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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 1995
Filed:
Feb. 26, 1993
Vincent Caiozza, Endicott, NY (US);
Donald H Canfield, Vestal, NY (US);
Todd C Fellows, Endicott, NY (US);
Norman E Rittenhouse, Endicott, NY (US);
Peter J Yablonsky, Apalachin, NY (US);
International Business Machines, Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An optical inspection system is provided in which the background video component of an analog video source which limits imaging integrity is removed enhancing the system's ability to process a wider range of image sources with increase digitizing sensitivity. The overall effects of background and background variations are nulled stabilizing the effective signal to noise ratio, thereby increasing inspection capability of the system and improving the system's process window for effective and efficient inspection.