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Patent No.:

US 9440750 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016

Filed:

Apr. 15, 2015

Wide-area aerial camera systems

Applicant:

Nearmap Australia Pty Ltd., Sydney, AU;

Inventors:

Paul Lapstun, Rodd Point, AU;

Todd William Lupton, Marsfield, AU;

Mark Harold Tarlinton, Marrickville, AU;

David Arnold Bleads, Tennyson, AU;

Zoltan Toth, Arncliffe, AU;

Andrew Millin, Scarborough, AU;

Assignee:

nearmap Australia Pty Ltd., Sydney, AU;

Attorney:

Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

Primary Examiner:

William Perkey

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 47/08 (2006.01); G03B 15/00 (2006.01); G03B 37/04 (2006.01); G01C 11/02 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/247 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G03B 37/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 47/08 (2013.01); G01C 11/025 (2013.01); G03B 15/006 (2013.01); G03B 37/00 (2013.01); H04N 5/2253 (2013.01); H04N 5/247 (2013.01); H04N 7/181 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system for capturing aerial images, the system comprising at least one camera unit, the camera unit comprising a plurality of steerable detail camera modules, each steerable detail camera module comprising a detail camera and a beam-steering mechanism in the optical path of the camera whereby the pointing direction of the camera is time-multiplexed to provide a wider effective field of view.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Lapstun, Paul. (2016). Wide-area aerial camera systems (U.S. Patent No. 9440750). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9440750

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