Patent ID: 8050468
Filing Date: 2011-11-01
Classification: A61B,G01B,G06K

Abstract:
1. An item acquisition system comprising: two or more cameras directed at a location for a target; one or more light sources associated with each camera and directed at the location; a marker directed at the location; and a processor connected to the cameras, the light sources and the marker; and wherein: at least two cameras have different directions relative to each other; each light source has a direction different than the direction of the camera with which the respective light source is associated; the cameras are for acquiring a series of images of a target; the cameras change focus during the acquiring a series of images of a target; some images of the series of images have areas of the target within focus; the areas showing the target within focus are cut out from the images; and the areas cut out from the images are stitched together into a focused image of much or virtually all of the target.