WO2003096078A3 - Spherical and nearly spherical view imaging assembly - Google Patents

Spherical and nearly spherical view imaging assembly Download PDF

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WO2003096078A3
WO2003096078A3 PCT/IL2003/000382 IL0300382W WO03096078A3 WO 2003096078 A3 WO2003096078 A3 WO 2003096078A3 IL 0300382 W IL0300382 W IL 0300382W WO 03096078 A3 WO03096078 A3 WO 03096078A3
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Ehud Gal
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    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B13/00—Optical objectives specially designed for the purposes specified below
    • G02B13/06—Panoramic objectives; So-called "sky lenses" including panoramic objectives having reflecting surfaces

Abstract

The present invention describes several embodiments of electro-optical assemblies capable of capturing full or nearly full spherical field of view. The present invention uses an reflective surface (1) to reflect light to a first image capture device (2) that represents a scene and a second image capture device (5) captures light from second scene that may represent a portion of the scene captured by the first image capture device. The present invention utilizes the concept of reflective surfaces and combining two images to achieve an even larger field of view.
PCT/IL2003/000382 2002-05-14 2003-05-12 Spherical and nearly spherical view imaging assembly WO2003096078A2 (en)

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