Abstract: A semiconductor chip position detector including a transparent film on which semiconductor chips are placed, a film table on which the film is placed, a light source, optical fiber cables provided in the vicinity of the film table, by which light beams from the light source are radiated onto the semiconductor chips through the film having the semiconductor chips placed thereon, and a position recognition device provided above the film for recognizing the positions of the semiconductor chips based on shadow shapes of the semiconductor chips generated by the radiated light.

Abstract: An image recognition apparatus includes a light source including a plurality of light emitting diodes having different wavelengths, for illuminating an object, a driver for selectively operating the light emitting diodes and adjusting the brightness thereof, an image pick-up device for photoelectrically transferring the light reflected from the object into an image signal, and an image decision device for comparing a reference image signal with the image signal obtained by the image pick-up device and then deciding whether an image corresponding to the obtained image signal is clearer than an image corresponding to the reference image signal, the image decision device making the driver sequentially operates the light emitting diodes and change the brightness thereof in such a manner that the image corresponding to the image signal is clearer than the image corresponding to the reference image signal.