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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2021
Applicant:
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Yosuke Okudaira, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06N 10/60 (2022.01); G02B 26/08 (2006.01); G03F 7/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06N 10/60 (2022.01); G02B 26/0833 (2013.01); G03F 7/7055 (2013.01); G06T 7/001 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30148 (2013.01);
Abstract
A determination method includes causing the state in each of the plurality of pixels to correspond to a plurality of states of a plurality of bits of an Ising model, and setting an evaluation function for evaluating a degree of coincidence between the target image and the formed image as a function of the plurality of bits, and determining which one of the plurality of states is to be set for each of the plurality of pixels on the basis of states of the plurality of bits included in a result obtained by evaluating the evaluation function by an Ising machine.