Image analysis – Applications – Manufacturing or product inspection
Reexamination Certificate
2006-04-25
2006-04-25
Mehta, Bhavesh M. (Department: 2625)
Image analysis
Applications
Manufacturing or product inspection
C382S147000, C382S149000, C356S237500
Reexamination Certificate
active
07035448
ABSTRACT:
A comparative inspection technique is employed for detecting defects by comparing similar patterns formed in a mask. As thresholds of information appearing according to the pattern difference, a special graytone-defect extracting threshold in addition to thresholds for extracting ordinary defects in a opaque and a transmission part is newly provided. Further, by distinguishing a case of inspecting an area wherein the opaque and transmission parts are formed from a case of inspecting an area wherein a graytone part is formed, so that inspection is made by using the thresholds for extracting ordinary defects in the opaque and transmission parts in the case of inspecting the opaque and the transmission parts and that inspection is made by using the special graytone-defect extracting threshold in the case of inspecting the graytone part.
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Hoya Corporation
Mehta Bhavesh M.
Strege John
Sughrue & Mion, PLLC
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