Patent ID: 8682483

Claim:
A method of displaying an operation state of a carrying system configured to carry a substrate on a manipulation screen in a substrate processing apparatus, the method comprising: (a) receiving a carrying start message containing information specifying a transportation origin and a transportation destination of the carrying system when a carrying operation of the carrying system starts; (b) displaying a carrying system icon indicating the carrying system and a carrying-out icon at a predetermined position of the manipulation screen corresponding to the transportation origin; (c) displaying a carrying-in icon at a predetermined position of the manipulation screen corresponding to the transportation destination; (d) receiving a carrying end message containing a carrying end information of the carrying system when the carrying operation of the carrying system is terminated; (e) removing the carrying-out icon and the carrying-in icon displayed on the manipulation screen; and (f) displaying the carrying system icon at the predetermined position of the manipulation screen corresponding to the transportation destination.