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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2013
Applicant:
Trimble Germany Gmbh, Raunheim, DE;
Inventor:
Roland Krueger, Wolfenbuettel, DE;
Assignee:
Trimble Germany GmbH, Raunheim, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 39/00 (2006.01); G03B 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 15/006 (2013.01);
Abstract
An aerial digital camera comprises a housing, a lens, a frame, an image sensormounted on the frame, at least three flexure bearingsconnecting the frame and the housing, the flexure bearings allowing a displacement of the frame relative to the housing in a displacement directionparallel to a light receiving surface of the image sensor, a springproviding a biasing force between the housing and the frame oriented in the displacement direction; and an actuatorfor displacing the frame relative to the housing against the biasing force of the spring.