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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2012
Filed:
May. 15, 2007
Kazuhiko Amano, Tokyo-to, JP;
Koichi Shimizu, Sapporo, JP;
Kazuhiko Amano, Tokyo-to, JP;
Koichi Shimizu, Sapporo, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, JP;
Abstract
A biological information acquisition device that acquires information from a biological body by irradiating the biological body with light, the device comprises: a light source irradiating the biological body with light; a plurality of light receiving elements receiving one of passed light and reflected light from the biological body irradiated with light by the light source; and an inhomogeneous neutral density filter disposed on the plurality of light receiving elements and in a light path of one of passed light and reflected light. An optical transmittance of the inhomogeneous neutral density filter is set so that intensity of each light component received by light receiving elements is evened out as a whole.