Processing apparatus and method of controlling processing apparatus
AssigneeDisco Corporation
InventorTasuku KOJO
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Abstract
In a method of controlling a processing apparatus having a touch-panel display: when an operator touches the display with a finger and moves the finger in an X-axis direction, a chuck table or a processing unit is moved in the X-axis direction for a distance depending on the distance that the finger is moved, and an image of a portion of a workpiece is moved in the X-axis direction on the display; and when the operator touches the display with a finger and moves the finger in a Y-axis direction, the chuck table or the processing unit is moved in the Y-axis direction for a distance depending on the distance that the finger is moved, and the image of the portion of the workpiece is moved in the Y-axis direction on the display.
Claims6
A processing apparatus comprising:
- a chuck table for holding a workpiece;
- a processing unit processing the workpiece held on the chuck table;
- an X-axis moving mechanism moving the chuck table and the processing unit relatively to each other in an X-axis direction;
- a Y-axis moving mechanism moving the chuck table and the processing unit relatively to each other in a Y-axis direction perpendicular to the X-axis direction;
- an image capturing unit capturing an image of the workpiece held on the chuck table;
- a rotating mechanism rotating the chuck table in a plane defined by an X-axis and a Y-axis;
- a control unit controlling at least the X-axis moving mechanism, the Y-axis moving mechanism, and the rotating mechanism;
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- display means connected to the control unit for communication therewith, for displaying an image of a portion of the workpiece captured by the image capturing unit and detecting coordinates of a position touched on the display means by an operator;
- wherein the display means has, in cooperation of the control unit,
- an X-axis moving function that, when the operator touches the display means with a finger and moves the finger in the X-axis direction, operates the X-axis moving mechanism to move the chuck table or the processing unit in the X-axis direction for a distance depending on a distance that the finger is moved, and moves the image of the portion of the workpiece captured by the image capturing unit in the X-axis direction on the display means,
- a Y-axis moving function that, when the operator touches the display means with a finger and moves the finger in the Y-axis direction, operates the Y-axis moving mechanism to move the chuck table or the processing unit in the Y-axis direction for a distance depending on a distance that the finger is moved, and moves the image of the portion of the workpiece captured by the image capturing unit in the Y-axis direction on the display means,
- an obliquely moving function that, when the operator touches the display means with a finger and moves the finger in a direction oblique to the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction, operates the X-axis moving mechanism and the Y-axis moving mechanism to move the chuck table or the processing unit in the oblique direction for a distance depending on a distance that the finger is moved, and moves the image of the portion of the workpiece captured by the image capturing unit in the oblique direction on the display means, and
- a rotating function that, when the operator touches the display means with a finger and moves the finger in a rotating direction, operates the rotating mechanism to rotate the chuck table for a distance depending on a distance that the finger is moved, and rotates the image of the portion of the workpiece captured by the image capturing unit on the display means.
A method of controlling a processing apparatus including a chuck table for holding a workpiece, processing unit processing the workpiece held on the chuck table, an X-axis moving mechanism moving the chuck table and the processing unit relatively to each other in an X-axis direction, a Y-axis moving mechanism moving the chuck table and the processing unit relatively to each other in a Y-axis direction perpendicular to the X-axis direction, an image capturing unit capturing an image of the workpiece held on the chuck table, a rotating mechanism rotating the chuck table in a plane defined by an X-axis and a Y-axis, a control unit controlling at least the X-axis moving mechanism, the Y-axis moving mechanism, and the rotating mechanism, and display means connected to the control unit for communication therewith, for displaying an image of a portion of the workpiece captured by the image capturing unit and detecting coordinates of a position touched on the display means by an operator,
- the method comprising:
- operating the X-axis moving mechanism to move the chuck table or the processing unit in the X-axis direction for a distance depending on a distance that a finger is moved when the operator touches the display means with the finger and moves the finger in the X-axis direction, and moving the image of the portion of the workpiece captured by the image capturing unit in the X-axis direction on the display means;
- operating the Y-axis moving mechanism to move the chuck table or the processing unit in the Y-axis direction for a distance depending on a distance that a finger is moved when the operator touches the display means with the finger and moves the finger in the Y-axis direction, and moving the image of the portion of the workpiece captured by the image capturing unit in the Y-axis direction on the display means;
- operating the X-axis moving mechanism and the Y-axis moving mechanism to move the chuck table or the processing unit in the oblique direction for a distance depending on a distance that a finger is moved when the operator touches the display means with the finger and moves the finger in a direction oblique to the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction, and moving the image of the portion of the workpiece captured by the image capturing unit in the oblique direction on the display means;
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- operating the rotating mechanism to rotate the chuck table for a distance depending on a distance that a finger is moved when the operator touches the display means with the finger and moves the finger in a rotating direction, and rotating the image of the portion of the workpiece captured by the image capturing unit on the display means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.