Patents by Inventor Kazuya KIJIMA

Kazuya KIJIMA 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: 20240027365
    Abstract: A detection apparatus that detects a mark formed on a substrate is provided. The detection apparatus comprises a detection optical system that irradiates light on the mark on the substrate held by a stage and detects an image of the mark, and a processor that performs a detection process of the mark based on the image of the mark. The processor finds a detection value indicating a position of the mark in an observation field of the detection optical system based on the image of the mark, finds a subregion in which the mark is located among a plurality of subregions in the observation field, and corrects the detection value based on a correction value corresponding to the found subregion among correction values predetermined for the plurality of subregions, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventor: Kazuya KIJIMA
  • Patent number: 11835470
    Abstract: A detection apparatus that detects a mark formed on a substrate is provided. The detection apparatus comprises a detection optical system that irradiates light on the mark on the substrate held by a stage and detects an image of the mark, and a processor that performs a detection process of the mark based on the image of the mark. The processor finds a detection value indicating a position of the mark in an observation field of the detection optical system based on the image of the mark, finds a subregion in which the mark is located among a plurality of subregions in the observation field, and corrects the detection value based on a correction value corresponding to the found subregion among correction values predetermined for the plurality of subregions, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazuya Kijima
  • Publication number: 20220178843
    Abstract: A detection apparatus that detects a mark formed on a substrate is provided. The detection apparatus comprises a detection optical system that irradiates light on the mark on the substrate held by a stage and detects an image of the mark, and a processor that performs a detection process of the mark based on the image of the mark. The processor finds a detection value indicating a position of the mark in an observation field of the detection optical system based on the image of the mark, finds a subregion in which the mark is located among a plurality of subregions in the observation field, and corrects the detection value based on a correction value corresponding to the found subregion among correction values predetermined for the plurality of subregions, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventor: Kazuya KIJIMA