Patent ID: 7567287

Claim:
An apparatus that can be manipulated to provide a plurality of views to a single camera module, comprising: a cylindrical rotating prism assembly that permits light to pass through and can be rotated about its vertical axis; a first reflective surface for reflecting the field of view of a lens assembly 90° along the vertical axis of the cylindrical rotating prism assembly, the first reflective surface coupled with the cylindrical rotating prism assembly to form a 45° angle with the top surface area of the cylindrical rotating prism assembly; a camera module positioned directly beneath and along the vertical axis of the cylindrical rotating prism assembly to capture an image reflected by the first reflective surface along the vertical axis of the cylindrical rotating prism assembly; an illumination source positioned directly above the cylindrical rotating prism assembly for emitting an illumination beam along the vertical axis of the cylindrical rotating prism assembly; and a second reflective surface coupled with the first reflective surface wherein the first and second reflective surfaces form a 90° angle at their intersection such that the illumination beam emitted by the illumination source is re-directed 90° through an illumination aperture that is positioned in-line with the lens assembly and illuminates the field of view of the lens assembly.