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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2015
Nearmap Australia Pty Ltd., Sydney, AU;
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;
nearmap Australia Pty Ltd., Sydney, AU;
Abstract
A system for capturing aerial images, the system comprising at least one steerable camera module, the steerable camera module comprising a camera and a beam-steering mechanism in the optical path of the camera module whereby the pointing direction of the camera is time-multiplexed to provide a wider effective field of view, the beam-steering mechanism comprising a steerable mirror tilted with respect to an optical axis of the camera module, the steerable mirror adapted to spin about the optical axis to effect beam steering.