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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2009
Masami Sugimori, Yamato, JP;
Masami Sugimori, Yamato, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image pickup system causes a first illumination unit to emit light toward a subject at a first angle without causing a second illumination unit for emitting light toward the subject at a second angle different from the first angle, and causes an image pickup unit to capture the image of the subject so as to obtain a first captured image. The image pickup system causes the second illumination unit to emit light without causing the first illumination unit to emit light, and causes the image pickup unit to capture the image of the subject so as to obtain a second captured image. The image pickup system associates the first captured image with the second captured image.