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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Takahiro Numai, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 4/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 4/00 ;
Abstract
A gyro apparatus has a ring laser in which laser beams of different oscillation frequencies coexist and propagate in mutually opposite circulation directions in an optical resonator, a power source of driving for the ring laser, a device for measuring a difference between the oscillation frequencies of the laser beams, and a device for controlling the power source of driving according to the frequency difference.