Patent Document ID: 20110255081
Application ID: 13047587
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for setting up one or more ranges of one or more inspection parameters in an optical inspection system, the method comprising: (a) receiving a set of values of a inspection parameter, wherein the set of values corresponds to set-up areas of a set-up image obtained from a sample; (b) constructing a test image comprising multiple test areas such that locations of the test areas corresponds to locations of the set-up areas and colors of the test areas are determined by corresponding values in the set; (c) displaying the test image and a range diagram on a user interface of the optical inspection system, wherein the range diagram corresponds to the inspection parameter and comprises a nominal limit and a variation limit, wherein the nominal limit and the variation limit define a range corresponding to a color that does not overlap with an outside range corresponding to an outside color, and wherein the test areas have the color if the corresponding values in the set fall within the range or the outside color if the corresponding values fall within the outside range; (d) receiving an adjustment of the limit and/or the nominal limit based on the test image; and (e) repeating (b)-(d) until the test image reaches predetermined criteria.