Title:
A PANORAMIC CAMERA
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2001080550
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
The invention relates to a panoramic camera. An achromatic lens or reflector arrangement is provided which is configured to enhance the far field resolution of a light sensor. The camera includes rotation means for rotating the sensor and the lens arrangement about an axis of rotation, and a processor for receiving and processing the image signal. The camera may include filter positioning means to which at least one filter is operatively mountable and which is configured selectively to position a filter into an optical path of the lens arrangement. A housing is provided which comprises upper and lower sections, and rotatable mounting means for rotatably mounting the upper section to the lower section which communicate via an optical communication link comprising upper and lower optoelectronic devices. The invention extends to a panoramic camera system and to a method of capturing images in a panoramic camera.
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Inventors:
SCRIBA MANFRED RUDOLF (ZA)
Application Number:
PCT/IB2001/000600
Publication Date:
March 28, 2002
Filing Date:
April 09, 2001
Export Citation:
Assignee:
CSIR (ZA)
SCRIBA MANFRED RUDOLF (ZA)
SCRIBA MANFRED RUDOLF (ZA)
International Classes:
H04N3/06; H04N5/225; H04N5/232; H04N5/33; (IPC1-7): H04N5/225; H04N5/232
Foreign References:
| US5502597A | 1996-03-26 | |||
| EP0851674A2 | 1998-07-01 | |||
| JPH08275066A | 1996-10-18 | |||
| US5758199A | 1998-05-26 |
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