Patent ID: 11961210
Assignee: NANOTRONICS IMAGING, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. An inspection apparatus, comprising:
a specimen stage configured to retain a specimen;
at least three imaging devices positioned above the specimen stage, each of the at least three imaging devices configured to capture an image of the specimen;
one or more sets of lights positioned between the specimen stage and the at least three imaging devices; and
a control system in communication with the at least three imaging devices, the control system comprising:
a processor; and
a memory having programming instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by the processor, performs operations comprising:
receiving, from a first imaging device, a first image of the specimen captured from a first position;
receiving, from a second imaging device, a second image of the specimen captured from a second position;
receiving, from a third imaging device, a third image of the specimen captured from a third position;
for each of the first image, the second image, and the third image, identifying an artifact contained therein;
removing, from each of the first image, the second image, and the third image, the artifact; and
generating an artifact-free image of the specimen using remaining portions of the first image, the second image, and the third image.