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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
May. 16, 2012
Miyoko Kawashima, Haga-gun, JP;
Tomochika Murakami, Ichikawa, JP;
Miyoko Kawashima, Haga-gun, JP;
Tomochika Murakami, Ichikawa, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging system includes: an imaging unit that divides an imaging area of a subject into a plurality of blocks and captures images of the blocks; an image processing unit that merges the images of the respective blocks captured by the imaging unit to generate an entire image; a measuring unit that measures a plurality of points on the subject to acquire measured data before an image of the subject is captured by the imaging unit; and a dividing position adjusting unit that adjusts dividing positions of the subject based on the measured data of the measuring points acquired by the measuring unit so that boundaries of the blocks are arranged at positions having smaller spatial variations in values of the measured data. The imaging unit captures an image of each block according to the dividing positions adjusted by the dividing position adjusting unit.