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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:
Dec. 06, 2022

Filed:

Jul. 03, 2019
Applicant:

Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto, JP;

Inventor:

Masato Hirade, Kyoto, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01Q 20/02 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01Q 20/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

A scanning probe microscope is provided with a cantilever having a probe at a tip end thereof, an optical system for emitting laser light onto the cantilever and detecting the laser light reflected by the cantilever, an imaging unit for imaging a range including a position of the tip end of the cantilever when adjusting an optical axis of the laser light, an image processing unit for detecting a position of the tip end of the probe and a position of a spot of the laser light from an image generated by the imaging unit, an optical axis adjustment unit for adjusting the optical axis of the laser light based on the detected positions, and a sample holder for holding a sample. The sample holder includes a mirror.


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