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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2016
Planet Labs Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Benjamin Haldeman, San Francisco, CA (US);
Joseph Warga, San Francisco, CA (US);
Planet Labs Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, an optical system includes: a first lens configured to receive incoming light from an object; a first mirror comprising a central aperture, the first mirror configured to refract the light from the first lens, reflect the light, and refract the light reflected from the first mirror; a second mirror configured to receive the light from the first mirror, wherein the light is refracted towards a first surface of the second mirror where the light is reflected back and refracted upon exiting the second mirror; a negative corrector lens configured to refract the light from the second mirror through the central aperture of the first mirror; and a positive corrector lens configured to receive the light through the central aperture of the first mirror and refract the light to an imaging surface.