Image pickup apparatus and focus adjustment method using bending correction to adjust focusing

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PATENT NO 11822233
APP PUB NO 20210018832A1
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16931208

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An image pickup apparatus includes a stage configured to support a sample at a plurality of support points, a bending data acquisition unit configured to acquire bending data corresponding to a bending of the sample supported on the stage, a height information detection unit configured to detect a height of the sample supported on the stage, a difference value calculation unit configured to calculate a difference value between a height indicated by height information and a height indicated by the bending data at each of a plurality of points on the sample, a correction data calculation unit configured to calculate correction data based on the difference value, and an estimation unit configured to calculate estimation data for estimating the height of the sample by correcting the bending data using the correction data.

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LASERTEC CORPORATION2-10-1 SHIN-YOKOHAMA KOHOKU-KU YOKOHAMA KANAGAWA 222-8552

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Fujiwara, Yoshito Yokohama, JP 7 35
Kato, Yoshihiro Yokohama, JP 117 1262
Miyai, Hiroki Yokohama, JP 9 33

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