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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2003
Applicants:
Tianyu Xie, Shibuya-ku, JP;
Akio Uchiyama, Shibuya-ku, JP;
Atsushi Okawa, Shibuya-ku, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Olympus Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 9/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An attachmentthat is proximal to an optical probeincludes probe information holding meansthat holds probe information such as a scanning technique and an optical path length or the like. When the optical probeis connected (attached) to an observing device, probe information detecting means included in the observing deviceautomatically detects the probe information held in the optical probe. Based on the detected probe information, a scanning technique and an optical path length of reference light are set to values suitable to an actually connected optical probe