Photography – Camera support – Adjustable support
Patent
1995-12-22
1998-05-12
Blankenship, Howard B.
Photography
Camera support
Adjustable support
G03B 2900
Patent
active
057521131
ABSTRACT:
Systems, particularly cameras and mounts, for capturing images of a panorama to allow the combination of the images into a continuous image are disclosed. In particular the invention is directed to mounts that rotate image capturing devices such that the images may be electronically stitched together. One such mount includes a base, which can be held on a tripod, and a frame rotatably connected to the base for supporting an image capturing device. Usually, such image capturing device is a chemical-film or digital camera. In some applications, a video camera will be useful of photographing a panorama at high speed. The mount has a rotational advance system that enables the rotation of the frame through discrete angles through 360.degree.. The frame may have a fordable arm for carrying an image capturing device in both a portrait and landscape orientation. High speed systems are also disclosed that use controllers to coordinate the rotation of the base with a timing of the images captured by the image capturing device to enable stitching of the images into a coherent panorama. As a result, a panorama can be photographed in less than one second.
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