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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2017
Jeol Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Katsuyuki Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
JEOL Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is an observation method including: acquiring an observed image that has been photographed by the first specimen observation apparatus with the specimen holder being mounted on the first specimen stage, the observed image having an observation target position of a specimen positioned at a center thereof, and including the plurality of markers (Step S); acquiring pixel coordinates of each of the plurality of markers in the observed image (Step S); acquiring stage coordinates of each of the plurality of markers on the second specimen stage having the specimen holder mounted thereon (Step S); and converting, based on the pixel coordinates of the plurality of markers and the stage coordinates of the plurality of markers, pixel coordinates of the center of the observed image into stage coordinates to move the second specimen stage to the obtained stage coordinates (Step S).