Patents by Inventor Kunio Ueta

Kunio Ueta 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).

  • Patent number: 9064922
    Abstract: A substrate inspection apparatus for detecting a condition of an EBR line at a substrate edge, comprising a turntable for rotating a substrate having a film coated thereon, a light irradiator and a photoelectric converter that receives specularly reflected light from the substrate and outputs a captured image signal. A two-dimensional image is generated by adding detection values of electrical signals corresponding to one radial scan from a center of the substrate for one turn of a rotator, and a changing point is judged using a judgment band set along one direction of the two-dimensional image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taigo Nakajima, Kunio Ueta, Kazutaka Taniguchi
  • Publication number: 20130114074
    Abstract: A substrate inspection apparatus for detecting a conditionof an EBR line at a substrate edge, comprising a turntable for rotating a substrate having a film coated thereon, a light irradiator, and a photoelectric converter that receives specularly reflected light from the substrate and ouputs a captured image signal. A two-dimensional image is generation by adding detection values of electrical signals corresponding to one radial scan from a center of the substrate for one turn of a rotator, and a changing point is judged using a judgment band set along one direction of the two-dimensional image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Inventors: Taigo Nakajima, Kunio Ueta, Kazutaka Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 6842240
    Abstract: In a color filter inspection apparatus (1), an image pickup part (13) for performing an image pickup of a color filter (9) which travels along guide rails (23) from above with a line sensor (130) and a fluorescence lamp (14) for irradiating the color filter (9) with an illumination light from below are provided and an optical filter (131) which transmits a light in a predetermined wavelength band is attached to the image pickup part (13). A transmission wavelength band of the optical filter (131) is a wavelength band in which the transmittance of one color component filter of the color filter (9) is high and transmittances of other color component filters are low. It is thereby possible to inspect unevenness in color of the color filter (9) with respect to one color component filter with high precision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Assignee: Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kunio Ueta
  • Publication number: 20030184741
    Abstract: In a color filter inspection apparatus (1), an image pickup part (13) for performing an image pickup of a color filter (9) which travels along guide rails (23) from above with a line sensor (130) and a fluorescence lamp (14) for irradiating the color filter (9) with an illumination light from below are provided and an optical filter (131) which transmits a light in a predetermined wavelength band is attached to the image pickup part (13). A transmission wavelength band of the optical filter (131) is a wavelength band in which the transmittance of one color component filter of the color filter (9) is high and transmittances of other color component filters are low. It is thereby possible to inspect unevenness in color of the color filter (9) with respect to one color component filter with high precision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2003
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Applicant: DAINIPPON SCREEN MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kunio Ueta