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Patent No.:

US 10241043 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2019

Filed:

Dec. 08, 2016

Micro object detection apparatus

Applicant:

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Kenya Nakai, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP.

Primary Examiner:

Roy M Punnoose

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/49 (2006.01); G01N 15/06 (2006.01); G01N 21/53 (2006.01); G01N 15/14 (2006.01); G01N 15/02 (2006.01); G01N 21/21 (2006.01); G01N 21/03 (2006.01); G01N 21/05 (2006.01); G01N 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/49 (2013.01); G01N 15/0205 (2013.01); G01N 15/0211 (2013.01); G01N 15/06 (2013.01); G01N 15/1434 (2013.01); G01N 15/1459 (2013.01); G01N 21/21 (2013.01); G01N 21/53 (2013.01); G01N 21/0303 (2013.01); G01N 21/05 (2013.01); G01N 2015/0046 (2013.01); G01N 2015/0053 (2013.01); G01N 2015/0687 (2013.01); G01N 2015/0693 (2013.01); G01N 2015/1452 (2013.01); G01N 2015/1486 (2013.01); G01N 2015/1488 (2013.01); G01N 2015/1493 (2013.01);
Abstract

A micro object detection apparatus includes an optical system. The first optical system includes a first reflection region, a second reflection region, and a light reception element. The first reflection region has an ellipsoidal shape, and reflects scattered light scattered when irradiation light hits a particle to direct the scattered light to the light reception element, by utilizing two focal point positions of the ellipsoidal shape. The second reflection region reflects scattered light coming from the particle to direct the scattered light to the first reflection region, so that the scattered light is directed to the light reception element by utilizing the ellipsoidal shape of the first reflection region. The light flux diameter of the scattered light reflected by the second reflection region is larger than the particle, at the position of the particle at which the scattered light is generated.

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