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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2018
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Arthur Van Hoff, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Thomas M. Annau, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jens Christensen, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Koji Gardiner, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Punit Govenji, Palo Alto, CA (US);
James Dunn, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A camera system is configured to capture video content with 360 degree views of an environment. The camera array comprises a housing including a first quadrant, a second quadrant, a third quadrant, and a fourth quadrant, wherein each of the first quadrant, the second quadrant, the third quadrant, and the fourth quadrant form a plurality of apertures, a chassis bottom that is removably coupled to the housing, and a plurality of camera modules, each camera module comprising a processor, a memory, a sensor, and a lens, wherein each of the camera modules is removably coupled to one of the plurality of apertures in the housing, wherein the first quadrant, the second quadrant, the third quadrant, and the fourth quadrant each include a subset of the plurality of camera modules. Each of the plurality of camera modules includes a heat sink.