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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2013
Hiroshi Matsumoto, Saitama, JP;
Nobuyuki Satoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuyuki Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Mamoru Yorimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Masato Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuichi Sakurada, Tokyo, JP;
Suguru Yokozawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuhiko Okada, Saitama, JP;
Tomokazu Kanzawa, Saitama, JP;
Daisaku Horikawa, Saitama, JP;
Hiroshi Matsumoto, Saitama, JP;
Nobuyuki Satoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuyuki Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Mamoru Yorimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Masato Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuichi Sakurada, Tokyo, JP;
Suguru Yokozawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuhiko Okada, Saitama, JP;
Tomokazu Kanzawa, Saitama, JP;
Daisaku Horikawa, Saitama, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image capturing device includes a sensor unit that captures a predetermined range including a subject; a reference chart that is captured by the sensor unit together with the subject; an illumination light source that illuminates the subject and the reference chart; a lens member including one or more lenses arranged in an optical path of reflected light extending from the subject and the reference chart to the sensor unit; and a lens moving unit that moves at least one lens of the lens member so as to change a position thereof in a direction along the optical path.