Patents by Inventor Ichirou Ishimaru

Ichirou Ishimaru 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: 7352890
    Abstract: A system for analyzing defects in electronic circuit patterns, including: comparing position information of structural defects with position information of electrical faults and extracting corroborated defects having common position information between the structural defects and electrical faults; classifying images of extracted corroborated defects into critical defect images and non-critical defect images based on a pre-stored classification rule which defines critical and non-critical defects by referring to images of defects, position information of defects, and results of performing an electronic test; modifying the pre-stored classification rule by correcting classification of classified defect images displayed on the screen; and repeating the operations for each subsequent object, wherein for each present object under inspection, using a modified pre-stored classification rule with respect to a previous object, as the pre-stored classification rule for the operations with respect to the present object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Shimoda, Ichirou Ishimaru, Yuji Takagi, Takuo Tamura, Yuichi Hamamura, Kenji Watanabe, Yasuhiko Ozawa, Seiji Isogai
  • Publication number: 20070139657
    Abstract: The present invention intends to provide a measurement system capable of measuring a three-dimensional geometry of a target object over a relatively large area, in a small length of time and by a contact-free method. When a ray of light is cast from a light source onto the target object s and reflected at a certain point on the surface of the target object s, the light produces direct reflection light (zero-order light) and higher-order diffraction light. The zero-order light is guided by a separating optics to a movable reflector of a variable-phase filter 20 while the higher-order diffraction light is guided to a fixed reflector. The two rays of light are reflected by the corresponding reflectors and led to substantially the same point by an interference optics system. At this point, the two rays of light interfere with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2005
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Applicants: TECHNO NETWORK SHIKOKU CO., LTD., FUTEC INC.
    Inventors: Ichirou Ishimaru, Ryoji Hyodo
  • Publication number: 20060140472
    Abstract: A system for analyzing defects in electronic circuit patterns, including: comparing position information of structural defects with position information of electrical faults and extracting corroborated defects having common position information between the structural defects and electrical faults; classifying images of extracted corroborated defects into critical defect images and non-critical defect images based on a pre-stored classification rule which defines critical and non-critical defects by referring to images of defects, position information of defects, and results of performing an electronic test; modifying the pre-stored classification rule by correcting classification of classified defect images displayed on the screen; and repeating the operations for each subsequent object, wherein for each present object under inspection, using a modified pre-stored classification rule with respect to a previous object, as the pre-stored classification rule for the operations with respect to the present object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2006
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Inventors: Atsushi Shimoda, Ichirou Ishimaru, Yuji Takagi, Takuo Tamura, Yuichi Hamamura, Kenji Watanabe, Yasuhiko Ozawa, Seiji Isogai
  • Patent number: 7062081
    Abstract: In order to allow critical flaws in an inspected item to be determined early during a production process, the present invention includes the following steps: a step of detecting defects in a production process for the inspected item and storing defect positions; a step of collecting detailed defect information and storing the detailed information in association with defect positions; a step of storing positions at which flaws were generated based on a final inspection of the inspected item; a step of comparing defect positions with positions at which flaws were generated; and a step of classifying and displaying detailed information based on the comparison results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Shimoda, Ichirou Ishimaru, Yuji Takagi, Takuo Tamura, Yuichi Hamamura, Kenji Watanabe, Yasuhiko Ozawa, Seiji Isogai
  • Publication number: 20030095803
    Abstract: The optical spatial switch of the present invention is has a small size and a large capacity to switch optical signals between a plurality of optical fibers in the field of optical communications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2002
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Inventors: Akihiro Iino, Masao Kasuga, Kenji Suzuki, Tomohiro Shimada, Fumikazu Oohira, Yutaka Mihara, Gen Haraguchi, Ichirou Ishimaru
  • Publication number: 20010016061
    Abstract: In order to allow critical flaws in an inspected item to be known early during a production process, the present invention includes the following steps: a step for detecting defects in a production process for the inspected item and storing defect positions; a step for collecting detailed defect information and storing the detailed information in association with defect positions; a step for storing positions at which flaws were generated based on a final inspection of the inspected item; a step for comparing defect positions with positions at which flaws were generated; and a step for classifying and displaying information based on the comparison results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2001
    Publication date: August 23, 2001
    Inventors: Atsushi Shimoda, Ichirou Ishimaru, Yuji Takagi, Takuo Tamura, Yuichi Hamamura, Kenji Watanabe, Yasuhiko Ozawa, Seiji Isogai