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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2001
Masatoshi Fujimoto, Hamamatsu, JP;
Shinichiro Aoshima, Hamamatsu, JP;
Makoto Hosoda, Hamamatsu, JP;
Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., Shizuoka, JP;
Abstract
In an imaging apparatus, a detection sectiondetects a beam Lhaving passed through an aperturein a first direction and a location designation beam Lhaving passed through the aperturein the opposite direction is made incident to a position (x,y) in a first light image IMon an image pickup surface corresponding to a specific position (x,y) in a second light image IMwhereby the result of detection of the beam Ldetected at the detection sectionindicates data at a specific position in an incoming light image designated by the location designation beam L, regardless of whether there is a mechanical error in movement of the aperture