Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wide-area aerial camera systems
- Patent Title (中): 广域空中摄像机系统
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Application No.: US14478380Application Date: 2014-09-05
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Publication No.: US09052571B1Publication Date: 2015-06-09
- Inventor: Paul Lapstun , Mark Harold Tarlinton , David Arnold Bleads
- Applicant: nearmap Australia Pty Ltd.
- Applicant Address: AU Sydney
- Assignee: nearmap Australia Pty Ltd.
- Current Assignee: nearmap Australia Pty Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: AU Sydney
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Main IPC: G03B39/00
- IPC: G03B39/00 ; G03B15/00 ; G01C11/02

Abstract:
A system for capturing aerial images, the system comprising at least one camera unit, the camera unit comprising at least one overview camera, a plurality of detail cameras, and a frame for holding the cameras, each detail camera having a longer focal length than the at least one overview camera, each detail camera mounted at a different angle laterally so that the fields of view of the detail cameras overlap to form an extended lateral field of view.
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