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Method and apparatus for implementing a panoptic camera system

  • US 6,356,296 B1
  • Filed: 05/08/1997
  • Issued: 03/12/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/08/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A camera apparatus, said camera apparatus comprising:

  • an image capture mechanism; and

    a main reflector, said main reflector reflecting light from a full hemisphere view onto said image capture mechanism;

    wherein said main reflector comprises a cylindrically symmetrical shape of a parabola segment rotated about an axis, said parabola segment comprising a vertex, a first side of said parabola segmenty, and a second side of said parabola segment shorter than said first side and adjacent to said axis.

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