Patent ID: 7777808
Filing Date: 2010-08-17
Classification: G06K,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image capturing apparatus for capturing an image of an object by illuminating the object and receiving reflected light from the object, comprising: an image sensor for capturing the image by receiving the reflected light; an illumination mechanism for illuminating the object at the time of image capturing and disposed in the periphery of the image sensor: at least three distance-measuring light-emitting devices for irradiating the object with spot light and disposed on different positions of an outer position of the illumination mechanism; and a control circuit for driving the distance-measuring light-emitting devices, detecting the spot light positions of the distance-measuring light-emitting devices from the image captured by the image sensor, and obtaining a distance to the object and an inclination of the object from the detected positions, judging whether or not the object positions and the inclination are within an image capturing range, and driving the illumination mechanism to capture the image of the object by the image sensor.