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US 12,510,468 · App. 18/174,367 · Granted Dec 30, 2025

Non-transitory storage medium, optical inspection system, processing apparatus for optical inspection system, and optical inspection method

Inventors: Hiroshi Ohno (Tokyo, JP); Hiroya Kano (Kawasaki Kanagawa, JP); Hideaki Okano (Yokohama Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
G01N21/31G06T5/10G06T5/20G06T5/73G06T7/0008G06T2207/10152G06T2207/20048
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Patent No.
US 12,510,468
App. No.
18/174,367
Granted
Dec 30, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to an embodiment, a non-transitory storage medium stores an optical inspection program. The optical inspection program causes a processor to execute generating a wavelength selection portion-removed image by removing, from a captured image of an object surface imaged through a wavelength selection portion configured to select at least two different wavelength spectra from incident light, an image of the wavelength selection portion included in the captured image.

Claims (27)

1 . A non-transitory storage medium storing an optical inspection program, the optical inspection program causing a processor to execute generating a wavelength selection portion-removed image by removing an image of the wavelength selection portion included in a captured image from the captured image of an object surface imaged through a wavelength selection portion configured to select at least two different wavelength spectra from incident light.

2 . The medium according to claim 1 , wherein the removing the image of the wavelength selection portion included in the captured image includes:

generating the captured image in a frequency space by Fourier transform;

generating the wavelength selection portion-removed image in the frequency space by setting a value of a frequency component corresponding to the wavelength selection portion to be constant or 0 in the captured image in the frequency space; and

generating the wavelength selection portion-removed image in a real space by performing inverse Fourier transform on the wavelength selection portion-removed image in the frequency space.

3 . The medium according to claim 1 , wherein the removing the image of the wavelength selection portion included in the captured image includes applying a spatial high-pass filter to the captured image.

4 . The medium according to claim 1 , wherein the wavelength selection portion includes a cyclic pattern.

5 . The medium according to claim 4 , wherein the removing the image of the wavelength selection portion included in the captured image includes:

generating the captured image in a frequency space by Fourier transform;

generating the wavelength selection portion-removed image in the frequency space by setting a value of a frequency component corresponding to the wavelength selection portion to be constant or 0 at or near two points of the captured image in the frequency space; and

generating the wavelength selection portion-removed image in a real space by performing inverse Fourier transform on the wavelength selection portion-removed image in the frequency space.

6 . The medium according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is caused to execute acquiring information of the object surface based on the wavelength selection portion-removed image.

7 . A processing apparatus for an optical inspection system, comprising:

a non-transitory storage medium storing an optical inspection program according to claim 1 ; and

a processor configured to read out, from the non-transitory storage medium, the program stored in the non-transitory storage medium and execute the program.

8 . A processing apparatus for an optical inspection system, comprising a processor configured to generate a wavelength selection portion-removed image by removing an image of the wavelength selection portion included in a captured image from the captured image of an object surface imaged through a wavelength selection portion configured to select at least two different wavelength spectra from incident light.

9 . The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to acquire information of the object surface based on the wavelength selection portion-removed image.

10 . An optical inspection system comprising:

a processing apparatus according to claim 8 ; and

an imaging portion configured to acquire the captured image.

11 . The system according to claim 10 , further comprising an illumination portion configured to emit parallel light to a section including an optical axis of the imaging portion.

12 . An optical inspection method comprising generating a wavelength selection portion-removed image by removing an image of the wavelength selection portion included in a captured image from the captured image of an object surface imaged through a wavelength selection portion configured to select at least two different wavelength spectra from incident light.

13 . The method according to claim 12 , further comprising acquiring information of the object surface based on the wavelength selection portion-removed image.

14 . The method according to claim 12 , wherein the removing the image of the wavelength selection portion included in the captured image includes:

generating the captured image in a frequency space by Fourier transform;

generating the wavelength selection portion-removed image in the frequency space by setting a value of a frequency component corresponding to the wavelength selection portion to be constant or 0 in the captured image in the frequency space; and

generating the wavelength selection portion-removed image in a real space by performing inverse Fourier transform on the wavelength selection portion-removed image in the frequency space.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 18, 2023
From: OHNO, HIROSHI; KANO, HIROYA; OKANO, HIDEAKI
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 063364/0444 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-148457 · Sep 16, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240094115A1 · Mar 21, 2024
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