Patent ID: 8110790

Claim:
A system for imaging an object comprising: a. a surface for receiving an object to be imaged; b. an image device comprising: i. a housing; ii. a lens mounted in said housing for focusing light reflected from an object on said surface; iii. a linear image sensor positioned in said housing radially outward from an axis normal to said surface and passing through said lens; iv. a plurality of mirrors, each mirror rotatably coupled to a pivot axis and positioned so as to direct light passing through said lens from an object onto said linear image sensor; and c. a processor coupled to said linear image sensor for reading an output signal from individual pixels in said linear image sensor based on an intensity of said output signal from each of said individual pixels, wherein each said mirror is independently moveable about its said pivot axis with respect to said linear image sensor along a path generally perpendicular to said linear image sensor so that objects of different heights on said surface can be focused onto respective different portions of said linear image sensor.