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US 2024/0245298 A1Published application
Optical safety device
AssigneeCanon U.S.A., Inc.
InventorBadr Elmaanaoui
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a wavelength swept light source to generate a measurement beam, a scanner to move the measurement beam on a sample, a measurement device to measure the sample, and a safety device to stop the light source based on sweeping status of the light source.
Claims31
An apparatus comprising:
- a wavelength swept light source to generate a measurement beam;
- a scanner to move the measurement beam on a sample;
- a measurement device to measure the sample;
- and
- a safety device to stop the light source based on sweeping status of the light source.
2 more elements
A method for an apparatus comprising:
- generating a measurement beam with a wavelength swept light source;
- scanning a sample by moving the measurement beam on the sample;
- measuring the sample with a measurement device;
- and
- causing a safety device to stop the light source based on sweeping status of the light source.
2 more elements
A storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a method for an apparatus, the method comprising:
- generating a measurement beam with a wavelength swept light source;
- scanning a sample by moving the measurement beam on the sample;
- measuring the sample with a measurement device;
- and
- causing a safety device to stop the light source based on sweeping status of the light source.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.