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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2012
Kenji Yamane, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinji Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichi Mizutani, Saitama, JP;
Yutaka Hasegawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Kyusojin, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Yamane, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinji Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichi Mizutani, Saitama, JP;
Yutaka Hasegawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Kyusojin, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus includes a memory and a control unit. The memory stores a first image. The control unit divides the first image into a plurality of regions. Further, the control unit calculates a likelihood of an existence of a sample in the plurality of regions thus divided for each of the plurality of regions. Further, the control unit generates an existence map based on the calculated likelihood, the existence map having the plurality of regions classified into first regions, second regions, and third regions. Further, the control unit generates imaging sequence information based on the generated existence map, the imaging sequence information indicating imaging sequences such that the first regions are imaged prior to the second regions and a total movement distance of a stage for imaging the first and second regions becomes minimum.