IP Library Granted Patent US 10,225,448
Granted Patent B2
US 10,225,448 · App. 15/826,599 · Granted Mar 5, 2019

Image acquisition system

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Patent No.
US 10,225,448
App. No.
15/826,599
Granted
Mar 5, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is an image acquisition system according to the present invention includes: a display device that has a display surface on which an image is displayed; a dome-shaped reflective member that is disposed so as to cover at least a part of the display surface of the display device, that includes a reflective surface reflecting light from the display surface, on an inner surface thereof, and has a through-hole that passes between an interior and an exterior; and a photographing device that photographs light radiated from the display surface via the through-hole, while a subject is disposed at a position between the reflective member and the display surface.

Claims (11)

1. An image acquisition system comprising:

a display device that includes a display surface on which an image is displayed;

a dome-shaped reflective member that is disposed so as to cover at least a part of the display surface of the display device, that includes a reflective surface reflecting light from the display surface, on an inner surface thereof, and that has a through-hole that passes between an interior and an exterior; and

a photographing device that photographs light radiated from the display surface via the through-hole, while a subject is disposed at a position between the reflective member and the display surface.

2. The image acquisition system according to claim 1 , wherein

the photographing device includes a sending unit that sends an acquired image, and

the display device includes: an illumination region that emits illumination light; a receiving unit that receives the image sent by the sending unit; and a display region that displays the image received by the receiving unit.

3. The image acquisition system according to claim 2 , wherein the display device includes: an editor unit that enables a user to set an illumination image to be displayed on the illumination region; and a display control unit that displays the illumination image set by the editor unit, on the illumination region.

4. The image acquisition system according to claim 2 , wherein the display device includes: a storage unit that stores a plurality of illumination images to be displayed on the illumination region; and a display control unit that displays one of the illumination images stored in the storage unit, on the illumination region, in an alternatively switching manner.

5. The image acquisition system according to claim 2 , wherein the illumination region includes: a background illumination region that is disposed at a position containing an angular field of the photographing device and at which the subject is disposed; and a reflected illumination region that is disposed around the background illumination region.

6. The image acquisition system according to claim 5 , comprising a shielding member that demarcates a boundary between the background illumination region and the reflected illumination region.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2023
From: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
To: EVIDENT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062902/0423 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 29, 2017
From: HORIE, TAKUJI; MIYOSHI, TAKASHI; ISHII, KENSUKE; SHINOZAKI, ARATA; MATSUMOTO, SAORI; WATANABE, NOBUYUKI; FUKUDA, HIROYUKI
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044254/0598 →