Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multiplexed multi-view scanning aerial cameras
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Application No.: US18381697Application Date: 2023-10-19
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Publication No.: US12081724B2Publication Date: 2024-09-03
- 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: XSENSUS LLP
- Main IPC: H04N13/243
- IPC: H04N13/243 ; H04N13/00 ; H04N23/54

Abstract:
A scanning camera for capturing images along two 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
- US20240048679A1 MULTIPLEXED MULTI-VIEW SCANNING AERIAL CAMERAS Public/Granted day:2024-02-08
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