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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2012
Setsu Yamamoto, Yokohama, JP;
Takahiro Miura, Yokohama, JP;
Jun Semboshi, Yokohama, JP;
Makoto Ochiai, Yokohama, JP;
Satoshi Nagai, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazumi Watanabe, Yokohama, JP;
Tadahiro Mitsuhashi, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroyuki Adachi, Machida, JP;
Satoshi Yamamoto, Kawaguchi, JP;
Junichi Takabayashi, Yokohama, JP;
Masaru Otsuka, Ota-Ku, JP;
Setsu Yamamoto, Yokohama, JP;
Takahiro Miura, Yokohama, JP;
Jun Semboshi, Yokohama, JP;
Makoto Ochiai, Yokohama, JP;
Satoshi Nagai, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazumi Watanabe, Yokohama, JP;
Tadahiro Mitsuhashi, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroyuki Adachi, Machida, JP;
Satoshi Yamamoto, Kawaguchi, JP;
Junichi Takabayashi, Yokohama, JP;
Masaru Otsuka, Ota-Ku, JP;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An ultrasonic flaw detector including an ultrasonic probe for emitting an ultrasonic wave on an object to be inspected and receiving a reflected ultrasonic wave from the object, a drive element control unit for controlling a plurality of ultrasonic elements to emit an ultrasonic wave from the ultrasonic probe and to control a reflected ultrasonic wave from the object, and a calculation unit for obtaining, by using a refraction angle of the ultrasonic wave at a time of the ultrasonic wave entering the object, an incident position of the ultrasonic wave on a surface of the object, and a surface shape of a surface of the object at the incident position, the incident angle of the ultrasonic wave entering the incident position, and obtaining a plurality of ultrasonic elements to be driven, based on the incident position and the incident angle.