Multispectral camera replaceable filter array
AssigneeSentera, Inc.
InventorRyan Lee Nelson
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Abstract
Multispectral cameras may be used for aerial imaging, such as in precision agriculture aerial imaging applications. In particular, multispectral camera mounted on an aerial vehicle may be used to determine vegetative indices of the plants being photographed. A multispectral imaging method may include optically filtering a plurality of images through a plurality of optical image filters within a swappable filter cartridge, receiving the filtered plurality of images at a plurality of image sensors within a multiple image sensor module, each of the plurality of image sensors corresponding to each of the plurality of optical image filters, and storing the received plurality of images at a memory within the multiple image sensor module.
Claims20
A multispectral imaging system comprising:
- a swappable optical filter cartridge including an electrical interconnect and a plurality of optical image filters;
- and
- a multispectral image sensor device including a plurality of image sensors, each of the plurality of image sensors corresponding to each of the plurality of optical image filters, the multispectral image sensor device configured to:
- receive configuration data from the swappable optical filter cartridge through the electrical interconnect;
- adjust an image capture parameter within the multispectral image sensor device based on the received configuration data;
- and
- receive a filtered plurality of images at the plurality of image sensors within the multispectral image sensor device.
A multispectral imaging method comprising:
- receiving configuration data at a multispectral image sensor device from a swappable optical filter cartridge through an electrical interconnect;
- adjusting an image capture parameter within the multispectral image sensor device based on the received configuration data;
- optically filtering a plurality of images through a plurality of optical image filters within the swappable optical filter cartridge;
- and
- receiving the filtered plurality of images at a plurality of image sensors within the multispectral image sensor device, each of the plurality of image sensors corresponding to each of the plurality of optical image filters.
At least one non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, comprising a plurality of instructions that, responsive to being executed with processor circuitry of a computer-controlled device, cause the computer-controlled device to:
- receive configuration data at a multispectral image sensor device from a swappable optical filter cartridge through an electrical interconnect;
- adjust an image capture parameter within the multispectral image sensor device based on the received configuration data;
- optically filter a plurality of images through a plurality of optical image filters within the swappable optical filter cartridge;
- and
- receive the filtered plurality of images at a plurality of image sensors within the multispectral image sensor device, each of the plurality of image sensors corresponding to each of the plurality of optical image filters.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.