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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 1997
Filed:
Feb. 08, 1996
Masakazu Suzuki, Kyoto, JP;
Keisuke Mori, Kyoto, JP;
Akifumi Tachibana, Kyoto, JP;
Kazunari Matoba, Kyoto, JP;
Hitoshi Asai, Hamamatsu, JP;
Kazuhisa Miyaguchi, Hamamatsu, JP;
J. Morita Manufacturing Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Hamamatsu Photonics Kabushiki Kaisha, Shizuoka, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a panoramic imaging apparatus capable of obtaining a clear tomographic image even when the rotation speed of a swivel member changes. The clock for driving an FFT CCD device in accordance with the TDI method is set on the basis of the angular speed .omega. of the arm detected by a tachogenerator and a function value f (.theta.) which responds to the rotation angle .theta. of the swivel member detected by an angle detector and used to determine a tomographic orbit. The angle detector is provided with a cam having a shape having been set in accordance with the relationship between the rotation angle .theta. and the film feeding speed at the time of performing X-ray panoramic imaging by using photographic films. The signal of the angular speed .omega. and the signal of the function value f (.theta.) corresponding to the angle .theta. are added by an analog multiplier, and subjected to frequency modulation by a V/F converter to create a TDI clock.