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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2016
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, Amcliffe, AU;
Andrew Millin, Scarborough, AU;
Assignee:
nearmap Australia Pty Ltd., Sydney, AU;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G03B 15/00 (2006.01); G03B 37/04 (2006.01); B64D 47/08 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); G01C 11/02 (2006.01); G02B 26/08 (2006.01); H04N 5/341 (2011.01); G03B 17/56 (2006.01); G03B 35/02 (2006.01); G03B 37/02 (2006.01); H04N 5/372 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2259 (2013.01); B64D 47/08 (2013.01); G01C 11/02 (2013.01); G02B 26/08 (2013.01); G02B 26/0816 (2013.01); G03B 15/00 (2013.01); G03B 15/006 (2013.01); G03B 17/561 (2013.01); G03B 35/02 (2013.01); G03B 37/02 (2013.01); G03B 37/04 (2013.01); H04N 5/2328 (2013.01); H04N 5/23238 (2013.01); H04N 5/23258 (2013.01); H04N 5/23287 (2013.01); H04N 5/3415 (2013.01); H04N 5/2257 (2013.01); H04N 5/37206 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for capturing aerial images, the system comprising four steerable detail camera modules, each steerable detail camera module comprising a detail camera and a beam-steering mechanism in an optical path of the detail camera module whereby the pointing direction of the detail camera is time-multiplexed to provide a wider effective field of view, the beam-steering mechanism comprising a first steerable mirror.