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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7821652 | System and method for focusing discrete points on an under-measured object A method for focusing discrete points on an under-measured object is provided. The method includes: (a) receiving an image of the object, selecting measurement points on the image, and obtaining X, Y coordinate values of the measurement points; (b) searching a solid... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7646495 | System and computer readable medium for pre-focus of digital slides Methods and apparatus are provided for computing focus information prior to scanning digital microscope slides with a line scan camera. The methods include a point-focus procedure that works by moving the slide to the desired measurement location, moving the objecti... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7486409 | Displacement sensor In a sensor head, parallel rays or approximately parallel rays are generated by a pair of condenser lenses that reciprocate according to vibrations of a collimate lens and a tuning fork, and go out from a light port. To the light port, a lens holder in which an obje... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7428062 | Measuring apparatus for work held by chuck table, and laser beam machining apparatus An apparatus for measuring the height of a work held by a chuck table provided in a machining apparatus, including: a white light source for emitting a white beam of light; a chromatic aberration lens for condensing the white beam emitted from the white light source... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7421195 | Apparatus for acquiring focussing information and method of acquiring focusing information A storage unit is configured to store beforehand a table that shows a relation between spread parameters and command values supplied to a control unit to acquire a focused image of an object, and information that designates a command value corresponding to an inflec... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7372016 | Calibration standard for a dual beam (FIB/SEM) machine Calibration of measurements of features made with a system having a micromachining tool and an analytical tool is disclosed. The measurements can be calibrated with a standard having a calibrated feature with one or more known dimensions. The standard may have one o... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7361941 | Calibration standards and methods Parameters of a metrology tool may be determined by measuring a dimension of a feature on a calibration standard with the tool and using the measured dimension and a known traceable value of the dimension to determine a value for the parameter. If the dimension of t... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7355729 | Apparatus and method for measuring a thickness of a substrate An apparatus and method of measuring the thickness of a substrate. A first light is reflected from a standard sample having a known thickness. The light is concentrated through the light-focusing lens. The first light is converted into a first electrical signal by a... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7349078 | Characterization of lenses In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a method of characterizing a lens is provided. According to the method, an optical source such as a laser is configured to generate a collimated beam that is focused along an optical axis at a distance f | 03/25/2008 |
| 7348538 | Methods and systems for detecting proximity of an object Methods and systems for detecting a proximity of an object are provided. The method includes receiving a first beam of radiation from a first field of view directed onto a first detector and a second beam of radiation from a second field of view directed onto a seco... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7345772 | Optical triangulation device and method of measuring a variable of a web using the device Device and method of measuring a position of an irregular surface. The method includes projecting a spot along a first axis onto the irregular surface, focusing an image of the spot along a second axis onto a detector, wherein the second axis is non-coaxially arrang... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7339684 | Proximity detector Apparatus for detecting proximity between a first object (target object) and a second object (reference object), comprising a light source and a light detector adapted to receive resulting back-scattered light from the reference object when illuminated from the ligh... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7337076 | Inspection system and apparatus A method and system for identifying a defect or contamination on a surface of a sample. The system operates by detecting changes in work function across a surface via both vCPD and nvCPD. It utilizes a non-vibrating contact potential difference (nvCPD) sensor for im... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7330278 | Optical displacement measurement device An optical displacement measurement device for introducing light from a light source to an object through an optical system having an objective lens and for detecting light reflected from the object by a detection section to thereby measure a displacement of the obj... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7323705 | Liquid level measurement The present application relates to an apparatus and method for measuring liquid levels in small-volume wells. ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7321108 | Dynamic focusing method and apparatus A method and apparatus for dynamically focusing an imaging mechanism on a moving target surface having a variable geometry is herein disclosed. Apparatus for focusing an imaging mechanism may include an objective, a prism, or another optical device that forms part o... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7301638 | Dimensional calibration standards A calibration standard, for calibrating lateral or angular dimensional measurement systems, is provided. The standard may include a first substrate spaced from a second substrate. The standard may be cross-sectioned in a direction substantially perpendicular or subs... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7283235 | Optical device and inspection module Optical device for representing a central image (10) of an object (1) and at least one lateral image (11, 12, 13, 14) of the same object (1), with the length of the real optical path of said central image (10) being different from ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7277188 | Systems and methods for implementing an interaction between a laser shaped as a line beam and a film deposited on a substrate Systems and methods are disclosed for focusing a beam for an interaction with a film deposited on a substrate wherein the focused beam defines a short axis and a long axis. In one aspect, the system may include a detecting system to analyze light reflected from the ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7271919 | Confocal displacement sensor A confocal displacement sensor is created in which, through a graduated arrangement of optical outputs relative to an imaging optic in the object area of displacement sensor, real images of the optical outputs can be created at different heights. A surface to be mea... