Patent ID: 8823801

Claim:
A digital X ray capture device comprising: a hollow housing; a plurality of LED's; a film tray; an image array camera; an LED dimming control; a timing circuit; a micro-processor; a power supply; an on-off switch; a plurality of function indicating lights; custom computer software; said hollow housing being essentially rectangular in shape; said hollow housing including a front slot and inside ledges capable of removably inserting said film tray; said film tray being made of rigid transparent material; said LED's mounted in a uniform array to the inside bottom of said hollow housing and facing upward to evenly illuminate a sheet of film that is placed in said film tray; said image array camera affixed to the inside of said housing and in line with the image of said X ray film sheet; said image array camera capable of receiving and capturing an image of a standard photographic X ray film that is placed in said film tray and is illuminated by said LED array and said image directed into said camera; said micro-processor capable of receiving said image and sending it to an external standard computer device that is loaded with said custom computer software suitable for manipulating said image; all said internal electric components powered by said power supply; said power supply controlled by said on-off switch; said image receiving and capturing functions signaled as they occur by said function indicating lights and further including a mirror angled at forty-five degrees and mounted inside the upper front portion of said hollow rectangular housing; said mirror directing said X ray film image to said camera; said camera mounted in a horizontal orientation at the rear portion of said hollow rectangular housing.