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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2023
Kyocera Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Eri Uchida, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroki Okada, Machida, JP;
KYOCERA Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
An electromagnetic (EM) wave detection apparatus includes an irradiator that emits EM waves and a reflector that changes an irradiation position of the EM waves on an object by changing a direction of the emitted EM waves. A separation unit separates EM waves incident thereon to propagate the EM waves in first and second directions. A first detector detects the EM waves in the first direction. A switch includes plural switching elements that can switch between first and second states. EM waves in the second direction are caused to propagate in a third direction in the first state and caused to propagate in a fourth direction in the second state. A second detector detects the EM waves in the third direction. The switch switches each of the plurality of switching elements between the first and second states according to the direction in which the reflector reflects the EM waves.