Patents by Inventor Matan STEIMAN

Matan STEIMAN 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: 11915406
    Abstract: Provided is a system and method of generating training data for training a Deep Neural Network usable for examination of a semiconductor specimen. The method includes: obtaining a first training image and first labels respectively associated with a group of pixels selected in each segment, extract a set of features characterizing the first training image, train a machine learning (ML) model using the first labels, values of the group of pixels, and the feature values of each of the set of features corresponding to the group of pixels, process the first training image using the trained ML model to obtain a first segmentation map, and determine to include the first training image and the first segmentation map into the DNN training data upon a criterion being met, and to repeat the extracting of the second features, the training and the processing upon the criterion not being met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS ISRAEL LTD.
    Inventors: Matan Steiman, Shalom Elkayam
  • Publication number: 20220383488
    Abstract: Provided is a system and method of generating training data for training a Deep Neural Network usable for examination of a semiconductor specimen. The method includes: obtaining a first training image and first labels respectively associated with a group of pixels selected in each segment, extract a set of features characterizing the first training image, train a machine learning (ML) model using the first labels, values of the group of pixels, and the feature values of each of the set of features corresponding to the group of pixels, process the first training image using the trained ML model to obtain a first segmentation map, and determine to include the first training image and the first segmentation map into the DNN training data upon a criterion being met, and to repeat the extracting of the second features, the training and the processing upon the criterion not being met.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Matan Steiman, Shalom Elkayam
  • Patent number: 11449977
    Abstract: There is provided a system and method of generating training data for training a Deep Neural Network usable for examination of a semiconductor specimen. The method includes: obtaining a first training image and first labels respectively associated with a group of pixels selected in each segment, extract a set of features characterizing the first training image, train a machine learning (ML) model using the first labels, values of the group of pixels, and the feature values of each of the set of features corresponding to the group of pixels, process the first training image using the trained ML model to obtain a first segmentation map, and determine to include the first training image and the first segmentation map into the DNN training data upon a criterion being met, and to repeat the extracting of the second features, the training and the processing upon the criterion not being met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS ISRAEL LTD.
    Inventors: Matan Steiman, Shalom Elkayam
  • Publication number: 20220036538
    Abstract: There is provided a system and method of generating training data for training a Deep Neural Network usable for examination of a semiconductor specimen. The method includes: obtaining a first training image and first labels respectively associated with a group of pixels selected in each segment, extract a set of features characterizing the first training image, train a machine learning (ML) model using the first labels, values of the group of pixels, and the feature values of each of the set of features corresponding to the group of pixels, process the first training image using the trained ML model to obtain a first segmentation map, and determine to include the first training image and the first segmentation map into the DNN training data upon a criterion being met, and to repeat the extracting of the second features, the training and the processing upon the criterion not being met.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Matan STEIMAN, Shalom ELKAYAM