Patent ID: 7530497

Claim:
A digital image capturing and processing system comprising: a system housing; a digital image capturing and processing module, including a plurality of coplanar illumination and imaging stations, disposed in said housing; and an integrated electronic weigh scale module disposed in said system housing and having a load cell that is centrally located with respect to said digital image capturing and processing module; wherein said digital image capturing and processing module electrically interfaces with said integrated electronic weigh scale module by way of touch-fit electrical inter-connectors that automatically establish all electrical interconnections between said digital image capturing and processing module and said integrated electronic weigh scale module when said digital image capturing and processing module is placed onto said integrated electronic weigh scale module, and said electronic load cell bears the weight of said digital image capturing and processing module; wherein said digital image capturing and processing module has a thin tablet form factor, and can be removed from said integrated electronic weigh scale module during maintenance operations, so as to reveal said centrally located load cell, and said touch-fit electrical inter-connectors.