The invention provides a non-lighting inspection apparatus capable of restraining fuzzy generation, image fringe phenomenon appearance, and the like to perform exact inspection, and capable of modulating the light of the backlight lamp. The apparatus is used to perform non-lighting inspection to the panel to be detected. The apparatus includes: a linear array camera, provided opposite to the conveying apparatus, for acquiring the image of the panel to be inspected conveyed by the conveying apparatus; a backlight lamp, configured opposite to the linear array camera, and irradiating the light on the panel to be inspected; a sensor for detecting panel, which detects the position of the panel to be inspected conveyed by the conveying apparatus at upstream side of the linear array camera; an optical control plate, which controls the light ejecting from the backlight lamp, to emit the light in the linear array camera at high efficiency; a control part, which lighting up the backlight lamp after passing the setting time that the panel to be inspected enters in the visual field of the linear array camera.