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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2022

Filed:

Jun. 14, 2018
Applicant:

Camtek Ltd., Migdal Haemeq, IL;

Inventors:

Menachem Regensburger, Shimshit, IL;

Daniel Buzaglo, Migdal Haemeq, IL;

Assignee:

CAMTEK LTD., Migdal-Haemek, IL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/88 (2006.01); G01N 21/95 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/8851 (2013.01); G01N 21/9501 (2013.01); G06T 7/0004 (2013.01); G01N 2021/8867 (2013.01); G01N 2021/8887 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30148 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for automatic defect classification, the method may include (i) acquiring, by a first camera, at least one first image of at least one area of an object; (ii) processing the at least one first image to detect a group of suspected defects within the at least one area; (iii) performing a first classification process for initially classifying the group of suspected defects; (iii) determining whether a first subgroup of the suspected defects requires additional information from a second camera for a completion of a classification; (iv) when determining that the first subgroup of the suspected defects requires additional information from the second camera then: (a) acquiring second images, by the second camera, of the first subgroup of the suspected defects; and (b) performing a second classification process for classifying the first subgroup of suspected defects.


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