公开(公告)号：US09182228B2

公开(公告)日：2015-11-10

申请号：US11456745

申请日：2006-07-11

申请人： David Boyd Pollock ,  Patrick John Reardon ,  Theodore Earl Rogers ,  Christopher N. Underwood ,  Geoffrey Egnal ,  Bennett Sampson Wilburn ,  Stephen Kenneth Pitalo

发明人： David Boyd Pollock ,  Patrick John Reardon ,  Theodore Earl Rogers ,  Christopher N. Underwood ,  Geoffrey Egnal ,  Bennett Sampson Wilburn ,  Stephen Kenneth Pitalo

IPC分类号： H04N5/225 ,  G01C11/02 ,  G01C11/06 ,  G03B15/00 ,  G03B37/04 ,  G06T3/40 ,  G08B13/196 ,  H04N5/232 ,  H04N5/247 ,  H04N21/214 ,  H04N21/2365 ,  H04N21/2665 ,  H04N21/431 ,  H04N21/434 ,  H04N19/527

CPC分类号： G01C11/02 ,  G01C11/06 ,  G03B15/006 ,  G03B37/04 ,  G06T3/4038 ,  G08B13/19641 ,  G08B13/1965 ,  G08B13/19656 ,  G08B13/19693 ,  H04N5/2251 ,  H04N5/23203 ,  H04N5/23216 ,  H04N5/23238 ,  H04N5/23248 ,  H04N5/23267 ,  H04N5/247 ,  H04N19/527 ,  H04N21/2146 ,  H04N21/2365 ,  H04N21/2665 ,  H04N21/4312 ,  H04N21/4314 ,  H04N21/4347 ,  H04N21/4348

摘要： An image capture system comprises a plurality of cameras and a camera mount. The camera mount has a curved portion, and the plurality of cameras are secured to the curved portion. The cameras are oriented radially inward relative to the curved portion of the camera mount, such that the lines of sight of the cameras intersect. Images are captured substantially simultaneously with the plurality of cameras. The captured images are stitched together to form a collective image. The image capture system may be positioned in an aerial vehicle to provide overhead views of an environment, and captured images may be transmitted to a remote location for viewing in substantially real time. A remote user may indicate a region of interest within the collective image, and the image capture system may render a portion of the collective image in accordance with the user's indications.

摘要翻译： 图像捕获系统包括多个摄像机和摄像机座。 相机安装件具有弯曲部分，并且多个相机固定到弯曲部分。 照相机相对于相机安装件的弯曲部分径向向内定向，使得照相机的视线相交。 与多个照相机基本上同时捕获图像。 拍摄的图像被缝合在一起以形成集体图像。 图像拍摄系统可以定位在空中飞行器中以提供环境的俯视图，并且捕获的图像可以被传输到远程位置以基本上实时地观看。 远程用户可以指示集体图像内的感兴趣区域，并且图像捕获系统可以根据用户的指示呈现集体图像的一部分。