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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2010

Filed:

Sep. 29, 2006
Applicants:

Cornelis Petrus Du Pau, Eindhoven, NL;

Peter Brier, Eindhoven, NL;

Franciscus Cornelius Dings, Veldhoven, NL;

Inventors:

Cornelis Petrus Du Pau, Eindhoven, NL;

Peter Brier, Eindhoven, NL;

Franciscus Cornelius Dings, Veldhoven, NL;

Assignee:

OTB Groups B.V., Eindhoven, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/86 (2006.01); G01V 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method and apparatus wherein a substrate is provided with a preformatted structure, with structural elements arranged in a matrix, wherein the matrix extends in an X-direction and Y-direction, wherein a processing head is provided, wherein a camera is provided which is connected with the processing head and which comprises at least one series of sensors arranged along a main line, wherein the camera scans the substrate and thereby provides at least one one-dimensional camera signal, wherein, for real-time determining at least the X-position and the Y-position of the structure with respect to the camera, the said main line includes an angle with the X-direction and with the Y-direction, wherein the angle is chosen such that the camera signal contains spatially separated X-position information and Y-position information and that the X-position information and the Y-position information can be separated from the sensor signal with the aid of signal processing.


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