Spherical and nearly spherical view imaging assembly

Details Spherical and nearly spherical view imaging assembly Spherical and nearly spherical view imaging assembly

2007-08-07

2007-08-07

Harrington, Alicia M (Department: 2873)

Optical: systems and elements

Lens

Panoramic

C359S618000, C348S038000

Reexamination Certificate

active

10513481

ABSTRACT:
The present invention describes several embodiments of electro-optical assemblies, which are capable of capturing full or nearly full spherical field of view. The present invention presents improvements of the prior art methods by unifying several methods to achieve coverage of a large field of view. The present invention provides a method for utilizing the concept of reflective surfaces and combining two image capture devices to achieve an even larger field of view than those presented previously.

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