Camera system
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1. A camera system, comprising:
- a camera mounting frame;
a set of cameras containing three or more cameras mounted to the camera mounting frame at different respective lens orientations relative to each other, with each mounted camera of the set of cameras providing a different respective field of view facing outward from the camera mounting frame; and
a support element coupled to the camera mounting frame and projecting outward from the camera mounting frame at an orientation that passes through an intersection of the different respective field of views of at least three adjacent mounted cameras of the set of cameras, and the support element passes along a weighted average of the different respective lens orientations of the at least three adjacent mounted cameras.
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Abstract
A camera system includes a camera mounting frame having a plurality of camera mounts. Each camera mount is configured to hold a respective camera at a respective lens orientation such that mounted cameras provide different respective lens orientations relative to each other, with each mounted camera providing a different field of view facing outward from the mounting frame. The camera system may provide obstruction-free, fully spherical image and video capture to record spherical images or spherical videos in which the nadir hole and/or a physical support element of the camera system is eliminated or reduced in size during the digital stitching process of the image or video.
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20 Claims
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1. A camera system, comprising:
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a camera mounting frame; a set of cameras containing three or more cameras mounted to the camera mounting frame at different respective lens orientations relative to each other, with each mounted camera of the set of cameras providing a different respective field of view facing outward from the camera mounting frame; and a support element coupled to the camera mounting frame and projecting outward from the camera mounting frame at an orientation that passes through an intersection of the different respective field of views of at least three adjacent mounted cameras of the set of cameras, and the support element passes along a weighted average of the different respective lens orientations of the at least three adjacent mounted cameras. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 16, 17)
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9. A camera system, comprising:
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a camera mounting frame having three or more camera mounts, each camera mount configured to hold a respective camera at a respective lens orientation such that three or more mounted cameras provide different respective lens orientations relative to each other, with each mounted camera providing a different field of view facing outward from the camera mounting frame; and a support mount located at an unweighted average of at least three different respective lens orientations of the three or more mounted cameras, and the support mount configured to interface with a support element, the support mount affixed to or integrated with the camera mounting frame; at or near an equidistant location from three or more respective lens centers of three or more adjacent mounted cameras of the set of cameras, or at a location contained within a region defined by an intersection of three or more different respective field of views of three or more adjacent mounted cameras of the set of cameras. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A camera system, comprising:
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a camera mounting frame; a set of cameras containing three or more cameras mounted to the camera mounting frame at different respective lens orientations relative to each other, with each mounted camera of the set of cameras providing a different respective field of view facing outward from the camera mounting frame; and a support element coupled to the camera mounting frame and projecting outward from the camera mounting frame at an orientation that passes through an intersection of the different respective field of views of at least three adjacent mounted cameras of the set of cameras, and the support element passes along an unweighted average of the different respective lens orientations of the at least three adjacent mounted cameras. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A camera system, comprising:
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a camera mounting frame having three or more camera mounts, each camera mount configured to hold a respective camera at a respective lens orientation such that three or more mounted cameras provide different respective lens orientations relative to each other, with each mounted camera providing a different field of view facing outward from the camera mounting frame; and a support mount located at a weighted average of at least three different respective lens orientations of the three or more mounted cameras, and the support mount configured to interface with a support element, the support mount affixed to or integrated with the camera mounting frame; at or near an equidistant location from three or more respective lens centers of three or more adjacent mounted cameras of the set of cameras, or at a location contained within a region defined by an intersection of three or more different respective field of views of three or more adjacent mounted cameras of the set of cameras. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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