Patent ID: 11887389
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. An inspection apparatus comprising:
at least one of (a) one or more processors and a storage medium and (b) circuitry, the at least one of (a) one or more processors and a storage medium and (b) circuitry being configured to act as a plurality of units comprising:
(1) a first obtaining unit configured to obtain a plurality of reference images;
(2) a second obtaining unit configured to obtain an inspection target image;
(3) a setting unit configured to set, for at least one reference image among the plurality of reference images, an inspection region to be inspected; and
(4) an inspection unit configured to inspect the inspection target image based on a result of comparison of the inspection target image and the reference image in which the inspection region is set,
wherein the setting unit comprises: (a) a first setting unit configured to set the inspection region for a first reference image selected from the plurality of reference images; and (b) a second setting unit configured to set, for a second reference image which is selected from the plurality of reference images and which is different from the first reference image, the inspection region in a case where the second reference image is an image satisfying a predetermined condition.