Methods, systems and devices relating to distortion correction in imaging devices
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1. An imaging device for imaging at least a portion of at least one layer of a substrate, the device comprising:
- a beam emitter for directing an emission at the substrate so as to produce a detectable signal representative of the substrate at a plurality of intended substrate locations on the portion of the substrate; and
a signal detector for detecting an imaging characteristic of said detectable signal for each of the intended locations;
one or more motivators for changing a direction of said emission relative to a position of the substrate to detect said imaging characteristic at each of the plurality of intended substrate locations on the portion of the substrate;
wherein the imaging device, for each intended location, automatically associates said imaging characteristic therefor with a corrected substrate location for use in generating a plurality of distortion-corrected images each with a given image resolution, wherein said corrected substrate location is determined from said intended location and a correction factor that is a function of said intended location and said given image resolution corresponding to said given intended location; and
wherein the imaging device is configured to align the plurality of distortion-corrected images to form a mosaiced image of the portion of at least one layer of the substrate, said distortion-corrected images comprises at least two different image resolutions.
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Devices, systems and methods relating to a distortion-correcting imaging for collecting image-related data of a substrate are disclosed, comprising: a beam emitter for directing an emission at an intended location on the substrate, and a signal detector for determining a signal intensity value associated with the emission; wherein the signal intensity value is associated with a corrected substrate location, said corrected substrate location determined from the intended substrate location and a correction factor, said correction factor being a function of said intended substrate location.
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19 Claims
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1. An imaging device for imaging at least a portion of at least one layer of a substrate, the device comprising:
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a beam emitter for directing an emission at the substrate so as to produce a detectable signal representative of the substrate at a plurality of intended substrate locations on the portion of the substrate; and a signal detector for detecting an imaging characteristic of said detectable signal for each of the intended locations; one or more motivators for changing a direction of said emission relative to a position of the substrate to detect said imaging characteristic at each of the plurality of intended substrate locations on the portion of the substrate; wherein the imaging device, for each intended location, automatically associates said imaging characteristic therefor with a corrected substrate location for use in generating a plurality of distortion-corrected images each with a given image resolution, wherein said corrected substrate location is determined from said intended location and a correction factor that is a function of said intended location and said given image resolution corresponding to said given intended location; and wherein the imaging device is configured to align the plurality of distortion-corrected images to form a mosaiced image of the portion of at least one layer of the substrate, said distortion-corrected images comprises at least two different image resolutions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of correcting image distortion in an imaging device, the imaging device comprising a beam emitter for directing an emission at a substrate so as to produce a detectable signal representative of the substrate at an intended location and location-dependent beam resolution, and a signal detector for determining an imaging characteristic value representative of the detectable signal, the method comprising:
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causing the emission to impinge the substrate; measuring the imaging characteristic of the detectable signal associated with the intended location and location-dependent image resolution; determining a corrected substrate location associated with the imaging characteristic for use in generating a plurality of distortion-corrected images, the corrected substrate location determined from the intended location and a designated correction factor predetermined as a function of said intended substrate location, each of said distortion-corrected image with an image resolution associated with the corresponding location-dependent beam resolution; associating said measured imaging characteristic of the detectable signal with said corrected location; repeating said measuring, determining and associating for at least one other intended substrate location; and aligning the plurality of distortion-corrected images to form a mosaiced image of the portion of at least one layer of the substrate, said distortion-corrected images comprising at least two different image resolutions. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of generating an image of a substrate from an imaging device, the imaging device comprising a beam source for directing an emission with a respective location-dependent beam resolution at an intended location on a substrate and a signal detector for determining a signal characteristic value associated with the emission, the method comprising:
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collecting a plurality of signal characteristic values by the signal detector, each of said signal characteristic values indicative of a substrate characteristic at an actual location; determining, for each given signal characteristic value, said actual location associated therewith by correcting said intended substrate location using a correction factor, said correction factor being a function of said intended substrate location; and generating image pixel values for the image, wherein a given image pixel value at a given image pixel location is based on;
the respective location-dependent beam resolution for the given image pixel location, and respective proportions of at least one said given signal characteristic value whose corrected substrate location corresponds to a portion of said given image pixel location; andgenerating an image from a plurality of said image pixel values, said image pixel values comprising at least two different location-dependent beam resolutions. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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