Shelf-mountable imaging system

An imaging system for use in capture of images of shelf stock at a retail location, the retail location including a plurality of retail product shelves arranged in a plurality of aisles, each of the retail product shelves having opposite top and bottom sides extending along a length and along a depth of the retail product shelf, the length of each retail product shelf extending along the respective aisle, the depth of each retail product shelf extending between a rear and a front edge of the retail product shelf, and each retail product shelf having an angled extension extending downwardly from the retail product shelf, the imaging system comprising:

• a plurality of self-contained imaging devices each mounted to the bottom side of one of the retail product shelves so that a main portion of each imaging device is disposed behind the angled extension of the respective retail product shelf, the main portion of each imaging device defining an access aperture, each of the imaging devices comprising:
• a plurality of image sensors disposed at a viewing portion of the housing that extends beneath the angled extension;
• a wireless communication interface disposed within the main portion of the housing, the wireless communication interface being configured to communicate images obtained from the image sensors to a remote aggregation device;
• a network communication controller and wireless network interface disposed within the main portion of the housing;
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• a replaceable internal power source disposed within the main portion of the housing, the internal power source being configured to supply power to the image sensors, the wireless communication interface, and the network communication controller, the replaceable internal power source being removable from the main portion of the housing through the access aperture without removing the main portion of the housing from the respective retail product shelf.