A three-dimensional image capturing device has a center LED and peripheral
LEDs which are arranged around the center LED. The center LED and
peripheral LEDs irradiate distance measuring light beams to a measurement
subject. The distance measurement light beams are reflected by a surface
of the measurement subject, and the reflected light beams are received by
an imaging device, so that distances from the imaging device to the
measurement subject are sensed in accordance with the received light
amount. The irradiation timings of the center LED and the peripheral LEDs
are adjusted, in such a manner that, when the measurement subject is a
flat plane parallel to the light receiving surface of the imaging device,
the reflected light beams from all of the LEDs are simultaneously
received by the imaging device.