Patent ID: 8534559

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a portable housing configured for standing on top of a flat surface with a front face bounded by a first side wall, a second side wall, a top wall and a bottom wall; a window on the portable housing; a first solid-state imager having an array of photosensitive elements for capturing light passing through the window and received from a first field of view; a second solid-state imager having an array of photosensitive elements for capturing light passing through the window and received from a second field of view; wherein the first field of view and the second field of view overlap with each other at a reference plane that is substantially parallel to the front face and located within a working distance of both the first solid-state imager and the second solid-state imager; and a circuit board located inside the portable housing configured to hold the first solid-state imager and the second solid-state imager thereon, the circuit board being substantially parallel to the front face.