| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7602958 |
Mirror node process verification |
October 13, 2009 |
| An inspection image analysis system. At least one image processing computer is configured to receive and analyze at least one portion of an image. At least one test computer is configured to receive at least one common portion of the image also received by the at least one image proc |
| 7555409 |
Daisy chained topology |
June 30, 2009 |
| An inspection system. The inspection system has a sensor for generating data. A first network is coupled to the sensor and communicates the data. An array of nodes is coupled to the first network, and processes the data to produce reports. Each node has an interface coupled to the first |
| 7522664 |
Remote live video inspection |
April 21, 2009 |
| A system for inspecting a substrate. An inspector includes a sensor that inspects the substrate and produces a video stream. A control interface sends and receives a control stream, and a network receives and transports the video stream and the control stream as two separate data str |
| 7440640 |
Image data storage |
October 21, 2008 |
| A system having a sensor array adapted to provide image data. A process node is connected to the sensor array, and analyzes portions of the image data. A job manager is connected to the process node, and instructs the process node to send the portions of the image data to a storage node. |
| 7382940 |
Fast bus image coprocessing |
June 3, 2008 |
| An inspection system having a sensor array that provides image data. A process node includes a memory to receive the image data, a commercially available central processing unit to receive and coprocess at least a first portion of the image data within the memory, and a field program |
| 7379838 |
Programmable image computer |
May 27, 2008 |
| An inspection system for detecting anomalies on a substrate. A first network is coupled to a sensor array and communicates data. Process nodes are coupled to the first network, and process the data to produce reports. Each process node has an interface card that formats the data for |
| 7251586 |
Full swath analysis |
July 31, 2007 |
| An inspection system for detecting anomalies on a substrate. A first network is coupled to the sensor array and communicates image data. Process nodes are couple to the first network, and process the data to produce reports. Each process node has an interface card that formats the da |
| 7181368 |
Status polling |
February 20, 2007 |
| An inspection system for detecting anomalies on a substrate. The inspection system has a sensor array for generating image data. A first high speed network is coupled to the sensor array and receives and communicates the image data. An array of process nodes is coupled to the first h |
| 7149642 |
Programmable image computer |
December 12, 2006 |
| An inspection system for detecting anomalies on a substrate. A first network is coupled to a sensor array and communicates data. Process nodes are coupled to the first network, and process the data to produce reports. Each process node has an interface card that formats the data for |
| 7076390 |
Memory load balancing |
July 11, 2006 |
| An inspection system for detecting anomalies on a substrate. A first network is coupled to a sensor array and communicates data. Process nodes are coupled to the first network, and process the data to produce reports. Each process node includes memory sufficient to buffer the data un |
| 7024339 |
Full swath analysis |
April 4, 2006 |
| An inspection system for detecting anomalies on a substrate. A first network is coupled to a sensor array and communicates image data. Process nodes are coupled to the first network, and processes the data to produce reports. Each process node has an interface card that formats the data |
