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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2014
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takao Nakajima, Kawasaki, JP;
Takeshi Uchida, Hiratsuka, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An acoustic wave acquiring apparatus is used that includes: an array light source including a plurality of elements emitting measurement light; a controller controlling the wavelength of the measurement light, for each of or the plurality of elements; a Fabry-Perot interferometer including a first mirror upon which the measurement light is incident and a second mirror upon which an acoustic wave from a subject is incident; an optical sensor measuring a light quantity of reflected light by the first and the second mirror; and a processor acquiring an intensity of the acoustic wave on the basis of a change of the light quantity of the reflected light, which is a distance between the first mirror and the second mirror, occurring due to the incidence of the acoustic wave.