Patents by Inventor Satoru Jimbo

Satoru Jimbo 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: 20230419474
    Abstract: An evaluation apparatus includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain an image of an evaluation region including a film forming region on which a film is formed by a film forming process, and a processor configured to process the image for the evaluation. The processor is configured to output a feature concerning an abnormality in the image in accordance with a learned model. The image and design information representing a geometrical feature of the film forming region are input to the learned model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventor: SATORU JIMBO
  • Publication number: 20230185208
    Abstract: A measurement apparatus that measures position information of a measurement target is provided. The apparatus includes a scope configured to generate an image by capturing an image of the measurement target, and a processor configured to obtain position information of the measurement target based on the image. The processor is configured to generate a plurality of image components using a statistical technique from a plurality of images generated by the scope, output the plurality of generated image components, perform processing based on the plurality of image components, and determine the position information based on a result of the processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: SATORU JIMBO, KAZUHIKO MISHIMA
  • Publication number: 20220130028
    Abstract: The present invention provides a processing apparatus comprising: a generator configured to generate, based on image data of a measurement target, position information of the measurement target in a first direction; and a determinator configured to determine, based on a feature quantity of the image data related to a second direction different from the first direction, confidence of the position information of the measurement target generated by the generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Satoru Jimbo, Yoshio Suzaki, Kazuhiko Mishima, Noburu Takakura
  • Publication number: 20220067958
    Abstract: A measurement apparatus measures position information of a measurement target in a first direction. The apparatus comprises a scope configured to capture an image of the measurement target and generate image data, and a processor configured to obtain, based on the image data, the position information of the measurement target in the first direction. The processor is configured to determines the position information of the measurement target in the first direction based on: provisional position information of the measurement target in the first direction obtained from the image data, and using a correction value which is output from a model by inputting, in the model, a feature quantity, of the image data, related to a second direction different from the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Satoru Jimbo, Noburu Takakura, Shinichiro Koga, Yusuke Miura