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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020
Filed:
May. 03, 2019
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takeaki Itsuji, Hiratsuka, JP;
Noriyuki Kaifu, Atsugi, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image capture devicecaptures an image by using a terahertz wave and includes a generating unitthat includes a plurality of generation elements each of which generates the terahertz wave and rests on a resting planean irradiation optical systemthat irradiates an object with the terahertz wave, an imaging optical systemthat images the terahertz wave that is reflected from the object, and a sensorthat includes pixels. The plurality of generation elements include at least a first generation elementand a second generation elementthat have different angles of radiation to the object. There is an overlap region in which a region of radiation of a first terahertz wavefrom the first generation element to the object overlaps a region of radiation of a second terahertz wavefrom the second generation element to the object.