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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2012
Toshinobu Tokita, Kyoto, JP;
Toshinobu Tokita, Kyoto, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A light irradiating apparatus is used, which is characterized by having: a probe including an irradiating unit which guides light to an object, a housing containing the irradiating unit, and a touch sensor acquiring a contact condition amount between the object and the housing; and a controller controlling irradiation with light from the irradiating unit based on a level of the contact condition amount and a change in the contact condition amount, wherein in a case where the contact condition amount is equal to or more than a first reference value while the change in the contact condition amount which occurs when the housing is pressed against the object is a positive value, the controller performs a control which enables irradiation with light from the irradiating unit when the change in the contact condition amount is equal to or more than a second reference value.