Spherical and nearly spherical view imaging assembly
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1. A nearly spherical imaging assembly comprising:
- a. An axi-symmetric lens, providing at least a reflection of a cylindrical field of view;
b. A first image capture device, positioned coaxially with said axi-symmetric lens; and
c. A second image capture device, set to capture an image,. at least partially different from the image captured by said first image capture device;
wherein, light rays from a first, cylindrical, scene are reflected by said axi-symmetric lens and captured by said first image capture device and light rays from a second scene, at least partially different from said first scene are captured by said second image capture device.
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Abstract
The present invention describes several embodiments of electro-optical assemblies, which are capable of capturing full or nearly full spherical field of view. The present invention presents improvements of the prior art methods by unifying several methods to achieve coverage of a large field of view. The present invention provides a method for utilizing the concept of reflective surfaces and combining two image capture devices to achieve an even larger field of view than those presented previously.
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1. A nearly spherical imaging assembly comprising:
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a. An axi-symmetric lens, providing at least a reflection of a cylindrical field of view;
b. A first image capture device, positioned coaxially with said axi-symmetric lens; and
c. A second image capture device, set to capture an image,. at least partially different from the image captured by said first image capture device;
wherein, light rays from a first, cylindrical, scene are reflected by said axi-symmetric lens and captured by said first image capture device and light rays from a second scene, at least partially different from said first scene are captured by said second image capture device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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