Patent Document ID: 8013301
Application ID: 10574758
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a measurement system, a measurement model for a measurement area of a sample, said measurement model comprising measurement image information, reference measurement information representative of measurements to be made using the measurement model and edge information; locating, by the measurement system, the measurement area of the sample by (i) locating a vicinity area that includes the measurement area of the sample by detecting a target and then displacing a scanning beam from the target by a predefined displacement amount, and (ii) locating the measurement area of the sample within the vicinity area by applying image processing utilizing the measurement image information of the measurement model; locating, by the measurement system, edges of structural features within the measurement area of the sample by searching in a proximity of reference edges defined in the edge information; performing, by the measurement system, at least one measurement of the measurement area of the sample based on the located edges of the structural features and the reference measurement information included in the measurement model; and providing, by the measurement system, measurement result information to a user.