Patent ID: 7702486
Filing Date: 2010-04-20
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for managing a liquid crystal substrate, comprising: a data management section having a database; a liquid crystal testing device operable to determine whether at least one of a panel and a substrate in the liquid crystal substrate has a defect, and to send, to the data management section, defect information indicative of at least the defect and whether the at least one of the panel and the substrate is defective; and a liquid crystal repair device operable to receive the defect information from the data management section and to repair the defect based on the received defect information, the liquid crystal repair device operable to send, to the data management section, repair information that is indicative of at least a position that is actually repaired; and the liquid crystal repair device operable to correct the received defect information in a case where the received defect information contains incorrect information with regard to the defect and generate corrected defect information as a part of the repair information; said data management section is operable to record, in the database, the defect information sent from the liquid crystal testing device and the repair information sent from the liquid crystal repair device; said data management section is operable to redetermine the presence of the defect based on comparison between the defect information and the repair information which are recorded in said database; and said data management section is operable to update the defect information recorded in said database with the corrected defect information.