Patent ID: 6975360

Claim:
A digital camera configured to obtain an image of a document, said camera comprising: a first light source for illuminating said document in a first image capture operation of said camera; a second light source for illuminating said document in a second image capture operation of said camera; an imaging detector for capturing an image of said document from said first and second image capture operations, said imaging detector being arranged in first and second portions; a controller for controlling said imaging detector, said controller being configured to collect an image of only a first portion of said illuminated document during said first image capture operation thereby providing first image data, and to collect an image of only a second portion of said illuminated document during said second image capture operation thereby providing second image data; a memory for storing said first and second image data; and a processor for processing said first and second image data so as to obtain a final image data of said document produced from said first and second image data.