Patent ID: 8786765

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a camera housing having an aperture; a camera having an imaging axis, the camera is disposed in the housing with a lens of the camera disposed adjacent the aperture providing a field of view extending outwards from the housing through the aperture, around the imaging axis of the camera; at least one light source having an axis of illumination that illuminates the field of view of the camera, the at least one light source is disposed in an annular space between the lens and periphery of the aperture; at least one flap that supports the at least one light source disposed in the annular space, the flap extends at least partially around the annular space, the flap is pivotally attached on a first end to the camera and on a second, opposing end to the periphery of the aperture; and an actuator that moves the camera along the imaging axis, the actuator alternatively extends the camera outwards from the housing through the aperture and retracts the camera into the housing, where movement of the camera causes the at least one flap to tilt relative to the imaging axis, where movement of the camera outwards causes the axis of illumination to tilt away from the imaging axis thereby enlarging an illuminated portion of the field of view and retraction causes the axis of illumination to tilt towards the imaging axis thereby reducing an illuminated portion of the field of view.