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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2005
Kodo Kawase, Wako, JP;
Takayuki Shibuya, Wako, JP;
Yuichi Ogawa, Wako, JP;
Masahiro Yamashita, Matsuyama, JP;
Kodo Kawase, Wako, JP;
Takayuki Shibuya, Wako, JP;
Yuichi Ogawa, Wako, JP;
Masahiro Yamashita, Matsuyama, JP;
Riken, Saitama, JP;
S-I Seiko Co., Ltd., Ehime, JP;
Abstract
There is disclosed an apparatus comprising: a terahertz wave generation device which generates a terahertz wave; a terahertz wave irradiation device which irradiates an object to be inspected with the terahertz wave; and a scattering intensity detection device which cuts a rectilinear wave of the terahertz wave which has passed through the object to be inspected and which detects an intensity of a scattered wave, and a scattered material such as powder or foam contained in an envelope, a capsule, a container or the like is detected in a non-destructive manner without unsealing the envelope or the like.