Patent Document ID: 20130307976
Application ID: 13983295
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. An apparatus comprising: an image pickup unit configured to image an object; an object discriminating unit configured to discriminate the object by using a plurality of images captured under a plurality of imaging conditions by the image pickup unit; a discriminable range generating unit configured to generate a discriminable range that is a range of the plurality of imaging conditions under which the object is discriminable by the object discriminating unit; an identification determination result range generating unit configured to generate an identification determination result range that is a range of the plurality of imaging conditions under which the discriminable range generating unit determines the objects are identical; an imaging condition setting rule generating unit configured to generate an imaging condition setting rule that is a rule for setting an imaging condition by using the discriminable range and the identification determination result range; and an imaging condition setting unit configured to set an imaging condition by using the imaging condition setting rule.