A method and an apparatus of wood pressing usable in manufacturing glued laminated wood such as laminated veneer lumber using a number of wood veneer sheets are disclosed. The reception section is configured to receive a trigger from an external apparatus at a timing for reset and readout of an imaging element. The software operates as a background application, and may have a user interface, and the software is remotely controllable and updatable by an external server. The visible portion enhances the antistatic property of the LCD module.