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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2022
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Nec Platforms, Ltd., Kawasaki, JP;
Masahiro Oomine, Kanagawa, JP;
Daisuke Shimada, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsumi Kayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuta Komamura, Kanagawa, JP;
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
NEC Platforms, Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus includes: a camera that captures a target; an illuminator that applies illumination light in response to capturing is performed by the camera; and an illumination range change unit that changes an illumination range of the illuminator based on a position of the target. According to the information processing apparatus, the target can be properly illuminated with the illumination light based on the position of the target, and it is thus possible to acquire the image of the target, more properly, even when the position of the target in the capturing is changed, for example.