METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING ARTICLE HAVING FINE UNEVEN STRUCTURE ON SURFACE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and an apparatus for manufacturing an article having a microuneven structure on the surface by which the state of the surface of a mold can easily and accurately be monitored while manufacturing the article having the microuneven structure on the surface by transferring the microuneven structure on the surface of the mold to the surface of the article body.SOLUTION: Light is cast to a transfer region for which the microuneven structure is transferred to the surface of a film 42 and a non-transfer region for which the microuneven structure is not transferred to the surface of the film 42 from a region having the microuneven structure on the surface of the mold 20 by which the microuneven structure has been transferred to the surface of the film 42 (article body), and which has been separated from the film 42. Then, the reflected light from the transfer region and the reflected light from the non-transfer region are measured by a measuring instrument 34 (measuring means). Then, the state of the surface of the mold 20 is determined conforming to the measurement data of the reflected light from the transfer region and the measurement data of the reflected light from the non-transfer region by a signal processing apparatus 36 (determining means). Thus, the quality of the transfer of the uneven structure to the article is determined.