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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2007
Kazutaka Ito, Nagoya, JP;
Mitsunari Kanou, Seto, JP;
Kazutaka Ito, Nagoya, JP;
Mitsunari Kanou, Seto, JP;
Hitachi-Omrom Terminal Solutions, Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A device includes a supporting mechanism which movably supports a living body, light sources which emit near infrared rays, an imaging unit which picks up venous images of the living body with light emitted from the light sources and an image processing unit which processes venous images picked up by the imaging unit, wherein the imaging unit picks up a plurality of still images consecutively from the living body which travels supported by the supporting mechanism and the image processing unit forms an image pattern of the living body by subjecting the obtained plurality of still images to processing.