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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2021
Koichi Kudo, Kanagawa, JP;
Aiko Ohtsuka, Tokyo, JP;
Masuyoshi Yachida, Tokyo, JP;
Hanako Bando, Ibaraki, JP;
Koichi Kudo, Kanagawa, JP;
Aiko Ohtsuka, Tokyo, JP;
Masuyoshi Yachida, Tokyo, JP;
Hanako Bando, Ibaraki, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus for controlling an image capturing process for a robot that moves in a predetermined site to capture an image of a target object. The information processing apparatus includes a memory that stores a plurality of reference images that are captured images of the target object installed in the site, the captured images being obtained at a specific image capturing position and showing different appearances of the target object, such that each of the plurality of reference images is associated with an image capturing condition of the target object. Further, there is an image capturing control unit that captures an image of the target object by using the robot moved to the specific image capturing position, and an image capturing condition setting unit that sets an image capturing condition of the target object, based on the captured image of the target object and the stored reference images.