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Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2003

Filed:

Dec. 18, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:

Ivan Bachelder, Newton, MA (US);

Yusuf Akgul, Northboro, MA (US);

Prabhav Morje, Natick, MA (US);

Juha Koljonen, Needham, MA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/100 ;
Abstract

A method is provided for obtaining a focused image of an object in an application of machine vision in an optical inspection system. A coarse focus setting is first obtained by maximizing a coarse feature sharpness measurement performed on an image of the object of inspection. Then, a fine focus setting is obtained by maximizing a fine feature sharpness measurement performed on a portion of an image of the object of inspection. Finally, the fine focused image can be further analyzed, inspected, or otherwise processed.


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Bachelder, Ivan. (2003). Method and apparatus for focusing an optical inspection system (U.S. Patent No. 6636298). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/6636298

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