Imaging system having multiple imaging sensors and an associated method of operation

A method of collecting image data from an imaging system, the method comprising the steps of:

• providing an imaging system that comprises a plurality of imaging sensors, wherein each imaging sensor comprising a plurality of pixels or sensing elements configured to detect incident radiation and output a signal representative thereof;
• each imaging sensor is operable to sample different subsets of pixels or sensing elements at different times to collect output signals representative of radiation incident thereon, and the plurality of imaging sensors are positioned on external non-co-planar surfaces of a single camera such that one or more or each of the imaging sensors is oriented or faces in a different direction to at least one or each other or to at least one or each adjacent or neighboring imaging sensor, the different direction for one or more or each of the imaging sensors being divergent relative to another direction for another one or each of the imaging sensors;
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• sampling one or more of the subsets of pixels or sensing elements of one or more or each imaging sensor that are at least one of towards or closest to at least one or each neighboring or adjacent sensor whilst collecting output signals from one or more subsets of pixels or sensing elements of the at least one or each neighboring or adjacent imaging sensor that are at least one of towards or closest to the imaging sensor, the sampling of the subsets of pixels or sensing elements of the one or each imaging sensor occurring as a scan or sweep of the subsets of pixels or sensing elements from one side of the imaging sensor to an other side of the imaging sensor.