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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2008
Ryo Kuroda, Kanagawa, JP;
Natsuhiko Mizutani, Tokyo, JP;
Takako Yamaguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuhisa Inao, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomohiro Yamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryo Kuroda, Kanagawa, JP;
Natsuhiko Mizutani, Tokyo, JP;
Takako Yamaguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuhisa Inao, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomohiro Yamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sensor device is formed from a metal film having a plurality of openings, a sensor material positioned within each of the openings, a light source that emits light having a first wavelength, and a light detector that detects light emitted from the light source and transmitted through or reflected from the openings. The plurality of openings are arranged periodically in a first direction in the metal film, and both a size of each of the plurality of openings and an interval thereof in the first direction are equal to or less than the wavelength of the light.