I have an issue with viewing pallets at work on rows of of stock that can be upwards of 4 meters of the ground. In some cases the only way to read the label on the side of these pallets is to pull the row out and view by individual pallets, taking hours at a time.

I have come up with a solution where a web camera is attached to the end of a pole with an LCD screen at the base of the pole showing the Image. The idea would be to position the end of the pole between the rows of pallets and read the label that is unreadable from the ground.

As far as I know an LCD screen cannot power a webcam, what I am thinking however that a cheap tablet pc may be able to do the trick. Pb technologies sell "a pads" for about $400, add to this a $50 webcam and I may have the answer. The issue is I am unsure whether one of these android tablets could power and have a live feed of the web cam.

A notebook pc would work however I prefer the idea of the tablet for mobility.

There is a product called an eye pole sold in Australia with what I hope to achieve.


Any ideas on getting the tablet idea to work or another solution altogether would be appreciated.