Patents Assigned to Nikon
  • Publication number: 20240089402
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: an input unit that inputs data for imaging conditions for each of a plurality of imaging regions included in an image capturing unit, different imaging conditions being set for each of the imaging regions; and a recording control unit that correlates the data for imaging conditions inputted from the input unit with the imaging regions and records correlated data in a recording unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Miyakawa, Naoki Yamagata
  • Publication number: 20240090243
    Abstract: An organic semiconductor thin film including a liquid crystalline organic semiconductor, in which Qp and Qt to be measured using a predetermined measurement method satisfy a predetermined requirement (1) and a rocking scan pattern has a ratio Ipeak/Ibas, that is a ratio of Ipeak which is a peak intensity of a maximum peak with respect to Ibas which is a base line value, of less than 10: 0.06?Qp/Qt?0.5 . . . (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicants: TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun-ichi HANNA, Hao WU, Hiroaki IINO
  • Publication number: 20240087571
    Abstract: To take security into account and increase user friendliness, an information processing device includes: an input unit to which information is input; an extracting unit extracting predetermined words from the information input to the input unit; a classifying unit classifying the words extracted by the extracting unit into first words and second words; and a converting unit converting the first words by a first conversion method and converting the second words by a second conversion method, the second conversion method being different from the first conversion method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideo HOSHUYAMA, Hiroyuki AKIYA, Kazuya UMEYAMA, Keiichi NITTA, Hiroki UWAI, Masakazu SEKIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240089419
    Abstract: An encoder includes: a correction unit configured to execute gradation correction on RAW image data from an image capture element having optical black on the basis of a gamma coefficient and an optical black value of the optical black; and an encoding unit configured to encode gradation correction RAW image data that has undergone gradation correction by the correction unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ichiro ANDO, Masaya TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20240085794
    Abstract: An illumination optical system configured to illuminate a mask on which a predetermined pattern is formed, includes a plurality of light sources configured to emit pulse lights, an optical system including a division part configured to divide the pulse lights emitted from the plurality of light sources into first pulse light and second pulse light, a delay optical system configured to guide the second pulse light to a second optical path longer than a first optical path through which the first pulse light passes, and a synthesis/division part configured to synthesize the first pulse light and the second pulse light passing through the delay optical system and divide and emit the synthesized pulse light, and an illumination system configured to guide the pulse lights emitted from the optical system to the mask and illuminate the mask.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki KATO, Yasushi MIZUNO, Satoshi KAWADO
  • Patent number: 11928794
    Abstract: An image processing device includes a first processing unit which executes blurring processing in a common focus position on each of plural images in mutually different focus positions, an integration unit which generates an integrated image resulting from integration of the plural images on which the blurring processing is executed, and a second processing unit which generates a composite image having a predetermined blur degree by executing sharpening processing on the integrated image generated by the integration unit based on information in which optical information indicating optical characteristics of an optical system in which the plural images are acquired and a blur degree of the blurring processing in the common focus position are composited together along a depth direction of the plural image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tsuneyuki Hagiwara
  • Publication number: 20240078831
    Abstract: To determine the state of a subject person with a simple structure, an image determining device includes: an imaging unit that captures an image from a first direction, the image including the subject person; a first detector that detects size information from the image, the size information being about the subject person in the first direction; a second detector that detects position-related information, the position-related information being different from the information detected by the first detector; and a determining unit that determines the state of the subject person, based on a result of the detection performed by the first detector and a result of the detection performed by the second detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuya YAMAMOTO, Masahiro NEI, Isao TOTSUKA, Tomoyuki MATSUYAMA, Masamitsu YANAGIHARA, Satoshi HAGIWARA, Masakazu SEKIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240075557
