Patent ID: 7336431

Claim:
A device, comprising: a light source; a first guiding unit that guides the light from the light source to an object at prescribed incident angles including a first incident angle and a second incident angle, the first guiding unit including a reflection unit and a moving unit, the reflection unit including a reflective mirror and a unit that varies the orientation of the reflective mirror, and the moving unit performing a function of moving the reflective mirror of the reflection unit in a first direction; a signal generating unit that receives light and that generates an image signal based on the received light; a second guiding unit that guides the light reflected from the object to the signal generating unit; and a control unit that controls the first guiding unit to guide the light from the light source to the object at least two different incident angles including the first incident angle and the second incident angle, and controls the signal generating unit to generate image signals for the at least two different incident angles, the control unit causing the first guiding unit to control the reflection unit to vary the orientation of the reflective mirror so that the light from the light source illuminates a fixed position on the object while the reflective mirror is moved in the first direction, wherein the device operates in a first mode for obtaining the colors of an object and a second mode for obtaining the texture of an object.