Low-profile horizon-sampling light sensor

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1994-12-27

1997-03-18

Westin, Edward P.

Radiant energy

Photocells; circuits and apparatus

Photocell controlled circuit

2502086, 348 36, 348369, H01L 2700

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056125330

ABSTRACT:
An omnidirectional light sensor is provided in a disk-like housing including a plurality of successive spaced apart individual radially directed capsules, each including a lens in a frontmost opening on a side edge of the housing, for focussing light rays from surrounding scenery into the interior of the capsule. A prism or reflecting mirror in each capsule receives the focussed light rays for directing them onto an associated photosensor located radially inward in the capsule, for converting the light rays into pixels representing the associated image portion. The pixels form a panoramic digital data strip from the received image portions.

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