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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.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 27, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Vishvjit Singh Nalwa, Middletown, NJ (US);
Assignee:
FullView, Inc., Holmdel, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 2/308 ; G03B 3/704 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 2/308 ; G03B 3/704 ;
Abstract
Cameras are positioned so that they each view a different reflective surface of a polyhedron such as a pyramid. This results in each camera having a virtual optical center positioned within the pyramid. The cameras are positioned so that their virtual optical centers are offset from each other. The offsets produce narrow blind regions that remove image distortions received from the edges of the pyramid's reflective surfaces. Additionally, planar shades that extend in an outward direction are positioned in the blind regions.