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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2018
Redzone Robotics, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Justin Starr, Baden, PA (US);
Galin Konakchiev, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Foster J Salotti, Verona, PA (US);
Todd Kueny, Tarentum, PA (US);
Thorin Tobiassen, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Nate Alford, North Huntington, PA (US);
Mark Jordan, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
RedZone Robotics, Inc., Warrendale, PA (US);
Abstract
One embodiment provides a system, including: an inspection platform configured to move through underground infrastructure; an imaging device coupled to the inspection platform; the imaging device comprising a camera housing that arranges an array of four or more cameras in a predetermined configuration; the camera housing comprising a plurality of apertures, wherein each aperture houses a respective camera therein with a viewing axis offset about 30 degrees to about 120 degrees from a viewing axis of an adjacent camera within the array; and circuitry that operates the imaging device to capture a plurality of images using the four or more cameras; where the circuitry captures the plurality of images for a composite image of an interior region of the underground infrastructure, and where the region is larger than a single viewing field of any of the four or more cameras. Other embodiments are described and claimed.