Patents by Inventor Hirokazu KYOKANE

Hirokazu KYOKANE 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: 20230206418
    Abstract: An etching processing system includes a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to predict etching quality of a substrate by inputting image data of the substrate into a trained model trained by using training data in which image data of substrates captured by an imaging device arranged on a transfer path of the substrates and information for predicting etching quality of the substrates are associated with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Joji TAKAYOSHI, Hidehiko SATO, Yuri KIMURA, Hirokazu KYOKANE
  • Publication number: 20230085325
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes: an imaging portion configured to acquire a surface image of a film formed on a surface of a substrate; an optical property estimation portion configured to estimate an optical property of the film based on process information acquired during formation of the film; and a film thickness estimation portion configured to estimate a film thickness of the film based on the surface image and an estimation result of the optical property.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Hirokazu KYOKANE, Hidefumi MATSUI, Toshiyuki FUKUMOTO, Satoshi ITOH, Masashi IMANAKA, Toyohisa TSURUDA, Masashi ENOMOTO, Masahiro YANAGISAWA