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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2013
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshihiko Iwase, Kyoto, JP;
Tomoyuki Makihira, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhide Miyata, Yokohama, JP;
Ritsuya Tomita, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroyuki Shinbata, Tama, JP;
Daisuke Kibe, Chigasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging apparatus includes a planar image acquisition unit configured to acquire a planar image of a subject, a tomographic image acquisition unit configured to acquire a tomographic image of the subject, and a polarization adjustment member disposed in a common optical path of a portion of an optical system in the planar image acquisition unit and a portion of an optical system in the tomographic image acquisition unit and configured to adjust polarization states of a measuring beam for the planar image and a measuring beam for the tomographic image.