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Imaging system, method, and applications

  • US 10,659,688 B2
  • Filed: 05/23/2019
  • Issued: 05/19/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A multicamera panoramic imaging system, comprising:

  • a plurality of discrete imaging systems configured in a side-by-side array that forms a three-dimensional geometric shape having a center;

    each of the discrete imaging systems having a first lens element with a plurality of edges each configured in the side-by-side array to abut an adjacent edge of the first lens element in an adjacent one of the discrete imaging systems to form a plurality of common edges between the first lens elements in the discrete imaging systems, each of the edges defining a plurality of edge surface angles at points along the edges with respect to the center of the three-dimensional geometric shape; and

    each of the discrete imaging systems configured to constrain a plurality of chief rays that are incident along the edges of the first lens element to have an angle of incidence equal to the edge surface angles defined by the plurality of edges, such that the chief rays incident the common edges between adjacent ones of the discrete imaging systems are substantially parallel and provide combined fields of view along the common edges to form images with minimal or no parallax.

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