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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2016
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuo Yamashita, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Sawaguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Fumiko Sakoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Soichiro Yokota, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiichiroh Saitoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Tadashi Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A distance measuring device includes a first measurer, a second distance measurer, and circuitry. The first distance measurer measures a distance to a target object; and outputs first distance information indicating a measured distance when the distance measurement is performed under a condition that satisfies a distance measurement condition, but outputs the first distance information indicating a predetermined value when the distance measurement is performed under a condition that does not satisfy the distance measurement condition. The second distance measurer measures a distance to the target object and outputs second distance information indicating the measured distance. When the first distance information indicates the predetermined value and the second distance information satisfies a predetermined condition, the circuitry makes alteration such that the distance measurement condition is relaxed. When the distance measurement condition is altered, the first distance measurer measures a distance to the target object again.