Multi-view integrated camera system with housing
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1. A camera system comprising:
- a unified solid block-structured housing entirely made of transparent optical material comprising sensor alignment surfaces for aligning one or more sensors with associated lens elements and reflective surfaces, said sensor alignment surfaces comprising holes cut out of the unified solid block-structured housing for receiving and aligning reflective surfaces and the lens elements, wherein said housing houses;
at least two reflective surfaces;
a lens associated with each said reflective surface and aligned to capture a reflected image in its associated reflective surface; and
a sensor aligned with each said reflective surface and associated lens.
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Abstract
A panoramic camera design that is lower cost, robust, stable and more user friendly than prior art designs. The camera design makes use of a unified molded structure of optical material to house a mirror, aligned sensor, and lens assembly. The unified molded structure of the camera keeps the sensed optical path enclosed to minimize dust and user'"'"'s fingers and maintain optical alignment.
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1. A camera system comprising:
a unified solid block-structured housing entirely made of transparent optical material comprising sensor alignment surfaces for aligning one or more sensors with associated lens elements and reflective surfaces, said sensor alignment surfaces comprising holes cut out of the unified solid block-structured housing for receiving and aligning reflective surfaces and the lens elements, wherein said housing houses; at least two reflective surfaces; a lens associated with each said reflective surface and aligned to capture a reflected image in its associated reflective surface; and a sensor aligned with each said reflective surface and associated lens. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A process of capturing video for teleconferencing and meeting recording, comprising the following process actions:
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capturing images of an event in up to 360 degrees with a camera array, wherein said camera array comprises a unified solid molded structure entirely made of transparent optical material comprising sensor alignment surfaces molded into the unified molded structure for receiving and aligning an N-sided mirror located above N cameras arranged, each having a lens element and a sensor, equally spaced around the circumference of a circle in a circular fashion, and positioned to have a small distance between their virtual centers of projection, each capturing an image reflected in a different side of said N-sided mirror; and stitching together said images captured by each of N cameras using a calibration surface to create a composite image. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A camera system comprising:
a block-structured solid housing comprising sections entirely made of transparent optical material, comprising sensor alignment surfaces for aligning one or more sensors with associated lens elements and reflective surfaces, said sensor alignment surfaces comprising holes molded into the block-structured solid housing for receiving and aligning reflective surfaces and the lens elements and sensors, wherein said housing houses at least two reflective surfaces; a lens element associated with each said at least two reflective surfaces and aligned to capture a reflected image in its associated reflective surface; and a sensor aligned with each of said at least two reflective surfaces and associated lens elements. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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27. A camera system comprising:
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more than one camera comprising; at least two reflective surfaces; a lens element associated with each said at least two reflected surfaces and aligned to capture a reflected image in its associated reflective surface; and a sensor aligned with each of said at least two reflective surfaces and associated lens elements; and a unified solid block structure housing entirely made of transparent optical material encasing each said camera and providing desired optical qualities for capturing images using each said camera, and further comprising sensor alignment surfaces molded into the unified solid block structure housing for receiving and aligning reflective surfaces and the lens elements. - View Dependent Claims (28)
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