Patent ID: 7916926

Claim:
A semiconductor inspection apparatus comprising: an electronic beam device which comprises an electron source, an electronic beam deflector and an electronic detector, and which detects a sample signal by scanning a sample with electronic beams; and a control console which comprises a display displaying an operation screen of the electronic beam device and an image of an object to be inspected, an operation panel, and a communication interface for communicating with a remote console, the control console forming the image from the sample signal outputted from the electronic beam device to display the image on the display, and the control console controlling the electronic beam device through an operation of the operation screen using the operation panel, wherein said control console separates information on the operation screen and information on the image from each other to communicate the separated pieces of information between itself and the remote console, and the control console controls the moving image area to be sent, the delay time, or the compression rate according to information regarding the sample or the apparatus at the time of image acquisition.