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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2003
Filed:
May. 21, 2001
Yoshihito Narita, Tokyo, JP;
Tsutomu Inoue, Tokyo, JP;
Susumu Teruyama, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiharu Saiki, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuji Mononobe, Kanagawa, JP;
Motoichi Ohtsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Other;
Abstract
A probe opening forming apparatus comprising: light detecting means for detecting a quantity of a light transmitted from a tip portion of the probe through a light of the source which is on contact with the tip portion of the probe; storage means for previously storing information about relation of the quantity of the light transmitted from the tip portion of the probe and the size of the opening; calculating means for obtaining the value of the light quantity for obtaining an opening having a desirable size based on the information stored in the storage means and pressing control means for controlling the press of the tip portion of the probe against the light detecting means through the pressing means such that a light quantity detected by the light detecting means is equal to the light quantity calculated from the calculating means