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Patent No.:

US 12298463 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025

Filed:

Sep. 29, 2022

Inspection system and storage medium

Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Aihiko Numata, Tokyo, JP;

Takahiro Sato, Kanagawa, JP;

Tatsuhito Goden, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Venable LLP

Primary Examiner:

Dani Fox

Assistant Examiner:

Mamadou Faye

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/3581 (2014.01); G01V 8/20 (2006.01); G06V 10/141 (2022.01); G06V 10/145 (2022.01); H04N 5/265 (2006.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 8/20 (2013.01); G06V 10/141 (2022.01); G06V 10/145 (2022.01); H04N 5/265 (2013.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); G06V 2201/05 (2022.01);
Abstract

In an inspection system that uses terahertz waves, in order to improve the inspection precision for objects and the like, the inspection system has an illumination unit having a plurality of illumination elements that radiate terahertz waves; a camera unit that captures images of the terahertz waves that have been reflected off of an object that has been irradiated by the plurality of illumination elements; and a control unit that performs control so as to make the light emission timings for the plurality of illumination elements different.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Numata, Aihiko. (2025). Inspection system and storage medium (U.S. Patent No. 12298463). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12298463

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