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Image data storage

US7440640B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateOct 18, 2004
Grant dateOct 21, 2008
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Expiry dateDec 27, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03F1/84
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

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. The storage node receives and stores the sent portions of the image data. In this manner, image data can be stored and run multiple times in order to tune a recipe for the analysis system. Because the same image data can be used over and over again, the recipe creating process can be more finely tuned to detect both the types of defects and at a level that is desired.

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