Patent ID: 7477399
Filing Date: 2009-01-13
Classification: G01B

Abstract:
1. An inner surface measuring apparatus comprising: a low coherent light source that outputs low coherent light; a low coherent light dividing section that divides one portion of the low coherent light outputted from the low coherent light source in to two; a light path length adjusting section that adjusts a light path length of one of the low coherent lights divided by the low coherent light dividing section; a straight rod shaped probe that irradiates the other of the low coherent lights divided by the low coherent light dividing section from a front end section onto a measurement object arranged in a direction intersecting with the lengthwise direction of the probe; a low coherent light multiplexing section that multiplexes a low coherent light that returns having been reflected on the measurement object with the one low coherent light whose light path length has been adjusted by the light path length adjusting section; a light detector that detects the multiplexed low coherent light; a rotation mechanism that relatively rotates the probe and the measurement object about an axis along the lengthwise direction of the probe; an illumination light source that outputs illumination light; an illumination light multiplexing section that is arranged between the probe and the low coherent light multiplexing section and that receives the illumination light from the illumination light source along an optical axis of the low coherent light; a light dividing section that divides the illumination light reflected on the measurement object from the low coherent light; an image pickup device that picks up the divided reflected light which is separated from the low coherent light by the light dividing section; and a display device that displays an image obtained by the image pickup device.