Patent ID: 6414713
Filing Date: 2002-07-02
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
An image pickup system comprising:a box-like body device within which an object whose image to be picked up is placeable; and an image pickup device for picking up the image of the object placed within said box-like body device; wherein said box-like body device comprises: illumining means, provided within said box-like body device, for illumining the object placed within the box-like body device on a front side of the object from above; holding means, provided on said box-like body device, for holding said image pickup device; mirror means, including a reflective surface attached obliquely above the object within said box-like body device, for reflecting a top image of the object toward said image pickup device; and a mechanism, provided between said image pickup device and said holding means, for: (i) moving said image pickup device to a first position where said image pickup device faces the front side of the object placed within said box-like body device, and causing said holding means to hold said image pickup device at the first position when said image pickup device picks up a front image of the object, and (ii) moving said image pickup device to a second position where said image pickup device faces the reflective surface of said mirror means, and causing said holding means to hold said image pickup device at the second position when said image pickup device picks up the top image of the object.