Patents by Inventor Hokuto SHIGEMOTO

Hokuto SHIGEMOTO 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: 20230253219
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes: a rotary holder configured to hold and rotate a substrate; a cup arranged so as to surround the substrate held by the rotary holder; a coating liquid nozzle configured to inject a coating liquid onto the substrate; a removal liquid nozzle configured to inject, onto the substrate, a removal liquid for removing a film from a peripheral portion of the substrate; a nozzle tracking camera attached to a nozzle arm that holds the coating liquid nozzle so as to track the coating liquid nozzle and configured to capture an image of the coating liquid nozzle; and a processing space camera configured to capture an image of a processing space above the rotary holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Yuichiro KUNUGIMOTO, Hideki KAJIWARA, Kazuhiro MATSUURA, Shinichi MIZUSHINO, Hokuto SHIGEMOTO, Akihiro TOYOZAWA, Yuji SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20220319893
    Abstract: An information acquisition system is for acquiring information about a substrate processing apparatus including a substrate holder configured to hold and rotate a substrate, a nozzle configured to supply a processing liquid to a surface of the substrate which is rotating, and a cup surrounding the substrate held by the substrate holder. The information acquisition system includes: an information acquisition body held in place of the substrate by the substrate holder and including an imaging part configured to image the cup and acquire image data; and an acquisition part configured to acquire information about a height of the cup based on the image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Junnosuke MAKI, Koudai HIGASHI, Ryo KONISHI, Hideki KAJIWARA, Hokuto SHIGEMOTO