Image reading apparatus
    1.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11032440B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-08

    申请号:US16735483

    申请日:2020-01-06

    摘要: An image reading apparatus includes a medium mounting portion configured to mount a medium; a feeding means configured to feed a medium from the medium mounting portion; at least one edge guide each configured to regulate a corresponding one of at least one medium width direction edge of the medium having been mounted on the medium mounting portion; a reading means configured to read the medium and disposed on a further downstream side than the at least one edge guide in the medium feeding direction; and at least one medium detection means configured to detect the medium and disposed on a further downstream side than the at least one edge guide in the medium feeding direction and further outside in the medium width direction than at least one edge regulation position for the edge regulation by the at least one edge guide.

    Film positioning devices and methods

    公开(公告)号:US10884332B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-05

    申请号:US16452697

    申请日:2019-06-26

    IPC分类号: G03B27/32 G03B1/12 G03B17/38

    摘要: A film positioning device can include a housing, a feed mechanism, and a controller. The housing defines a film receptacle. The feed mechanism is positioned at the film receptacle and configured to move film along the film receptacle. The controller is coupled to the feed mechanism. The controller is configured to control the feed mechanism to move film along the film receptacle. And, based on control of the feed mechanism, the controller is configured to output a camera actuation signal to cause a camera to capture an image of the film.

    Image reading apparatus
    4.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10567606B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-18

    申请号:US15873529

    申请日:2018-01-17

    摘要: An image reading apparatus includes a medium mounting portion configured to mount a medium; a feeding means configured to feed a medium from the medium mounting portion; at least one edge guide each configured to regulate a corresponding one of at least one medium width direction edge of the medium having been mounted on the medium mounting portion; a reading means configured to read the medium and disposed on a further downstream side than the at least one edge guide in the medium feeding direction; and at least one medium detection means configured to detect the medium and disposed on a further downstream side than the at least one edge guide in the medium feeding direction and further outside in the medium width direction than at least one edge regulation position for the edge regulation by the at least one edge guide.

    Method and apparatus for image analysis

    公开(公告)号:US10437157B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-08

    申请号:US15533309

    申请日:2015-11-13

    摘要: A method and apparatus of detection, registration and quantification of an image. The method may include obtaining an image of a lithographically created structure, and applying a level set method to an object, representing the structure, of the image to create a mathematical representation of the structure. The method may include obtaining a first dataset representative of a reference image object of a structure at a nominal condition of a parameter, and obtaining second dataset representative of a template image object of the structure at a non-nominal condition of the parameter. The method may further include obtaining a deformation field representative of changes between the first dataset and the second dataset. The deformation field may be generated by transforming the second dataset to project the template image object onto the reference image object. A dependence relationship between the deformation field and change in the parameter may be obtained.

    Image improvement for alignment through incoherent illumination blending

    公开(公告)号:US10429744B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-01

    申请号:US16016162

    申请日:2018-06-22

    摘要: Methods and apparatuses are provided that determine an offset between actual feature/mark locations and the designed feature/mark locations in a maskless lithography system. For example, in one embodiment, a method is provided that includes opening a camera shutter in a maskless lithography system. Light is directed from a configuration of non-adjacent mirrors in a mirror array towards a first substrate layer. An image of the first substrate layer on a camera is captured and accumulated. Light is directed and images are captured repeatedly using different configurations of non-adjacent mirrors to cover an entire field-of-view (FOV) of the camera on the first substrate layer. Thereafter, the camera shutter is closed and the accumulated image is stored in memory.

    Method of aligning a pair of complementary diffraction patterns and associated metrology method and apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US10401739B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-03

    申请号:US16124492

    申请日:2018-09-07

    发明人: Niels Geypen

    IPC分类号: G03B27/32 G03F7/20 G03F9/00

    摘要: A method of aligning a pair of complementary diffraction patterns having a first complementary diffraction pattern and a second complementary diffraction pattern, the pair of complementary diffraction patterns obtained from performance of a metrology process on a structure formed by a lithographic process. The method includes performing at least a fine alignment stage to align the pair of complementary diffraction patterns. The alignment stage includes: interpolating measured values of the first complementary diffraction pattern over at least a portion of a detector area; and minimizing a residual between measured values in the second complementary diffraction pattern and corresponding interpolated values from the interpolation of the first complementary diffraction pattern, by one or both of translation and rotation of the second complementary diffraction pattern.

    Mobile device multi-feed scanner
    9.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10325247B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-18

    申请号:US15945189

    申请日:2018-04-04

    摘要: An imaging device provides a mobile device multi-feed scanner, which may utilize remote data capture for multi-sheet feed scanning by using mirrors to form a reflective path allowing the viewing of the reverse side of the check on a platform to capture the check image on a mobile device. A camera on the mobile device may either sequentially or simultaneously capture a picture of both the front and back sides of the check. The platform may include a transparent portion, which may be adjacent to a stage portion. The first and second mirrors may be positioned such as to allow imaging of a reverse side of an object through the transparent portion of the platform while the object rests on the stage portion.