Patent ID: 11915565
Assignee: NEC PLATFORMS, LTD.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 7:
8. A commodity imaging method comprising:
placing a commodity on a roughly square placement surface; and
taking, by using an imaging apparatus disposed above one corner of the roughly square placement surface, an image of the commodity from obliquely above the commodity, in a state that a wall-like part extends so as to vertically extend upward from two sides forming the one corner and blocks external light,
wherein a first light source is provided in the wall-like part, the first light source provides light through the wall-like part, the wall-like part includes a light guiding plate, and the light guiding plate is composed of a plate that uniformly surface-emits light using light that is emitted from the first light source and enters the light guiding plate from the end face thereof.