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Patent No.:

US 7627179 B1

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Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2009

Filed:

Jun. 16, 2005
Applicant:

Tomoyuki Miyashita, Utsunomiya, JP;

Inventor:

Tomoyuki Miyashita, Utsunomiya, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/68 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
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Abstract

An apparatus includes (a) an image processor which (i) calculates a similarity between first image data of a first partial region in object image data and reference image data, with respect to each pair of a second partial region of the first image data and a third partial region of the reference image data that correspond to each other, (ii) calculates a statistic of a plurality of the calculated similarities, with respect to a plurality of the image pairs, and (iii) recognizes, as a position of an object region in the object image data, a position of the first partial region in the object image data, which has the highest statistic of a plurality of the calculated statistics, and (b) an exposure unit which exposes a substrate to a pattern based on the position of the object region recognized by the image processor.


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Miyashita, Tomoyuki. (2009). Image processing apparatus, image processing method, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method (U.S. Patent No. 7627179). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7627179

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