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7253384 | Focusing system using light source and image sensor An apparatus comprising a movable optical element having an optical axis and including one or more focusing elements, an image sensor positioned along the optical axis and substantially normal thereto, and a radiation source attached to the movable optical element, ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7248360 | Polychronic laser scanning system and method of use A system for laser scanning provides spectral flexibility needed for the spectroscopic monitoring of highly multiplexed samples, such as cellular and particle assays in whole blood or other suspensions. In accordance with embodiments of the present invention, the sy... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7242485 | Displacement gauge and displacement measuring method A displacement gauge comprises an objective lens 15 that projects light onto a measurement subject 16, an exciting portion that vibrates the objective lens 15 at a preset amplitude along an optical axis direction of light passing through the obj... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7216065 | Reflecting surface design system, reflecting surface design method, recording medium, and computer program A reflecting surface design system (50) has (1) first rendering means (54) for displaying a free-form surface (20) on which a plurality of segments (24), each of which is defined by a plurality of vertices (251 to 25 | 05/08/2007 |
| 7212338 | Arrangement for illumination and/or detection in a microscope A laser scanning microscope comprises at least one selectively switchable micro-mirror arrangement (DMD) in the illumination beam path and/or detection beam path which is used for the wavelength selection of dispersively divided illumination and/or object light such... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7202974 | Efficient under color removal A method of performing color space conversion and under color removal. Pixelated data is first resampled (102) to an efficient word size—typically 8-bits wide. The RGB color format data words are then subtracted from a maximum intensity to yield CMY color f... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7202953 | Scanning microscopic method having high axial resolution The invention relates to a method for optically detecting at least one entity which is arranged on a substrate. The at least one entity is scanned with a measuring volume using at least one radiation source and a confocal optic. During a scanning process an auxiliar... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7183759 | Optical probes with spacing sensors for the wafer level testing of optical and optoelectronic chips This application describes, among others, wafer designs, testing systems and techniques for wafer-level optical testing by coupling probe light to/from the top of the wafer. During the optical testing, the vertical spacing between an optical probe and the wafer is s... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7177018 | Multiplex illuminator and device reader for microcantilever array A device reader having a multiplex illuminator, the illuminator, and methods for reading deflection of a large number of microcantilevers are provided. The illuminator includes a micro-optical subassembly for illuminating cantilevers (illuminator) that uses a plural... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7169015 | Apparatus for optical inspection of wafers during processing The present invention is aimed to provide a measurement system installable within a processing equipment and more specifically within the exit station of a polishing machine. The optical scheme of this system includes a spectrophotometric channel, an imaging channel... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7145163 | Apparatus for detecting light-transmissive sheet-like body Illuminating light emitted from a light source is led via a condenser lens, an optical fiber, a half-silvered mirror, and a condenser lens to a reflector. The reflector reflects the illuminating light to a CCD device through a telecentric optical system which compri... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7142315 | Slit confocal autofocus system A technique for focusing and maintaining the focus of an inspection or review system upon a specific layer of a multi-layered specimen is described. In one embodiment, a confocal autofocus system can be used to focus an optical inspection or review system upon the t... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7136158 | Optical apparatus for laser scattering by objects having complex shapes Apparatus for observing and measuring in realtime surface and subsurface characteristics of objects having complex shapes includes an optical fiber bundle having first and second opposed ends. The first end includes a linear array of fibers, where the ends of adjace... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7115889 | Device and method for sensing the position of an edge of a product According to one exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a method for sensing the position of an edge of a stock being feed to a printing press is provided. The method includes the steps of providing a light source, utilizing the light source to illuminate wi... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7100430 | Dual stage instrument for scanning a specimen A dual stage scanning instrument includes a sensor for sensing a parameter of a sample and coarse and fine stages for causing relative motion between the sensor and the sample. The coarse stage has a resolution of about 1 micrometer and the fine stage has a resoluti... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7095944 | Distance measuring device and method for determining a distance The invention relates to a distance measuring device and a suitable method for determining a distance which provides for continuous determination of the distance—which can therefore also be made discrete—and in addition is easy to handle and provides for a large... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7084399 | Ion beam apparatus and sample processing method For the sake of realizing high throughput and high processing position accuracy in an ion beam apparatus, two kinds of ion beams for processing are prepared of which one is a focusing ion beam for high image resolution and an edge processing ion beam of large beam c... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7075663 | Optical device and a method for aiming and visually indicating a reading area The invention relates to an optical device for aiming along an optical axis and visually indicating a reading area, comprising at least an illuminating assembling acting on a portion of the reading area along an optical emission path. The illuminating assembly compr... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7072032 | Automatic tracking apparatus for reflector The present invention comprises an illumination portion (11), a light receiving portion (12), disposed in the surveying machine body (8), having an image sensor (27) for receiving a reflection light image (MO) of the measurement light, ar... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7068836 | System and method for mapping a surface In accordance with a specific embodiment of the present invention, an image is projected upon a surface. The image can include a pattern having a plurality of individual shapes used to measure and map the surface. The plurality of individual shapes include features ... | 06/27/2006 |
