Apparatus for measuring magnetic sources
First Claim
1. An apparatus for measuring a magnetic source existing in an object to be examined and producing a magnetic field outside the object, the apparatus comprising:
- means for detecting the magnetic field, the detecting means having a sensing portion adapted to be placed in proximity with the object and including an observing plane consisting of a plurality of sensing blocks each containing at least three sensing planes on which a magnetic sensor is mounted, normal directions to the sensing planes being different from each other,means for evaluating three-dimensionally intensities of the magnetic field at a given plurality of evaluation positions on the observing plane using the magnetic field detected by the detecting means; and
means for obtaining positional information and quantity information of the magnetic source using the intensities of the magnetic field evaluated by the evaluating means.
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Abstract
There is provided an apparatus for measuring magnetic sources that exist in an object and produce magnetic fields outside the object. The apparatus comprises an element for detecting the magnetic fields which has a sensing portion placed in proximity with the object and adapted to incorporate an observing plane. The observing plane consists of a plurality of sensing blocks each containing at least three sensing planes on which a magnetic sensor is each mounted. The normal directions of the sensing planes are different from each other. The apparatus further comprises an element for evaluating three-dimensionally the intensities of other magnetic fields at given evaluation positions on the basis of values of the magnetic fields at the detecting element, and an element for obtaining data of the magnetic sources on the basis of the intensities of the other magnetic fields evaluated by the evaluation element.
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29 Claims
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1. An apparatus for measuring a magnetic source existing in an object to be examined and producing a magnetic field outside the object, the apparatus comprising:
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means for detecting the magnetic field, the detecting means having a sensing portion adapted to be placed in proximity with the object and including an observing plane consisting of a plurality of sensing blocks each containing at least three sensing planes on which a magnetic sensor is mounted, normal directions to the sensing planes being different from each other, means for evaluating three-dimensionally intensities of the magnetic field at a given plurality of evaluation positions on the observing plane using the magnetic field detected by the detecting means; and means for obtaining positional information and quantity information of the magnetic source using the intensities of the magnetic field evaluated by the evaluating means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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