Patent ID: 9118839
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: G06K,H04N

Abstract:
1. An imaging device for imaging a blood vessel pattern of a human body, the imaging device comprising: a surface region on which a part of the human body to be imaged is received; a plurality of light sources for radiating light toward the surface region; a light amount adjusting unit for adjusting an amount of light radiated from the plurality of light sources; an imaging unit for imaging the surface region; and a processing unit for processing information acquired from the imaging unit, and wherein the imaging unit is configured to take an image in accordance with light radiated by the plurality of light sources, and wherein the processing unit is configured to: detect a position of a part of the human body received on the surface region based on variation in an amount of light at the surface region due to interruption in the light radiated from the plurality of light sources, and initiate an adjustment of the amount of light radiated from at least part of the plurality of light sources by the light amount adjusting unit based on the position detected.