PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus for easily and reliably detecting a fold failure of a flap.;SOLUTION: The apparatus 100 for detecting a fold failure of flaps 21F to 24F of a package 20 includes: a flap detecting sensor 2 which scans target regions where the flaps 21F to 24F are to be present, and measures a physical quantity which changes according to the presence of the flaps 21F to 24F; and a fold failure determining section 10 which determines whether there is a fold failure on the basis of the result measured by the flap detecting sensor 2. The flap detecting sensor 2 scans each of target regions corresponding to each of the plurality of flaps 21F to 24F by single scan which crosses the package 20. The fold failure determining section 10 determines the presence of fold failure on the basis of the measurement result obtained by the single scanning.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT
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