Patent ID: 7356177
Filing Date: 2008-04-08
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A defect image classification system for classifying defect images, produced from at least one object of inspection by imaging, into a plurality of categories, the system comprising: feature calculating means for calculating features of the defect images; categorization means for specifying a set of defect images to match a specified category of the plurality of categories; evaluation means for calculating evaluation values of the defect images using the features of the defect images calculated by the feature calculating means and using the features of the set of defect images; a display unit having a display screen on which are displayed unclassified defect images and classified defect images that are classified by the categorization means into the specified categories; and sorting means for altering a display order of the unclassified defect images displayed by the display unit in the order of similarity to the classified defect images.