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Granted Patent B2
US 10,866,331 · App. 16/578,523 · Granted Dec 15, 2020

X-ray inspection apparatus

Inventors: Naoya Saito (Kanagawa, JP); Itaru Miyazaki (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: ANRITSU INFIVIS CO., LTD.
G01T1/2964G01N23/083G01T1/2018G21K1/02H05G1/10
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Patent No.
US 10,866,331
App. No.
16/578,523
Granted
Dec 15, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is an X-ray inspection apparatus that can inspect an object to be inspected with high sensitivity by using a multiple-stage X-ray sensor without widening a slit of a collimator, and can prevent the apparatus from becoming large-sized due to prevention of X-ray leakage. An X-ray inspection apparatus includes an X-ray irradiation portion having an X-ray tube generating an X-ray, an X-ray sensor having detection element arrays in a plurality of stages in a carrying direction, the detection element arrays each formed of a plurality of detection elements linearly arranged in a main scanning direction orthogonal to the carrying direction on a plane parallel to the carrying surface of an object to be inspected, a collimator restricting an X-ray irradiation region for the X-ray sensor, and an imaging condition input section that designates one or more detection element arrays to be used for inspection.

Claims (8)

1. An X-ray inspection apparatus that irradiates a carried object to be inspected with an X-ray, and inspects the object to be inspected on the basis of a transmission amount of the X-ray transmitted through the object to be inspected, the X-ray inspection apparatus comprising:

an X-ray irradiation portion that has an X-ray tube generating the X-ray;

an X-ray sensor that has detection element arrays in a plurality of stages in a carrying direction, the detection element arrays each formed of a plurality of detection elements linearly arranged in a main scanning direction orthogonal to the carrying direction on a plane parallel to a carrying surface of the object to be inspected and detecting the X-ray;

a collimator that restricts an irradiation region of the X-ray for the X-ray sensor; and

at least one processor configured to designate one or more detection element arrays to be used for inspection in the irradiation region restricted by the collimator.

2. The X-ray inspection apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a display that displays a detection amount of X-rays detected by the detection element arrays in the plurality of stages.

3. The X-ray inspection apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to determine the one or more detection element arrays to be used for the inspection on the basis of a graph indicating detection amounts of X-rays detected by the detection element arrays in the plurality of stages for the carrying direction.

Assignments (2)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Apr 21, 2021
From: ANRITSU INFIVIS CO., LTD.
To: ANRITSU CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055992/0294 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 23, 2019
From: SAITO, NAOYA; MIYAZAKI, ITARU
To: ANRITSU INFIVIS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 050457/0348 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-193331 · Oct 12, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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