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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015

Filed:

Aug. 21, 2012
Applicants:

Chester L. Smitherman, Houston, TX (US);

Joseph Mccoy, Houston, TX (US);

James Tilley, Colorado Springs, CO (US);

Mohan Baro, Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Chester L. Smitherman, Houston, TX (US);

Joseph McCoy, Houston, TX (US);

James Tilley, Colorado Springs, CO (US);

Mohan Baro, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:

Visual Intelligence LP, Houston, TX (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G01C 11/02 (2006.01); G01S 17/89 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23238 (2013.01); G01C 11/025 (2013.01); H04N 5/232 (2013.01); G01S 17/89 (2013.01);
Abstract

An imaging sensor system comprising: a mount unit affixed to a vehicle or a platform and having at least three imaging sensors disposed within the mount unit, wherein a first, second and third imaging sensor each has a focal axis passing through an aperture in the mount unit, wherein the first image sensor generates a first image area of the target area comprising a first array of pixels, wherein the second image sensor generates a second image area of the target area comprising a first array of pixels, wherein the first and second imaging sensors are offset to have a first image overlap area in the target area, wherein the first sensors image data bisects the second sensors image data in the first image overlap area.


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