Patents by Inventor Shuuichirou TAKAHASHI

Shuuichirou TAKAHASHI 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: 11626266
    Abstract: Provided is a charged particle beam device capable of focusing with high accuracy even when a charged particle beam has a large off-axis amount. The charged particle beam device generates an observation image of a sample by irradiating the sample with a charged particle beam, and includes: a deflection unit that inclines the charged particle beam; a focusing lens that focuses the charged particle beam; an adjustment unit that adjusts a lens strength of the focusing lens based on an evaluation value calculated from the observation image; a storage unit that stores a relationship between a visual field movement amount and the lens strength; and a filter setting unit that calculates the visual field movement amount based on an inclination angle of the charged particle beam and the relationship, and sets an image filter to be superimposed on the observation image based on the calculated visual field movement amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichiro Hitomi, Kenji Tanimoto, Yusuke Abe, Takuma Yamamoto, Kei Sakai, Satoru Yamaguchi, Yasunori Goto, Shuuichirou Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20220130638
    Abstract: Provided is a charged particle beam device capable of focusing with high accuracy even when a charged particle beam has a large off-axis amount. The charged particle beam device generates an observation image of a sample by irradiating the sample with a charged particle beam, and includes: a deflection unit that inclines the charged particle beam; a focusing lens that focuses the charged particle beam; an adjustment unit that adjusts a lens strength of the focusing lens based on an evaluation value calculated from the observation image; a storage unit that stores a relationship between a visual field movement amount and the lens strength; and a filter setting unit that calculates the visual field movement amount based on an inclination angle of the charged particle beam and the relationship, and sets an image filter to be superimposed on the observation image based on the calculated visual field movement amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichiro HITOMI, Kenji TANIMOTO, Yusuke ABE, Takuma YAMAMOTO, Kei SAKAI, Satoru YAMAGUCHI, Yasunori GOTO, Shuuichirou TAKAHASHI