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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2014
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Suguru Yokozawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuyuki Satoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuyuki Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Masato Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuichi Sakurada, Tokyo, JP;
Mamoru Yorimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuhiko Okada, Saitama, JP;
Daisaku Horikawa, Saitama, JP;
Masahiro Shigemoto, Saitama, JP;
Kazushi Takei, Tokyo, JP;
Hideaki Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Iwanami, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image capturing unit includes a sensor section that images a predetermined range including a subject; a reference chart section that is imaged by the sensor section with the subject; and an illumination light source that illuminates the subject and the reference chart section. The illumination light source is arranged at a position where a mirror reflection region that mirror reflects light entering from the illumination light source to the sensor section is outside a region of the subject and the reference chart section.