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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2020
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Junya Fukumoto, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/10 (2006.01); G02B 27/12 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/1013 (2013.01); A61B 1/00009 (2013.01); A61B 1/046 (2022.02); A61B 1/0655 (2022.02); G02B 27/126 (2013.01);
Abstract
An imaging apparatus includes an optical element configured to separate incident light into light components in at least two types of wavelength bands. The incident light includes light emitted from a narrow-band light source. At least one light component of the light components in the at least two types of wavelength bands separated by the optical element is light in a narrow band separated by a bandwidth corresponding to a width of a wavelength of the light emitted from the narrow-band light source.