Panel inspecting apparatus and method
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsMyoung-ki AHN, Jin-woo AHN, Tae-yong JO, Hyeong-min AHN, Tae-hyoung LEE
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A panel inspecting apparatus and method may accurately inspect image quality of a curved portion of a panel with relatively small inspecting cost and time, and the panel inspecting apparatus may have a relatively simple structure. The panel inspecting apparatus includes a support on which a panel is disposed, a mirror corresponding to a curved area of the panel, a lens configured to receive an image from the panel and an image reflected by the mirror and focus the images, and an image sensor configured to capture the images transferred via the lens.
Claims37
A panel inspecting apparatus comprising:
- a support on which a panel is disposed;
- at least one mirror corresponding to at least one curved area of the panel;
- at least one lens configured to receive an image from the panel and an image reflected by the at least one mirror;
- and
- an image sensor configured to capture the images transferred via the at least one lens.
A panel inspecting apparatus comprising:
- at least one flat mirror that corresponding to at least one curved area of a panel, and the at least one flat mirror is configured to reflect at least one image of the at least one curved area at an edge of a panel;
- a lens configured to receive an image from the panel and the at least one image reflected by the at least one flat mirror;
- and
- an image sensor configured to capture the images transferred via the lens.
A panel inspecting apparatus comprising:
- at least one curved mirror corresponding to at least one curved area of a panel, the curved mirror configured to reflect an image of the curved area;
- a lens configured to receive an image from the panel and the image reflected by the at least one curved mirror;
- and
- an image sensor configured to capture the images transferred via the lens.
A panel inspecting method comprising:
- disposing at least one mirror near at least one curved area of a panel, and
- inspecting the at least one curved area of the panel using the at least one mirror.
A panel inspecting apparatus comprising:
- a support configured to receive a panel thereon, the panel including a flat area and a curved area;
- at least one mirror configured to reflect an image of the curved area of the panel;
- at least one lens configured to receive image information of the flat area and image information of the curved area reflected from the at least one mirror;
- and
- an image sensor configured to convert the image information of the flat area and the image information of the curved area received via the lens to electric signals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.