MULTI-CAMERA HEAD
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1. A multi-camera head, comprising:
- a head frame;
a plurality of stereo cameras mounted to the head frame and arranged around an axis; and
at least one stereo camera mounted to a top of the head frame, and across the axis.
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Abstract
A multi-camera head includes a plurality of stereo cameras mounted together and having their fields of view projecting in different directions, where the fields of view may or may not overlap. The cameras can be mounted to different sides of a frame and can be used in mobile contexts for mapping, navigation, or both, as examples. One or more of the cameras can be pitched at an angle, and a method may be provided for graphically viewing and analyzing field of view projections of the cameras considering the pitch angle.
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1. A multi-camera head, comprising:
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a head frame; a plurality of stereo cameras mounted to the head frame and arranged around an axis; and at least one stereo camera mounted to a top of the head frame, and across the axis. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A multi-camera head, comprising:
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four stereo cameras mounted to four respective sides of a head frame and arranged around a vertical axis; and an elongated body disposed between a first pair of adjacent sides of the head frame and a second pair of adjacent sides of the head frame, each side of the head frame comprising a stereo camera from the four stereo cameras. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer-implemented method of analyzing a pitch angle of a plurality of stereo cameras disposed around an axis in a multi-camera head, the method comprising:
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modeling the multi-camera head as a point source at a center of a computer generated sphere, including defining a field of view of each stereo camera; entering a pitch angle for each stereo camera; graphically modeling the sphere; and graphically projecting a field of view of each stereo camera onto the sphere. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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