Patent ID: 8353457

Claim:
An imaging system for forming image data from an object bearing an optical code in a viewing volume, the imaging system comprising: a camera comprising an imager and a lens, wherein the imager comprises a set of pixel imaging elements arranged in a two-dimensional imaging plane, and wherein the lens is positioned in front of the imager so as to focus a field of view onto substantially all of the pixel imaging elements of the imager; a first set of a plurality of fixed mirrors comprising at least a first set first mirror and a first set second mirror placed in the field of view, wherein the mirrors in the first set split the field of view into different first and second imager portions of the pixel imaging elements of the imager and redirect said first and second imager portions in different directions away from the first set of mirrors; a second set of fixed mirrors comprising at least (a) second set first mirror subset of mirrors placed in said first portion of the field of view as redirected by the first set first mirror and positioned to redirect said first portion of the field of view into the viewing volume from at least first and second perspectives, to thereby provide 2D images of at least first and second portions of the object from said first and second perspectives on the first imager portion of the pixel imaging elements of the imager and (b) second set second mirror subset of mirrors placed in said second portion of the field of view as redirected by the first set second-mirror and positioned to redirect said second portion of the field of view into the viewing volume from at least third and fourth perspectives, to thereby provide 2D images of at least third and fourth portions of the object from said third and fourth perspectives on the second imager portion of the pixel imaging elements of the imager; and a decoder interfaced to the camera and configured to decode the optical code imaged by the imager.