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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2015
Screen Holdings Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
A position detection apparatus detects the positions of movable partswhich are movable within processing space SP inside a chamber. An imaging deviceshoots reference sections-, which are disposed inside the chamberand the positions of which are known, and the movable parts and accordingly obtains an original image. An image processorexecutes image processing which is for detecting the movable parts and the reference sections from the original image. An image detectordetects the positions of the movable parts within the processing space in accordance with position information which is indicative of the positions of the movable parts and the reference sections within the original image. It is possible to accurately detect the positions of the movable parts while suppressing the influence exerted by deviation of the imaging device.