FPC-BTB detection and positioning system based on optimized YOLOv5

With the aim of addressing the visual positioning problem of board-to-board (BTB) jacks during the automatic assembly of flexible printed circuit (FPC) in mobile phones, an FPC-BTB jack detection method based on the optimized You Only Look Once, version 5 (YOLOv5) deep learning algorithm was proposed in this study. An FPC-BTB jack real-time detection and positioning system was developed for the real-time target detection and pose output synchronization of the BTB jack. On that basis, a visual positioning experimental platform that integrated a UR5e manipulator arm and Hikvision industrial camera was built for BTB jack detection and positioning experiments. As indicated by the experimental results, the developed FPC-BTB jack detection and positioning system for BTB target recognition and positioning achieved a success rate of 99.677%. Its average detection accuracy reached 99.341%, the average confidence of the detected target was 91%, the detection and positioning speed reached 31.25 frames per second, and the positioning deviation was less than 0.93 mm, which conforms to the practical application requirements of the FPC assembly process.