    Abstract: A build system includes: a build apparatus including an energy beam irradiation unit, a material supply unit, and a control apparatus. The build system builds a second object above a first object including a first space. The second object includes: a first inclination part connected to the first object; a second inclination part connected to the first object; and a connection part that connects a tip of the first inclination part and a tip of the second inclination part. The build system builds the first inclination part and the second inclination part by alternately performing a building of a part of the first inclination part and a building of a part of the second inclination part. A second space below the first inclination part and the second inclination part is connected to the first space, and an upper part of the second space is closed by the connection part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuki UENO, Motofusa ISHIKAWA, Koichi YASUBA, Kei SEKIGUCHI, Atsuko MASUDA, Fumika SHIKI
  • Patent number: 11921436
    Abstract: A lithography system is provided with: a measurement device measuring position information of marks on a substrate held in a first stage; and an exposure apparatus on a second stage, the substrate for which the position information measurement for the marks has been completed, performs alignment measurement to measure position information for part of marks selected from among the marks on the substrate, and performs exposure. The measurement device measures position information of marks on the substrate to obtain higher-degree components of correction amounts of an arrangement of divided areas, and the exposure apparatus measures position information of a small number of marks on the substrate to obtain lower-degree components of the correction amounts of the arrangement of the divided areas and exposes the plurality of divided areas while controlling the position of the substrate by using the obtained lower-degree components and the higher-degree components obtained by the measurement device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuichi Shibazaki
  • Patent number: 11918286
    Abstract: An ophthalmic instrument including a light emitter, an optical system, and a control section. The light emitter includes a light source including at least one out of a first light source unit or a second light source unit that emits light for examining a subject eye. The light emitter is configured to emit light from the light source. The optical system guides light emitted from the light emitter onto a right-eye retina and/or onto a left-eye retina. The control section is configured to control the light emitter and the optical system such that the light is shone onto the right-eye retina and/or onto the left-eye retina.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Obara, Ken Tomioka, Shota Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 11921025
    Abstract: A slurry analysis system (14) for estimating a first characteristic of a slurry (12) having a plurality of particles (18) suspended in a dispersion medium (20) can include a slurry filter (40) that filters the slurry (12); and a control system (26) that estimates the first characteristic of the slurry (12) using a flow rate of a filtrate (50) through the slurry filter (40) and a slurry filtration pressure of the slurry (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Nagata, Ting-Chien Teng, Yohei Konishi, Kiyoshi Nozaki
  • Patent number: 11917310
    Abstract: An image sensor includes: a first pixel having a first photoelectric conversion unit that photoelectrically converts light to generate a charge, a first accumulation unit that accumulates the charge generated by the first photoelectric conversion unit, and a first output unit that is connected to the first accumulation unit; a second pixel having a second photoelectric conversion unit that photoelectrically converts light to generate a charge, a second accumulation unit that accumulates the charge generated by the second photoelectric conversion unit, and a second output unit that is connected to and disconnected from the second accumulation unit via a second connection unit; and an adjustment unit that adjusts capacitances of the first accumulation unit and the second accumulation unit if a signal based on the charges generated by the first photoelectric conversion unit and the second photoelectric conversion unit is output from the first output unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shigeru Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 11914125
    Abstract: A first lens group (G1) having positive refractive power, a second lens group (G2) having negative refractive power, a third lens group (G3) having positive refractive power, a fourth lens group (G4) having negative refractive power, and a fifth lens group (G5) having positive refractive power are arranged in order from an object, and zooming is performed by changing distances between each lens group, and the first lens group (G1) is composed of three or more lenses, the fourth lens group (G4) is composed of two or less lenses, and the fifth lens group (G5) is composed of two or less lenses and moves to an image surface side upon zooming from a wide angle end state to a telephoto end state, and the following conditional expression (1) is satisfied. 8.40<f1/(?f2)??(1) where, f1 denotes a focal length of the first lens group (G1), and f2 denotes a focal length of the second lens group (G2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Suzuki, Kenji Ishida, Saburo Masugi
  • Patent number: 11915961
