Patent ID: 7343091

Claim:
An imaging device comprising: a camera head that images an imaging-area of a table on which an imaging-object is laid; an illumination unit that illuminates the imaging-area; an illumination unit holding arm that holds the illumination unit on the table such that the illumination unit can take a main attitude where the illumination unit illuminates the imaging-area from above the table and a sub attitude where the illumination unit gets close to a top surface of the table; and a stage forming member that is mounted on imaging-area in a manner opposed to the camera head, the stage forming member forming a stage, on which an imaging-object can be laid, apart from a top surface of the table, and the stage including a translucent portion that allows for transmission of light, wherein the illumination unit irradiates interior of the stage forming member with light when the illumination unit takes the sub attitude.