Patent ID: 8885066

Claim:
An image capturing method for capturing images of a plurality of persons having a first person in a first row seat of a vehicle placed a distance from a second person in a second row seat of the vehicle, the method comprising: shining a first light on the plurality of persons during a first period of time, wherein the first light is shone with more intensity on the first person in the first row seat of the vehicle than the second person in the second row seat of the vehicle; capturing a first image of the plurality of persons during the first period of time; terminating the shining of the first light on the plurality of persons after the capturing of the first image; shining a second light on the plurality of persons during a second period of time after the terminating, wherein the second light is shone with more intensity on the second person in the second row seat of the vehicle than the first person in the first row seat of the vehicle; capturing a second image of the plurality of persons during the second period of time; determining that the first person is in the first row seat of the vehicle and the second person is in the second row seat of the vehicle based on one or more brightness differences of the first person and the second person in the first image and the second image; in response to the determining, extracting a first final image of the first row of the vehicle including the first person from the first image, and excluding the second row of the vehicle having the second person from the first image; and in response to the determining, extracting a second final image of the second row of the vehicle including the second person from the second image, and excluding the first row of the vehicle having the first person from the second image.