Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multiplexed multi-view scanning aerial cameras
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Application No.: US17105116Application Date: 2020-11-25
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Publication No.: US11284008B2Publication Date: 2022-03-22
- Inventor: Paul Lapstun
- Applicant: nearmap australia pty ltd
- Applicant Address: AU Barangaroo
- Assignee: nearmap australia pty ltd
- Current Assignee: nearmap australia pty ltd
- Current Assignee Address: AU Barangaroo
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Main IPC: H04N5/232
- IPC: H04N5/232 ; G02B26/10 ; H04N5/247

Abstract:
A scanning camera for capturing images along three or more curved scan paths, the scanning camera comprising a camera assembly associated with each scan path, each camera assembly comprising an image sensor and a lens; a scanning mirror; and a drive coupled to the scanning mirror; wherein the drive is operative to rotate the scanning mirror about a spin axis according to a spin angle; the spin axis is tilted relative to each camera optical axis; the scanning mirror is tilted relative to the spin axis and each camera optical axis; the scanning mirror is positioned to reflect an imaging beam into each lens in turn; and each image sensor is operative to capture each image along a respective one of the scan paths by sampling the imaging beam at a corresponding spin angle.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210203853A1 Multiplexed Multi-View Scanning Aerial Cameras Public/Granted day:2021-07-01
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