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US 2014/0371589 A1Published application
Subject information obtaining apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTakaaki Nakabayashi
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Abstract
A subject information obtaining apparatus includes a shape detector configured to detect the shape of a holding member holding a subject and a shape controlling unit configured to control the shape of the holding member based on result of a detection by the shape detector.
Claims13
A subject information obtaining apparatus, comprising:
- a holder configured to hold a subject;
- a receiver configured to receive, through the holder, an elastic wave emitted from the subject held by the holder;
- at least one shape detector configured to detect a shape of the holder;
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- a shape controlling unit configured to control the shape of the holder based on a result of detection by the at least one shape detector.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.