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Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2014

Filed:

Dec. 04, 2008
Applicants:

Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Kanagawa, JP;

Kiyohiro Maeda, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventors:

Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Kanagawa, JP;

Kiyohiro Maeda, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A62B 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Provided is a position specifying system including: a light irradiation section that irradiates light to different positions of a physical body respectively; an image capturing section that captures images of an object existing inside the physical body, by means of the light irradiated to the different positions; and a position specifying section that specifies a depth of the object from a surface of the physical body onto which the light from the light irradiation section is irradiated, based on a difference in the images captured by the image capturing section.


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