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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2013
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Toshinobu Tokita, Kyoto, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/0095 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided an object information acquiring apparatus that includes: an optical system forming light from a light source; an emission end emitting the light; a diffuser panel diffusing the emitted light; a spacer defining a distance between the diffuser panel and an object; a receiver receiving an acoustic wave generated from the object to which the light is emitted; and a processor acquiring information on inside of the object on the basis of the acoustic wave.