Patent ID: 8559068

Claim:
A camera system for imaging a document comprising: (a) an enclosed imaging-optical-chamber; (b) at least one camera mounted inside said imaging-optical-chamber, wherein said camera is configured to acquire image frames of at least a portion of the document, and wherein said camera includes a lens defining the primary FOV of said camera; (c) at least one light source for illuminating said portion of the document being imaged; (d) at least one light-occluding structures, wherein each of said light sources is operatively coupled with at least one of said light-occluding structures; (e) a glass-window, wherein the document is operatively disposed on the external surface of said glass-window, and wherein said glass-window extends the FOV of said camera thereby forming an extended FOV of said camera; and (f) at least one mirror operatively coupled with at least one of said light sources, wherein said at least one light source is disposed inside said primary FOV of said camera; wherein each of said light-occluding structures prevents each of said operatively coupled light sources from directly illuminating said glass-window; wherein each of said light-occluding structures facilitates each of said operatively coupled light sources to directly illuminate said operatively coupled mirror; and wherein the light rays illuminating said mirrors reflect from said mirrors to illuminate at least a portion of said glass-window, and thereby, also illuminate said portion of the document being imaged.