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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2017
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroshi Fukada, Fuchu, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 15/04 (2006.01); G01S 7/524 (2006.01); G01S 15/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 15/04 (2013.01); G01S 7/524 (2013.01); G01S 15/102 (2013.01); G01S 15/107 (2013.01);
Abstract
A transmission unit is caused to transmit a first wave from a transmission unit that transmits waves, and a second wave. Based on a first reflected wave of the first wave and a second reflected wave of the second wave, it is determined whether there is an object outside of the apparatus.