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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2003
Michael Trunz, Ellwangen, DE;
Johann Huell, Bohlheim, DE;
Z/I Imaging GmbH, Oberkochen, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a camera system, especially for photogrammetric applications. The camera system contains at least two first cameras ( ), which are inclined towards each other so that the optical axes ( ) of the first cameras ( ) intersect at a common point of intersection ( ). The camera system also has at least two second cameras ( ) which are located at a distance from the first cameras ( ), in the viewing direction of the first cameras ( ). The inclination of the optical axes ( ) of the first cameras ( ) towards each other provides an area (b) in which the envelope that surrounds the acceptance cones of the first cameras ( ) has an essentially constant diameter. The second cameras ( ) are located in this area (b) so that the second cameras ( ) avoid truncating the projection of the visual fields of the first cameras ( ). The first cameras are preferably panchromatic and the second cameras polychromatic.