Patent ID: 7564990

Claim:
An illumination system for use in capturing digital images of body features, where the images represent a plurality of views selected to reveal a condition of three or more attributes of those features, comprising: a first light source; a light baffle for receiving at an entry of a first channel light flux from the first light source; a first reflector element associated with the first channel for receiving light from the first light source and redirecting it to the plane of an imaging station at a grazing angle of ten to thirty degrees; a second light source, the light baffle receiving at an entry of a second channel the light flux from the second light source; and a second reflector element associated with the second channel for receiving light from the second light source and redirecting to the plane of the imaging station at a grazing angle of ten to thirty degrees; wherein the first light source, light baffle and first reflector element are configured so that the imaging station receives from the first light source substantially only a flux of light that has been reflected by the first reflector element; and wherein the second light source, light baffle and second reflector element are configured so that the imaging station receives from the second light source substantially only a flux of light that has been reflected by the second reflector element.