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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2010
Hideo Isobe, Tokyo, JP;
Ryoichi Arai, Yokohama, JP;
Takahiro Ikeda, Yokosuka, JP;
Noriyuki Yamane, Tokyo, JP;
Hideo Isobe, Tokyo, JP;
Ryoichi Arai, Yokohama, JP;
Takahiro Ikeda, Yokosuka, JP;
Noriyuki Yamane, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An ultrasonic transducer is provided with a distance measuring ultrasonic sensor for detecting a distance between the ultrasonic transducer and a surface of an inspection object and an inclination of the ultrasonic transducer with respect to the surface of the inspection object, to control the distance and the inclination of the ultrasonic transducer with respect to the inspection object based on information detected by the distance measuring ultrasonic sensor, and at least part of ultrasonic wave transmission/reception by the distance measuring ultrasonic sensor is performed during execution of aperture synthesis processing during which transmission/reception by the ultrasonic transducer is not performed.