circuits but also short circuits of PCB. For the short circuits, in addition to line cutting, a full clean of the defect is possible thanks to the image process and analysis of the circuits technology that was developed in conjunction with the current study. Thus, the method presented here is especially valuable for repairing high precision circuit boards and electronics.

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