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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2021
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Masayasu Teramura, Tochigi, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus includes a reflecting element with first, second and third reflecting surfaces, and a receiving element configured to receive a light flux from a light source reflected by the reflecting element. A value of an inner product of a unit normal vector of the first reflecting surface and a unit normal vector of the second reflecting surface, a value of an inner product of the unit normal vector of the first reflecting surface and a unit normal vector of the third reflecting surface, and a value of an inner product of the unit normal vector of the second reflecting surface and the unit normal vector of the third reflecting surface are appropriately set.