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Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2021

Filed:

Aug. 13, 2018
Applicant:

Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Atsuyoshi Shimamoto, Tokyo, JP;

Soichiro Koshika, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); G02B 26/10 (2006.01); G02B 6/00 (2006.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01); G02B 23/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/0008 (2013.01); A61B 1/00006 (2013.01); A61B 1/00172 (2013.01); G02B 23/24 (2013.01); G02B 26/103 (2013.01); G02B 2006/0098 (2013.01);
Abstract

An optical scanning apparatus including: an optical fiber that is configured to guide light from a light source to emit the light from a distal end thereof; a driver that is configured to oscillate the distal end of the optical fiber at a driving frequency in a direction intersecting a longitudinal axis of the optical fiber; a resonance-frequency detector that is configured to detect a resonance frequency of the distal end of the optical fiber; and a driving-frequency adjustor that is configured to adjust the driving frequency so that the ratio between the resonance frequency detected by the resonance-frequency detector and the driving frequency becomes constant.


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