Program and device which automatically generate operation program

A working apparatus comprising a work head, a holder for holding a work object, a driver to move the work head and the holder relative to each other, a reading device, a display device, an input device, and a control unit, the working apparatus carrying out desired work while the work head is moved relative to the work object based on image data of the work object or a work region, the image data being taken in from the reading device,

• wherein the image data of the work object or the work region is obtained by capturing image data of the work object or the work region with an image data input device, and
• the control unit is configured to execute:
• a step of compensating for distortion in the image data of the work object or the work region data based on the input shape data of the work object or the work region, the distortion including an inclination of an image attributable to arrangement of the image data input device and the image data being taken in from the reading device, based on shape data of the work object or the work region, the shape data being input through the input device,
• a step of displaying, on the display device, a movement path input window which allows designation of a movement path with respect to the compensated image data displayed as a background, and
• a step of automatically generating an operation program based on the movement path that is designated on the movement path input window,
• wherein, in the step of compensating, a shape reference line having a shape substantially the same as a shape of the work object or the work region, is prepared and displayed on the display device together with the work object or the work region, distortion in the image data attributable to arrangement of the image data input device is compensated for based on the input shape data by deforming the shape reference line to conform with an external shape of the work object or the work region on the display device.