Patent ID: 8773500

Claim:
An in vivo image capturing system comprising: a panoramic camera with a field of view (FOV) exceeding 180 degrees; a capsule enclosing the panoramic camera, the capsule comprising a transparent window configured to pass light into the panoramic camera, the transparent window having an interior surface and an exterior surface; a light source enclosed within the capsule; a reflector configured within the capsule to reflect a ray of light from the light source, away from the panoramic camera; wherein wherever incoming image rays and outgoing illuminating light rays intersect at a common point on any surface of the transparent window, an angle between an outgoing illuminating light ray and a surface normal exceeds an angle between an incoming image ray and the surface normal such that a reflection of the outgoing illuminating light ray from said any surface is not within the field of view (FOV) of the panoramic camera.