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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 1992
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1991
Jun Hattori, Zama, JP;
Shigeyuki Suda, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A device for detecting a positional relationship between opposed first and second objects, with respect to a first direction perpendicular to the opposing direction. The device includes a light source for projecting light to the first and second objects, a photodetecting portion for receiving light from one of the first and second objects irradiated with the light from the light source, the photodetecting portion being operable to detect a predetermined parameter related to the light, which parameter is changeable with the positional relationship between the first and second objects with respect to the first direction, a first position detecting system for detecting a positional relationship between the first and second objects, with respect to a second direction perpendicular to the opposing direction of the first and second objects and having an angle with respect to the first direction, and a second position detecting system for detecting the positional relationship between the first and second objects with respect to the first direction, on the basis of the detection by the photodetecting system and the first position detecting system.