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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021

Filed:

Oct. 07, 2016
Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Tadashi Hayashi, Yokohama, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 1/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); G01B 11/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 1/0014 (2013.01); B25J 9/1697 (2013.01); G01B 11/002 (2013.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06T 7/74 (2017.01); G06T 2207/10152 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30164 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30204 (2013.01);
Abstract

An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit to image an object, an illuminating unit to irradiate light to the object, the illuminating unit having a first light source and a second light source, and a controlling unit. The controlling unit executes a first imaging process for obtaining a first image acquired by imaging, by repetitively executing an imaging operation by imaging the object in a state in which the first light source is off and the second light source is on, during conveyance of the object, a second imaging process for obtaining a second image by imaging the object in a state in which the first light source is on during the conveyance of the object, and a changing-over process for setting a timing for switching from the first imaging process to the second imaging process, on the basis of the first image acquired by imaging.


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