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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2014
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Tadaki Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Daisuke Nagao, Kawaguchi, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An object information acquiring apparatus is used, which includes: an irradiation unit for irradiating an object with a laser beam; a restriction unit for restricting an output of the laser beam from the irradiation unit; a control unit for controlling an irradiation of the laser beam and an activation of the restriction unit; a probe for receiving acoustic waves that are generated from the object irradiated with the laser beam; and a construction unit for generating characteristic information relating to the object in use of the acoustic waves, wherein the control unit performs irradiation control of not irradiating the laser beam when the restriction unit is being activated.