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Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2024

Filed:

Jun. 08, 2022
Applicant:

Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Takeshi Nozawa, Fujimi-Machi, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 3/28 (2006.01); G01J 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 3/2803 (2013.01); G01J 3/0229 (2013.01); G01J 3/0237 (2013.01);
Abstract

An autofocusing method includes causing light having n wavelengths different from one another to sequentially pass through a spectral filter and acquiring n image frames corresponding to the n wavelengths, n being an integer greater than or equal to two, selecting a wavelength corresponding to the image frame having the largest statistical value from the n image frames, the statistical value being one of the average, median, and mode of class values of pixels contained in a first region out of entire measurement pixels in each of the image frames, and determining a focusing point in a second region wider than the first region out of the entire measurement pixels while causing the light having the selected wavelength to pass through the spectral filter.


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