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US 12,691,471 B2Granted
Object imaging apparatus and object recognition apparatus
AssigneePfu Limited
InventorsKenichi Fukuda, Nozomi Ogi
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Abstract
An object imaging apparatus includes a housing, a light source inside the housing, a first reflector inside the housing to diffusely reflect light from the light source, a second reflector inside the housing to guide at least a part of light from the light source to the first reflector, and an imager to image an object irradiated with the light from the first reflector. A diffuse reflectance of the first reflector is higher than a diffuse reflectance of the second reflector.
Claims10
An object imaging apparatus, comprising:
- a housing;
- a light source inside the housing;
- a first reflector inside the housing to diffusely reflect light from the light source;
- a second reflector inside the housing to guide at least a part of light from the light source to the first reflector;
- and
- an imager to image an object irradiated with the light from the first reflector,
- wherein a diffuse reflectance of the first reflector is higher than a diffuse reflectance of the second reflector.
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