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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2019
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Ken Sato, Hachioji, JP;
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Bend information computation apparatus includes: an input unit having detected light quantity information representing a relation between a wavelength in a predetermined wavelength band and a light quantity, the detected light quantity information being acquired using a light guide having at least one light absorber for changing a light quantity of light transmitted through the light guide according to a bent state of the light absorber to detect a light quantity after a change; and an arithmetic operator for computing bend information representing a bend direction and a bend magnitude of each light absorber based on the detected light quantity information, an absorption spectrum of each light absorber, a bend coefficient of each light absorber that varies according to a bend direction and a bend magnitude of each light absorber, and a unique characteristic value of each light absorber including a value for a correction relating to the bend coefficient.