Abstract:
A method is disclosed for producing an optical fiber composite insulator, including the steps of: preliminarily heating the insulator body in its entirety at not less than 70.degree. C., then filling said organic insulating material into the through hole while said at least one optical fiber is being stretched straight, and then curing the organic insulating material by heating in a temperature range of not less than 75.degree. C. but not more than 90.degree. C. while at least one optical fiber is kept stretched straight.
Abstract:
An excellent optical fiber built-in type composite insulator is provided having a reliable and durable sealing portion in a central axis penetration hole of the insulator for sealing the optical fiber in a very quick, simple and economical way with reduced members, devices and production steps. The composite insulator includes a ceramic insulator having a penetration hole in its central axis portion, at least one optical fiber inserted in the penetration hole, and sealing portions made of inorganic glass arranged at both ends of the penetration hole for sealing the optical fiber therein, and comprises recessed portions of the ceramic insulator arranged around the ends of the penetration hole, and heat generating elements arranged in the recessed portions for heating and melting the inorganic glass to form the sealing portions at the both ends of the penetration hole. The present invention provides also a method of producing the composite insulator.
Abstract:
An optical fiber composite insulator including a hollow insulator body having an axial through-hole and at least one optical fiber extended through the through-hole and hermetically sealed to the inner surface of the through-hole by a sealing material. A relationship between a condition of the inner surface of the through-hole and the sealing material, a relationship between the inner diameters of the through-hole and the outer diameter of the hollow insulator body or a coating material on the optical fiber are selected to provide high insulating property, mechanical strength and airtight property of the optical fiber composite insulator.
Abstract:
An inspection apparatus and method are provided, wherein even when an image that cannot be processed by a current image processing algorithm is input to an image processing unit while a working line is in operation, the inspection can be continued by newly generating an image processing algorithm optimized in keeping with a particular image. The apparatus includes an erroneous recognition detector, a teacher data generator and a switching unit for switching the current image processing algorithm to a new image processing algorithm generated based on an updated teacher data group. As a result, the inspection can be continued without extremely decreasing the accuracy even when an unexpected image is input to the working line.
Abstract:
A pattern matching method for a scanning electron microscope comprises a step of performing pattern matching of only an upper layer pattern between an image (101) in which a pattern consisting of plural layers is represented and a template (104) in which the upper layer pattern of the plural layer pattern is selectively represented, thereby identifying the position of the pattern consisting of the plural layers. Then, information about the upper layer pattern is subtracted from the image (101), thus extracting shape information (108) about the lower layer pattern. Consequently, stable positioning or selective information extraction on a certain layer is enabled regardless of the state of the depths of a pattern formed in three dimensions or of the charge state of a sample.
Abstract:
Provided is a template matching method and a template matching apparatus, where the degree of matching between a template and the actual image upon template matching is maintained at a high level, without depending on a partial appearance of a lower layer. Proposed as one embodiment, is a method and an apparatus for template matching, where either an area is set in which comparison of the template and the image is not conducted, or a second area is set inside the template where comparison different from comparison conducted in a first comparison area is to be conducted, and the template matching is conducted on the basis either of comparison excluding the non-comparison area, or of comparison using the first and second areas.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a method for creating a template for the purpose of performing pattern matching on the basis of a template image having high contrast. Also disclosed is an image processing apparatus. In the method for creating the template, design data is partially extracted, and on the basis of the extracted partial region, the template for template matching is created. In the image processing apparatus, such method is performed. In the method and the apparatus, a density of edges that belong to a predetermined region in the design data equivalent to the region to be searched for in the template matching is obtained.
Abstract:
Information indicating the reason for a failure of template matching is provided. Difference information between a first image, which is referred to as a template, and a third image that is selected by the operator from a second image and that is larger than the template is displayed.
Abstract:
A pattern matching method for a scanning electron microscope comprises a step of performing pattern matching of only an upper layer pattern between an image (101) in which a pattern consisting of plural layers is represented and a template (104) in which the upper layer pattern of the plural layer pattern is selectively represented, thereby identifying the position of the pattern consisting of the plural layers. Then, information about the upper layer pattern is subtracted from the image (101), thus extracting shape information (108) about the lower layer pattern. Consequently, stable positioning or selective information extraction on a certain layer is enabled regardless of the state of the depths of a pattern formed in three dimensions or of the charge state of a sample.
Abstract:
A similar image having a high correlation is selected through autocorrelation performs a template original image selected from an image photographed for a template, and a difference image between the similar image and template original image is formed. An image extracting a real difference is formed by removing noises and edges in unstable areas from the difference image. This image is added to the template original image to form a modified template. Template matching is performed by using the modified template as a template. The image extracting the real reference and added to the modified template functions to add an evaluation penalty to the similar image during matching evaluation to lower an evaluation value of the similar image so that a probability of erroneously recognizing the similar image as the image to be detected.