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Title:
An imaging method, a program, and an imaging device
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP5979982
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
An image pickup method includes dividing a surface shape of an object into a plurality of areas, approximating a surface of each of the plurality of areas to a plane, and calculating a slope of the plane, grouping the plurality of areas into m groups so that slopes of planes corresponding to the areas belonging to the same group fall within a permissible range, tilting a stage configured to hold the object so that all slopes of planes belonging to a group k of the m groups can fall within a depth of focus where k is an integer selected from 1 to m, making image sensors corresponding to the areas belonging to the group k among the plurality of image sensors, capture images of the object, and repeating tilting and caputing from k=1 to k=m.

Inventors:
Miyoko Kawashima
Application Number:
JP2012120564A
Publication Date:
August 31, 2016
Filing Date:
May 28, 2012
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Assignee:
Canon Inc
International Classes:
G02B7/28; G03B13/36; H04N5/222; H04N5/232
Domestic Patent References:
JP2011209573A
JP2011150277A
JP2002535717A
JP2010101959A
JP2004191959A
JP2011053362A
JP2007334583A
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Ryosuke Fujimoto
Atsushi Mizumoto
Hirayama Tomoya