The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2016
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Toshinobu Tokita, Yokohama, JP;
Yasuhiro Someda, Kyoto, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G01N 29/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/35 (2014.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); G01H 9/00 (2006.01); H05B 37/02 (2006.01); G01N 21/17 (2006.01); G01N 29/06 (2006.01); G01J 1/44 (2006.01); G01N 29/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 37/0227 (2013.01); A61B 5/0073 (2013.01); A61B 5/0095 (2013.01); A61B 5/489 (2013.01); A61B 5/6835 (2013.01); G01J 1/44 (2013.01); G01N 21/1702 (2013.01); G01N 29/0672 (2013.01); G01N 29/14 (2013.01); H05B 37/02 (2013.01); A61B 2560/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
To improve the safety of a photoacoustic apparatus by preventing illumination light from being freely emitted. A photoacoustic apparatus includes a position sensor that measures the orientation and/or position of an illumination-light emission end and a control unit that controls light emission from a light source depending on the output of the position sensor.