This seems to me to be good idea, as the laser line generators are more than capable of covering this larger vertical span.
Only a few issues seem apparent:
For me, that would probably mean re-making the light-tight box to increase the height and improving the lighting coverage.
The alignment of the laser lines would probably need to be improved a little, but the automatic compensation should help there.
Any "wobble" or non-flatness of the table would need to be improved as its effect would be magnified by 4/3 and the temptation would be to place heavier items on it. Modified versions with a large bearing design may not be susceptible to this issue.
The camera flexi would need to be longer to allow for a 90 degree bend.
As the intention would probably be to use the wider angle to its maximum extent, the optical geometric distortion of the lens would become more significant. I have not personally measured this as yet, but suspect that with this low-cost, medium-resolution lens, there will be greater non-linearity and lower resolution than at present near the extremes. Maybe this would need to be dealt with by a lens distortion correction routine, as is the case for some other scanners?
If implemented would it be possible in the software to have a simple configuration option setting for H or V orientation?
Regards,
viseng
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