Developing apparatus and image processing system with the developing apparatus

A developing apparatus for moving a stage for placing a substance to be developed in a direction of axis of ordinate and in a direction of axis of abscissa to develop said substance to be developed, the apparatus comprising;

• developing means secured to an apparatus frame to develop a substance to be developed on said stage;
• first moving means mounted on said apparatus frame and movable in said direction of axis of ordinate;
• and
• second moving means mounted on said first moving means and movable in said direction of axis of abscissae, characterized in that
• a moving range of said stage in said direction of axis of ordinate by said first moving means is set between a developing execution area of said substance to be developed below said developing means and a substance-to-be-developed detachable area for detaching said substance to be developed withdrawn from said developing execution area,
• a moving range of said stage in said direction of axis of abscissa by said second moving means is set within a developing execution area of said substance to be developed below said developing means, and
• the maximum moving distance in the direction of axis of ordinate of said stage by said first moving means is set to be longer than the maximum moving distance in the direction of axis of abscissa by said second moving means.

A developing apparatus for developing a substance to be developed, comprising:

• an apparatus frame;
• a movable stage for placing said substance to be developed;
• developing means having a lens fixedly mounted on said apparatus frame to condense light from said substance to be developed on said stage, and photoelectric conversion means for receiving forming light by said lens to convert it into an electric signal, developing means developing an image of said substance to be developed in a stationary state after said stage has been moved to a predetermined position,
• first moving means, mounted on said apparatus frame, movable in the direction of axis of ordinate between a developing execution area of said substance to be developed below said developing means and a substance-to-be-developed detachable area for detaching said substance to be developed withdrawn from said developing execution area;
• and
• second moving means, mounted on said first moving means, further having said stage, movable in the direction of axis of abscissa within a developing execution area of said substance to be developed below said developing means, characterized in that
• the maximum moving distance of said stage in said direction of axis of ordinate by said first moving means is set to be longer than the maximum moving distance in said direction of axis of abscissa by said second moving means.

An image processing system for moving a stage for placing a substance to be developed in the direction of axis of ordinate and in the direction of axis of abscissa to develop said substance to be developed, and for processing an image signal of said developed substance to be developed, comprising:

• developing means fixedly mounted on an apparatus frame to develop a substance to be developed on said stage;
• first moving means mounted on said apparatus frame and movable in said direction of axis of ordinate;
• and
• second moving means mounted on said first moving means and movable in said direction of axis of abscissa, said system is constituted by
• a developing apparatus in which the maximum moving distance of said first moving means is set to be longer than the maximum moving distance of said second moving means, and said stage is arranged integral with or separately from said second moving means;
• and
• a data processing apparatus for processing an image signal of said substance to be developed obtained by said developing apparatus.