Apparatus and method for detecting electrode sheet, apparatus for transporting electrode sheet

An apparatus for transporting an electrode sheet, the apparatus comprising:

• a transport conveyor comprising a supply region for receiving an electrode sheet and configured to transport the electrode sheet;
• a supplier configured to supply the electrode sheet to the supply region;
• a lighting member configured to emit light to the supply region;
• a sensor configured to detect reflected light formed by the light emitted from the lighting member and reflected from the supply region;
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• a controller configured to analyze a target image of the supply region generated on the basis of a result of the sensor detecting the reflected light, determine whether the electrode sheet is present in the supply region, and control an operation of the supplier according to a result of the determination.

A method of detecting an electrode sheet, the method comprising:

• acquiring, by a processor, a target image of a supply region while light from a lighting member is emitted to a supply region of a transport conveyor, wherein the transport conveyor comprises the supply region to receive the electrode sheet and transports the electrode sheet, a sensor detects reflected light of the light emitted from the lighting member and reflected from the supply region, and the target image is generated on the basis of a result of the sensor detecting the reflected light;
• analyzing, by the processor, the target image;
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• determining, by the processor, whether the electrode sheet is present on the basis of an analysis result of the target image.