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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2008
Applicants:
Shoji Hirata, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazutoshi Nomoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Shoji Hirata, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazutoshi Nomoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 9/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A vibration detection device that includes a light source that emits a laser beam; an interferometer, which includes two vibrating bodies that are capable of reflecting the laser beam, that splits the laser beam to cause interference patterns; and a detector that detects vibrations on the basis of the interference patterns.