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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2010
Hideaki Hirai, Kanagawa, JP;
Shin Aoki, Kanagawa, JP;
Masanori Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Xue LI, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryosuke Kasahara, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideaki Hirai, Kanagawa, JP;
Shin Aoki, Kanagawa, JP;
Masanori Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Xue Li, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryosuke Kasahara, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An object identifying apparatus is disclosed, including: an imaging part, and an object identification processing part. The imaging part receives two polarized lights having a different polarization direction included in light reflected from the object existing in the image pickup area and captures two polarization images. The object identification processing part conducts an identification process for identifying the object existing at a place corresponding to each of multiple process areas in the image pickup area by using the two polarization images captured by the imaging part.