Inspection support apparatus and control method thereof, inspection system, and control program

An inspection support apparatus that supports inspection of a DC power source for a plurality of types of defects, the apparatus comprising a processor configured with a program to perform operations comprising:

• operation as a storage unit configured to store, for each of the plurality of types of defects, defect correlation information pertaining to an influence of each of the plurality of types of defects on inspection for an other of the plurality of types of defects;
• operation as an instruction unit configured to instruct an inspection apparatus to perform an inspection of the DC power source for at least one of the plurality of types of defects;
• operation as an obtainment unit configured to obtain, from the inspection apparatus, an inspection result of the inspection of the DC power source for the at least one of the plurality of types of defects;
• operation as a determination unit configured to determine, based on the inspection result and the stored defect correlation information for the at least one of the plurality of types of defects, the influence of at least one other of the plurality of types of defects on the inspection result;
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• operation as an output unit configured to output information to guide the inspection apparatus, the output information indicating whether the inspection result is influenced by the at least one other of the plurality of types of defects.