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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2023
Filed:
May. 14, 2021
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Akihisa Iio, Kanagawa, JP;
Takahiro Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeaki Itsuji, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasushi Koyama, Kanagawa, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging system comprising: a first lighting device that emits terahertz waves at a first quantity of light emission in a first operation mode, and emits terahertz waves at a second quantity of light emission, which is larger than the first quantity of light emission, in a second operation mode; a first detection device that detects reflected terahertz waves by a target and a control device that switches from the first operation mode to the second operation mode in a case where the first detection device detects the target in the first operation mode.