Patents by Inventor Hirofumi SATOU

Hirofumi SATOU has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20220301813
    Abstract: A charged particle beam device 100 includes an irradiation unit 110 configured to irradiate a sample S with a charged particle beam, a detection unit 130 configured to output a signal caused by irradiating the sample S with the charged particle beam, a display unit 154 configured to output a condition selection interface for selecting one condition set from a plurality of condition sets, and a control unit 151 configured to execute an evaluation on an object of interest. The condition set includes information for specifying one learned model from a plurality of learned models, information for specifying one search condition from a plurality of search conditions including at least one of an irradiation condition and a detection condition, and information for specifying one analysis condition from a plurality of analysis conditions defining an operation of at least one of the irradiation unit 110 and the detection unit 130.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Ryo KOMATSUZAKI, Hiroyuki CHIBA, Wei Chean TAN, Hirofumi SATOU
  • Patent number: 10971347
    Abstract: In order to provide a charged particle beam apparatus capable of stably detecting secondary particles and electromagnetic waves even for a non-conductive sample under high vacuum environment and enabling excellent observation and analysis, the charged particle beam apparatus includes a charged particle gun (12), scanning deflectors (17 and 18) configured to scan a charged particle beam (20) emitted from the charged particle gun (12) onto a sample (21), detectors (40 and 41) configured to detect a scanning control voltage input from an outside into the scanning deflectors, an arithmetic unit (42) configured to calculate, based on the detected scanning control voltage, irradiation pixel coordinates for the charged particle beam; and an irradiation controller (45) configured to control irradiation of the sample with the charged particle beam according to the irradiation pixel coordinates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Nakamura, Hironori Itabashi, Hirofumi Satou, Tsutomu Saito, Masahiro Sasajima, Natsuki Tsuno, Yohei Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20210020422
    Abstract: In order to provide a charged particle beam apparatus capable of stably detecting secondary particles and electromagnetic waves even for a non-conductive sample under high vacuum environment and enabling excellent observation and analysis, the charged particle beam apparatus includes a charged particle gun (12), scanning deflectors (17 and 18) configured to scan a charged particle beam (20) emitted from the charged particle gun (12) onto a sample (21), detectors (40 and 41) configured to detect a scanning control voltage input from an outside into the scanning deflectors, an arithmetic unit (42) configured to calculate, based on the detected scanning control voltage, irradiation pixel coordinates for the charged particle beam; and an irradiation controller (45) configured to control irradiation of the sample with the charged particle beam according to the irradiation pixel coordinates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro NAKAMURA, Hironori ITABASHI, Hirofumi SATOU, Tsutomu SAITO, Masahiro SASAJIMA, Natsuki TSUNO, Yohei NAKAMURA