Patent ID: 9448393
Filing Date: 2016-09-20
CPC Classification: B82Y,G01B,G01Q,G02B,G06K,H02S,Y02E

Claim Text:
1. A method for automatic raster scanning a surface of a sample using a mapping means for mapping said surface and a scanning means for raster scanning said surface, said scanning means performing force spectroscopy and said surface being substantially larger than the scanning area of said scanning means, said method comprising the following steps: automatically mapping the complete surface, or a large part of it by optical coherence or structured illumination or by an opto-acoustical system, automatically analysing said integral map or total three-dimensional map by a mathematical collision detection analysis to identify and localize at least one two-dimensional area of interest within said surface, thereby deriving the elevation of said area of interest, automatically positioning said raster scanning means over said area of interest at a distance given by the derived elevation, and thereafter automatically performing force spectroscopy in said area of interest of said surface by said raster scanning means.