Cleaning apparatus and cleaning method for an image sensor
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYohei Sato
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Abstract
A cleaning apparatus that includes a cleaning member and cleans a detection surface of a detection element included in a detection device includes a fixing unit configured to fix the detection device attached to the cleaning apparatus, an adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a position of the detection device with respect to the cleaning apparatus and a measurement unit configured to measure a position and an inclination of the detection element of the detection device.
Claims8
A cleaning apparatus that includes a cleaning member and cleans a detection surface of a detection element included in a detection device, the cleaning apparatus comprising:
- a fixing unit configured to fix the detection device attached to the cleaning apparatus;
- an adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a position of the detection device with respect to the cleaning apparatus, and including a plurality of stages, each stage having at least two axes and an opening portion for enabling the detection element to face the cleaning member;
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- a measurement unit configured to measure a position and an inclination of the detection element of the detection device.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores a program executable by a computer for serving as units of a cleaning apparatus that includes a cleaning member and cleans a detection surface of a detection element included in a detection device, the cleaning apparatus comprising:
- a fixing unit configured to fix the detection device attached to the cleaning apparatus;
- an adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a position of the detection device with respect to the cleaning apparatus, and including a plurality of stages, each stage having at least two axes and an opening portion for enabling the detection element to face the cleaning member;
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- a measurement unit configured to measure a position and an inclination of the detection element of the detection device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.