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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2015
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Shuichi Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Mitsuru Nakajima, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyoshi Sekiguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Haike Guan, Kanagawa, JP;
Soichiro Yokota, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A distance measuring device includes a plurality of image taking parts, a first distance information acquisition part that acquires distance information of an object for distance measuring from taken images that are taken by the plurality of image taking parts, an electromagnetic wave emission part that emits an electromagnetic wave, a reflected-wave receiving part that receives a reflected wave of an electromagnetic wave emitted from the electromagnetic wave emission part, and a second distance information acquisition part that acquires distance information of the object for distance measuring from a reflected wave received by the reflected-wave receiving part, wherein irradiation with an electromagnetic wave emitted from the electromagnetic wave emission part is executed under optical axes of the plurality of image taking parts.