POSITION DETECTING APPARATUS, POSITION DETECTING METHOD, INSPECTING APPARATUS, POSITION DETECTING PROGRAM AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM

摘要

Provided is an inspecting apparatus which can detect a luminescent point defect even when the luminescent point defect exists on an alignment mark portion. A position detecting apparatus arranged in the inspecting apparatus is also provided. A liquid crystal panel module (11) is provided with a control section (7) for lighting an alignment mark, which is arranged for position detection, at a luminance difficult to be viewed, and an image processing section (6) for detecting the position of a display panel based on the picked up image of the display panel whereupon the alignment mark is lighted.