Patent ID: 8730538

Claim:
A method for cataloguing digital images of a plurality of objects, said method comprising: (a) providing an elongated pocketed belt with a plurality of pockets along the length of said belt; each of said pockets having a front wall and a back wall opposite said front wall; each of said pockets capable of holding at least one of said objects between said front wall and said back wall; each of said objects having a surface to be imaged; (b) providing said belt with an identifying marking for identifying at least one of said objects; (c) providing a scanner capable of capturing in a single exposure, for each of said objects, a digital image of each of said surfaces to be imaged of said objects, said scanner including (A) a digital camera viewing a target area along a line of sight, the field of view of said digital camera in said target area encompassing at least said surface to be imaged, and encompassing said identifying marking when said identifying marking passes through said target area, and (B) a light source for shining light on said target area; each of said front walls having a portion transparent to said light, said transparent portion being at least coextensive with said surface to be imaged of said object; (d) providing an automated drive mechanism for moving said belt past said target area with each of said pockets moving through said target area in succession; (e) obtaining the insertion of a plurality of said objects into said pockets on said belt; (f) feeding said belt through said target area using said drive mechanism; (g) capturing said digital images with said digital camera; (h) providing a computer system capable of recognizing said identifying marking; and (i) allowing said computer system to use said identifying marking to automatically perform a process selected from the group consisting of (A) placing at least one of said digital images in a particular computer folder, and (B) associating identifying information with at least one of said digital images.