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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 12015853 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2024

Filed:

Jun. 29, 2021

Hyper camera with shared mirror

Applicant:

Nearmap Australia Pty Ltd., Barangaroo, AU;

Inventors:

David Arnold Bleads, Tennyson, AU;

James Austin Besley, Killara, AU;

Mark Harold Tarlinton, Marrickville, AU;

Assignee:

NEARMAP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD., Barangaroo, AU;

Attorney:

XSENSUS LLP

Primary Examiner:

Albert H Cutler

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/698 (2023.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64D 47/08 (2006.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01); G01C 11/02 (2006.01); G02B 7/182 (2021.01); G02B 26/10 (2006.01); G03B 15/00 (2021.01); G06T 5/50 (2006.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 17/00 (2006.01); H04N 23/45 (2023.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/69 (2023.01); H04N 23/75 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/698 (2023.01); B64D 47/08 (2013.01); G01C 11/025 (2013.01); G02B 7/1821 (2013.01); G02B 26/101 (2013.01); G02B 26/105 (2013.01); G03B 15/006 (2013.01); G06T 5/50 (2013.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 17/00 (2013.01); H04N 23/45 (2023.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/69 (2023.01); H04N 23/75 (2023.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01); G01C 11/02 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20132 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20221 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30252 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure is directed to a camera configured to capture a set of oblique images along a scan path on an object area; a scanning mirror structure including at least one surface for receiving light from the object area, the at least one surface having at least one first mirror portion at least one second portion comprised of low reflective material arranged around a periphery of the first mirror portion, the low reflective material being less reflective than the first mirror portion; and a drive coupled to the scanning mirror structure and configured to rotate the scanning mirror structure about a rotation axis based on a scan angle. The at least one second portion can be configured to block light that would pass around the first mirror portion and be received by the camera at scan angles beyond the set of scan angles.

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