    Abstract: A measurement system used in a manufacturing line for micro-devices includes: a plurality of measurement devices in which each device performs measurement processing on a substrate; and a carrying system to perform delivery of a substrate with the plurality of measurement devices. The plurality of measurement devices includes a first measurement device that acquires position information on a plurality of marks formed on a substrate, and a second measurement device that acquires position information on a plurality of marks formed on a substrate. Position information on a plurality of marks formed on a substrate can be acquired under a setting of a first predetermined condition in the first measurement device, and position information on a plurality of marks formed on another substrate can be acquired under a setting of a second predetermined condition different from the first predetermined condition in the second measurement device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Go Ichinose, Tomonori Dosho
  • Patent number: 11911844
    Abstract: A shaping apparatus is equipped with: a beam shaping system having a beam irradiation section that includes a condensing optical system which emits a beam and a material processing section which supplies a shaping material irradiated by the beam from the beam irradiation section; and a controller which, on the basis of 3D data of a three-dimensional shaped object to be formed on a target surface, controls a workpiece movement system and the beam shaping system such that a target portion on the target surface is shaped by supplying the shaping material from the material processing section while moving the beam from the beam irradiation section and the target surface on a workpiece (or a table) relative to each other. Further the intensity distribution of the beam in the shaping plane facing the emitting surface of the condensing optical system can be modified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuichi Shibazaki
  • Patent number: 11917292
    Abstract: A focus detection device includes: an imaging unit having a first and second pixel each of which receives light transmitted through an optical system and outputs signal used for focus detection, and a third pixel which receives light transmitted through the optical system and outputs signal used for image generation; an input unit to which information regarding the optical system is input; a selection unit that selects one of the first and second pixel based on the information to the input unit; a readout unit that reads out the signal from one of the first and second pixel based on a selection result at a timing different from reading out the signal from the third pixel to be read out; and a focus detection unit that performs the focus detection based on at least one of the signals of the first and second pixel read out by the readout unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sinsuke Sambongi, Akira Kinoshita, Yuki Kita
  • Publication number: 20240064246
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a communication unit that performs communication with an external device; and a control unit that issues a command to the external device via the communication unit, on the basis of at least one of capacity of the external device, and capacity of the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuhiro FUJINAWA, Setsu MITSUHASHI, Masakazu SEKIGUCHI, Takashi KURIYAMA, Hiroto NAGAMINE, Masami TAKEMOTO, Motoki TOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20240061394
    Abstract: The problem of addressing vibrational disturbances in mechanical positioning systems is addressed by systems and methods that use a combination of active vibration dampening and passive vibration dampening. A system described herein generally comprises a mechanical positioning system; a payload; and a vibration dampening module coupled to the mechanical position system and to the payload. The vibration dampening module generally comprises an active vibration dampener and/or a passive vibration dampener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Nikon Corporation
    Inventor: Matthew Parker-McCormick Bjork
  • Patent number: 11910113
    Abstract: An image sensor includes: a first photoelectric conversion unit that photoelectrically converts light to generate an electric charge; a first output unit that outputs a first signal based on the electric charge generated by the first photoelectric conversion unit; a plurality of second photoelectric conversion units that photoelectrically convert light to generate electric charges; a plurality of second output units that output second signals based on the electric charges generated by the second photoelectric conversion units; an output line to which the first output unit and the plurality of second output units are connected, and from which at least one of the first signal and the second signals is output; a first control line for controlling the output of the first signal from the first output unit; and second control lines for controlling the outputs of the second signals from the plurality of second output units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryoji Ando, Toru Takagi, Shutaro Kato, Yoshiyuki Watanabe, Takashi Seo
  • Patent number: 11910118
    Abstract: An image sensor includes a first photoelectric conversion unit that converts light incident through a first opening to an electric charge, a second photoelectric conversion unit that converts light incident through a second opening which is smaller than the first opening to an electric charge, and a signal output wiring that outputs a first signal generated by the electric charge converted by the first photoelectric conversion unit and a second signal generated by the electric charge converted by the second photoelectric conversion unit. The second photoelectric conversion unit is disposed between the second opening and the signal output wiring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hironobu Murata