摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technique to control another apparatus while illuminating an object and superposing control information on the illuminating light. <P>SOLUTION: The image photographing system comprises: a master apparatus equipped with a photographing means for photographing the object and a light source for illuminating the object; and a slave apparatus equipped with a light receiving means for receiving the illuminating light emitted from the light source. The master apparatus includes a light source control means for adding the control information prepared for the control of the slave apparatus to the illuminating light to be emitted from the light source upon photographing by the photographing means. The slave apparatus includes: an extracting means for extracting the control information from the illuminating light received by the light receiving means; and a control means for controlling the slave apparatus, based on the control information extracted by the extracting means. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT |