Patent ID: 7922843

Claim:
A method for inspecting continuous film laminate including an optically functional continuous film having a releasable film adhered to one of the opposite sides thereof, or including an optically functional continuous film having a releasable film adhered to one of the opposite sides thereof and a protective film adhered to the other side thereof, for a presence of any defect in said optically functional continuous film, and making the film laminate usable in a laminating apparatus for laminating the optically functional continuous film to a product panel, the method comprising: delivering the continuous film laminate toward an inspection station and removing the releasable film from the film laminate before the film laminate reaches the inspection station; introducing the optically functional continuous film or a laminate of the optically functional continuous film and the protective film from which the releasable film is removed into the inspection station and carrying out an inspection for the presence of any defect of the optically functional continuous film; operating a control for calculating coordinate position of a defect if such defect has been detected; and laminating a continuous releasable film to said one side of the optically functional continuous film after the inspection has been completed.