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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 1989
Filed:
Jan. 21, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Isao Matsumura, Yokosuka, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
351205 ; 351206 ; 351221 ;
Abstract
A surface examining apparatus in which a surface to be examined is scanned by a light, whereby scanning position information, depth information and reflected light amount information are obtained and at least the image of the surface to be examined is displayed on the basis of such information.