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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
May. 21, 2015
Applicant:
Nearmap Australia Pty Ltd., Sydney, AU;
Inventors:
Paul Lapstun, Rodd Point, AU;
Mark Harold Tarlinton, Marrickville, AU;
David Arnold Bleads, Tennyson, AU;
Assignee:
nearmap Australia Pty Ltd., Sydney, AU;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G03B 15/00 (2006.01); G01C 11/02 (2006.01); G03B 37/00 (2006.01); G06T 3/40 (2006.01); H04N 5/247 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G03B 37/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23238 (2013.01); G01C 11/02 (2013.01); G03B 15/006 (2013.01); G03B 37/04 (2013.01); G06T 3/4038 (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 at least one camera unit comprising at least one detail camera, the pointing direction of the at least one detail camera time-multiplexed via a steerable mirror to implement a virtual array of cameras with overlapping fields of view, thereby to allow the at least one detail camera to capture an extended field of view.