Patent ID: 8116893

Claim:
A dicing method which is used for a dicing apparatus including a first worktable and a second worktable each of which can have a workpiece set thereon, a first image pickup device and a second image pickup device which pick up an image of the workpiece, and a first cutting device and a second cutting device which perform cutting of the workpiece, and the first cutting device and the second cutting device are moved for cutting by a moving device relative to the first worktable or the second worktable, the dicing method comprising: in a case where a control device detects, during an image pickup of the workpiece set onto the second worktable by the first image pickup device and the second image pickup device, that an image of the workpiece set onto the first worktable also needs to be picked up by the first image pickup device and the second image pickup device, determining, by the control device, a priority between an operation performed on the first worktable and an operation performed on the second worktable; and when it is determined that the operation performed on the first worktable has a higher priority, interrupting the image pickup of the workpiece set onto the second worktable, and moving the first image pickup device and the second image pickup device to pickup an image of the workpiece on the first worktable.