Patent ID: 8300921

Claim:
An inspection apparatus which detects an amount of misalignment, from a predetermined mounting position, of a component mounted on a surface of a panel through an adhesive which contains conductive particles, said inspection apparatus comprising: an illuminating unit configured to illuminate with a light a panel recognition mark and a component recognition mark, the panel recognition mark being formed on the surface of the panel, and the component recognition mark being formed on a surface of the component which faces the surface of the panel on which the component is mounted; a camera which is provided opposite said illuminating unit in relation to the panel, and captures an image of the panel recognition mark and an image of the component recognition mark which are illuminated with the light; and a calculation unit configured to calculate, using the images captured by said camera, an amount of misalignment in a positional relationship between the panel recognition mark and the component recognition mark from a predetermined positional relationship, wherein said illuminating unit emits a light having a wavelength that allows the light to pass through the panel and the component but inhibits passage of the light through the conductive particles, and an optical axis of said illuminating unit is inclined with respect to a normal found on the surfaces of the panel or the component.