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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2009
Applicants:
Naoki Koike, Ebina, JP;
Kimihiro Wakabayashi, Ebina, JP;
Hiroyuki Hotta, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G01C 3/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A group of light spots dispersed and disposed three-dimensionally to be disposed not in one plane on an object-to-be-measured are shot by a camera. A position and an attitude of the object-to-be-measured are recognized based on an optical image representing each of the light spots included on a shot image by the camera.