Patent ID: 7672479
Filing Date: 2010-03-02
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. A camera assembly for use in a mail processing system, the camera assembly comprising a camera with a line of view via an aperture toward a viewing station in the mail processing system, the mail processing system being configured to transport a mail item through the viewing station in a direction which is substantially perpendicular to the line of view of the camera, the camera assembly comprising a plurality of lighting components configured to project light toward the viewing station, the plurality of lighting components being disposed to project light toward the viewing station such that the light does not travel via the aperture, each of the plurality of lighting components being configured to project light toward the viewing station at a substantially precise acute angle of at least twenty degrees from the line of view, the plurality of lighting components comprising first and second groups of lighting components oriented to project light toward the viewing station at respective first and second angles, the first angle being different than the second angle.