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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2006
Shinichi Kobayashi, Osaka, JP;
Noritsugu Hamada, Hyogo, JP;
Shinichi Kobayashi, Osaka, JP;
Noritsugu Hamada, Hyogo, JP;
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus inspecting a superconducting wire includes: a blue LED emitting light in a direction normal to a front surface of a superconducting wire to illuminate the front surface; a red LED emitting light in a direction forming an angle with the direction normal to the front surface of the superconducting wire to illuminate the front surface; a color line sensor mainly receiving light reflected by the superconducting wire, and mainly receiving light diffused by the superconducting wire; and a computer accumulating and outputting a quantity of light received by the color line sensor. The apparatus can inspect with high sensitivity whether the superconducting wire has a defect or not.