Imaging device
US8137010B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 21, 2009 |
| Grant date | Mar 20, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 21, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03B17/00
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
In an imaging device 100, as a base 110 is moved from a certain position on an upper side of an imaging area SA to a different position on a left side of the imaging area SA, a camera head 150 is pivotally rotated together with a head-side arm 160 relative to a second arm 132. Such combination of the movement of the base 110 with the pivotal rotation of the camera head 150 changes the operation mode of the imaging device 100 from a first working mode to a second working mode and enables the imaging device 100 to take images in the second working mode. Regardless of the positional change of the base 110 from the position on the upper side of the imaging area SA to the position on the left side of the imaging area SA with the change of the operation mode of the imaging device 100 from the first working mode to the second working mode, an up-down positional relation in an imaging view field of an internal camera, which is incorporated in the camera head 150 and is operated to shoot downward and take an image of a shooting object sheet ST set in the imaging area SA, is kept unchanged relative to the shooting object sheet ST.
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