Imaging system, imaging method, and medium

An imaging method executed by an imaging system that includes an imaging device and an imaging control device including a processor and a memory configured to control operations of the imaging device,

• wherein the imaging device is installed on a mobile object to image an inspection target object while the mobile object is moving,
• wherein a side visible from the imaging device when the inspection target object is positioned in a forward direction with respect to a traveling direction of the mobile object is defined as a front surface of the inspection target object;
• a side visible from the imaging device when the mobile object is positioned in a sideward direction with respect to the traveling direction is defined as a side surface of the inspection target object;
• and a side visible from the imaging device when the mobile object is positioned in a backward direction with respect to the traveling direction is defined as a rear surface of the inspection target object,
• the imaging method comprising:
• causing the imaging device to image the front surface of the inspection target object, at a first timing when the inspection target object is positioned in the forward direction with respect to the traveling direction, to obtain a first captured image, and
• causing the imaging control device to control operations of the imaging device, to obtain a second captured image by imaging at least one of the side surface or the rear surface of the inspection target object, at a second timing when the inspection target object is positioned in at least one of the sideward direction or the backward direction with respect to the traveling direction.

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having computer-readable instructions stored thereon, which, when executed, cause an imaging control device in an imaging system that includes an imaging device and the imaging control device including a processor and a memory configured to control operations of the imaging device, to execute a process,

• wherein the imaging device is installed on a mobile object to image an inspection target object while the mobile object is moving,
• wherein a side visible from the imaging device when the inspection target object is positioned in a forward direction with respect to a traveling direction of the mobile object is defined as a front surface of the inspection target object;
• a side visible from the imaging device when the mobile object is positioned in a sideward direction with respect to the traveling direction is defined as a side surface of the inspection target object;
• and a side visible from the imaging device when the mobile object is positioned in a backward direction with respect to the traveling direction is defined as a rear surface of the inspection target object,
• the process comprising:
• causing the imaging device to image the front surface of the inspection target object, at a first timing when the inspection target object is positioned in the forward direction with respect to the traveling direction, to obtain a first captured image, and
• controlling operations of the imaging device, to obtain a second captured image by imaging at least one of the side surface or the rear surface of the inspection target object, at a second timing when the inspection target object is positioned in at least one of the sideward direction or the backward direction with respect to the traveling direction.