Patent ID: 7582246

Claim:
A transferring and molding method comprising: executing transferring and molding by positioning a transfer position of a transfer film by moving the transfer film in a lengthwise direction of the transfer film that has a pattern and at least one of a lengthwise direction mark and a widthwise direction mark, holding the transfer film between a stationary die and a movable die, and transferring the pattern onto a molded article concurrently with injection molding of a molten resin into a cavity located between both the dies closed with respect to each other for forming the molded article; obtaining a first digital value by detecting a shift dimension and a shift direction of the pattern of the molded article that has undergone the transferring and molding; obtaining an amount of shift of the mark in a form of a second digital value; obtaining a correction value and direction for correcting a transfer position of the transfer film, from both the first and second digital values; and carrying out correction with film movement of the transfer film based on the correction value and direction.