Patents by Inventor Kanzou KATOU

Kanzou KATOU 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: 9355442
    Abstract: Film thickness measured values obtained by measurement in advance at a plurality of points on a measurement preparation substrate and coordinates corresponding to the film thickness measured values are acquired. A pixel value at each coordinates is extracted from a preparation imaged image obtained by imaging the measurement preparation substrate in advance by an imaging device. Correlation data between the pixel value extracted at each coordinates and the film thickness measured value at each coordinates is generated. A substrate being a film thickness measurement object is imaged by the imaging device to acquire an imaged image, and a film thickness of a film formed on the substrate being the film thickness measurement object is calculated on the basis of a pixel value of the imaged image and the correlation data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Shuji Iwanaga, Tadashi Nishiyama, Kanzou Katou
  • Publication number: 20150324970
    Abstract: Film thickness measured values obtained by measurement in advance at a plurality of points on a measurement preparation substrate and coordinates corresponding to the film thickness measured values are acquired. A pixel value at each coordinates is extracted from a preparation imaged image obtained by imaging the measurement preparation substrate in advance by an imaging device. Correlation data between the pixel value extracted at each coordinates and the film thickness measured value at each coordinates is generated. A substrate being a film thickness measurement object is imaged by the imaging device to acquire an imaged image, and a film thickness of a film formed on the substrate being the film thickness measurement object is calculated on the basis of a pixel value of the imaged image and the correlation data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Shuji IWANAGA, Tadashi NISHIYAMA, Kanzou KATOU