Panoramic lens
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1. An optical system for 360°
- annular image transfer comprising;
a hyperbolically surfaced mirror having a near and far focal point and an apex at which is located a central aperture;
a plane mirror having its surface perpendicular to the optical axis of said hyperbolically surfaced mirror;
an envelope of optically suitable transparent material having an outer and inner surface generated in symmetry from said near focal point of said hyperbolically surfaced mirror and attached to said hyperbolically surfaced mirror and said plane mirror to hold the same in spaced axial symmetry;
a refractive lens system of negative lens elements flanked by positive lens elements;
said hyperbolically surfaced mirror and said plane mirror and said lens system constituting a total optical system having an entrance pupil; and
said mirrors being faced with the mirrored surfaces toward each other and held in a spaced relationship by said envelope such that said entrance pupil of said total optical system coincides with the near focal point of said hyperbolically surfaced mirror.
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Abstract
A panoramic lens grouping utilizes a number of negative and positive powerenses to provide 360° photography and projection capabilities. The lens grouping uses a hyperbolic mirror as its input or output, in the photographic or projection mode, respectively. The lenses of the group are selected to reduce the Petzval curvature introduced by the hyperbolic mirror. The lenses are arranged such that the negative power lenses are flanked by the positive power lenses. Provision is made for the use of an internal shutter in the spacing between lenses in the lens group.
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1. An optical system for 360°
- annular image transfer comprising;
a hyperbolically surfaced mirror having a near and far focal point and an apex at which is located a central aperture; a plane mirror having its surface perpendicular to the optical axis of said hyperbolically surfaced mirror; an envelope of optically suitable transparent material having an outer and inner surface generated in symmetry from said near focal point of said hyperbolically surfaced mirror and attached to said hyperbolically surfaced mirror and said plane mirror to hold the same in spaced axial symmetry; a refractive lens system of negative lens elements flanked by positive lens elements; said hyperbolically surfaced mirror and said plane mirror and said lens system constituting a total optical system having an entrance pupil; and said mirrors being faced with the mirrored surfaces toward each other and held in a spaced relationship by said envelope such that said entrance pupil of said total optical system coincides with the near focal point of said hyperbolically surfaced mirror. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
- annular image transfer comprising;
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