REMOTE SURVEILLANCE SENSOR APPARATUS
First Claim
1. An apparatus for collecting data from a surrounding environment into which it is introduced, the apparatus comprising:
- a housing sufficiently sized to be handled by a user and introduced into an environment, the housing being shaped so as to provide for continued traversal of the environment subsequent to contacting a surface or object in the environment;
a plurality of image sensors positioned relative to one another about the housing so as to collectively capture image data of the surrounding environment in substantially all directions about the housing during and after traversal of the environment; and
a transceiver for transmitting the image data to a remote location.
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Abstract
In a surveillance system including a remote sensor apparatus and a portable receiver, a method is provided for collecting and processing data related to a surrounding environment of the remote sensor apparatus including image data for a scene external to the housing of the apparatus. The method includes receiving, at the processing unit, raw image data simultaneously from a plurality of image sensors as the raw image data is being captured by the plurality of image sensors. One or more light sources are placed around a wide-angle lens fitted to each of the image sensor Infrared or near-infrared light emanating from the plurality of light sources is used in a dark environment. The method also includes processing, at the processing unit, the simultaneously received raw image data to generate pre-processed image data. The method further includes transmitting the pre-processed image data to the portable receiver using the wireless transceiver.
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1. An apparatus for collecting data from a surrounding environment into which it is introduced, the apparatus comprising:
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a housing sufficiently sized to be handled by a user and introduced into an environment, the housing being shaped so as to provide for continued traversal of the environment subsequent to contacting a surface or object in the environment; a plurality of image sensors positioned relative to one another about the housing so as to collectively capture image data of the surrounding environment in substantially all directions about the housing during and after traversal of the environment; and a transceiver for transmitting the image data to a remote location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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