# US 12,010,439 B2 · Camera array systems and devices, including floating plate configurations and split plate configurations > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,010,439 B2 - Document ID: US12010439B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/207,876 - Filed: 2023-06-09 - Published: 2023-12-07 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2020-07-10 - Applicants: Drivingplates.com LLC - Inventors: Michael Shawn Lawler; Ian Sharples - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12010439B2 ## CPC - H04N 23/90: Arrangement of cameras or camera modules, e.g. multiple cameras in TV studios or sports stadiums - H04N 7/18: Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast - H04N 7/181: {for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources} - H04N 23/54: Mounting of pick-up tubes, electronic image sensors, deviation or focusing coils - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract A camera array system featuring a plurality of camera clusters attached to a plurality of multi-prong stabilized mounting plates arranged in a split-rig configuration, with the mounting plates configured for mounting the camera clusters onto a moving vehicle. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A camera array system comprising a plurality of cameras, with the plurality of cameras comprising a first camera cluster, a second camera cluster, a third camera cluster, a first plate, and a second plate; a. with the first and second plate being separate plates with each configured to being separately mounted to a moving vehicle; b. with the first camera cluster attached to the first plate and the third camera cluster attached to the second plate; c. with the first camera cluster comprising a first camera, a second camera, and a third camera; d. with the second camera cluster comprising a fourth camera and a fifth camera; e. with the third camera cluster comprising a sixth camera, a seventh camera, and an eighth camera; f. with the first camera having a first optical axis, the second camera having a second optical axis, the third camera having a third optical axis, the fourth camera having a fourth optical axis, the fifth camera having a fifth optical axis, the sixth camera having a sixth optical axis, the seventh camera having a seventh optical axis, and the eighth camera having an eighth optical axis; g. with the first, second and third optical axes intersecting in fields of view of the first, second, and third cameras; h. with fields of view of the fourth and fifth cameras not overlapping; i. with the sixth, seventh, and eighth optical axes intersecting in fields of view of the sixth, seventh, and eighth cameras; j. with the first and sixth optical axis being oriented along a path along which the moving vehicle moves; k. with the second camera cluster being disposed between the first and third camera cluster; l. with the fourth and fifth optical axes being approximately perpendicular to the first optical axis. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The camera array system of claim 1, with the second camera cluster attached to the second plate. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The camera array system of claim 1, with the second camera cluster attached to the first plate. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The camera array system of claim 1, with the first and second plate occupying a common plane. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The camera array system of claim 1, with the first and second plate each being parallel to a given plane. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The camera array system of claim 1, with with the fourth camera being disposed between the second and seventh camera and the fifth camera being disposed between the third and eighth camera. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The camera array system of claim 1, with the fourth and fifth camera being disposed between the first and sixth cameras. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The camera array system of claim 1, with the first and second plate each being separately mountable to the moving vehicle. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The camera array system of claim 1, with the first plate being attached to the second plate. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The camera array system of claim 1, additionally comprising a third plate, with the third plate being configured to mount onto the moving vehicle. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The camera array system of claim 10, with the second and seventh camera being disposed on a first positional axis and the third and eighth camera being disposed on a second positional axis, with the fourth and fifth cameras being disposed between the first and second positional axes. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The camera array system of claim 10, with the second camera cluster attached to the third plate and the third plate disposed between the first and second plates. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The camera array system of claim 1, with the fourth and fifth cameras each being disposed between the second and third optical axes. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The camera array system of claim 1, with the first camera, second, and third camera being positioned on an axis perpendicular to a forward direction of the moving vehicle. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The camera array system of claim 1, with the fourth and fifth camera being positioned on an axis perpendicular to a forward direction of the moving vehicle. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The camera array system of claim 1, with the sixth, seventh, and eighth camera being positioned on an axis perpendicular to a forward direction of the moving vehicle. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The camera array system of claim 1, with the optical axes of the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth cameras occupying a common plane. ### Claim 18 A camera array system comprising a plurality of cameras, with the plurality of cameras comprising a first camera cluster, a second camera cluster, a third camera cluster, and one or more plates; a. with the one or more plates configured to mount to a moving vehicle; b. with the first, second, and third camera cluster attached to the one or more plates; c. with the first camera cluster comprising a first camera, a second camera, and a third camera; d. with the second camera cluster comprising a fourth camera and a fifth camera; e. with the first camera, second, and third camera being positioned on an axis perpendicular to a forward direction of the moving vehicle; f. with the first camera having a first optical axis, the second camera having a second optical axis, the third camera having a third optical axis, the fourth camera having a fourth optical axis, and the fifth camera having a fifth optical axis; g. with the optical axes of the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth cameras occupying a common plane; h. with the first, second and third optical axes intersecting in fields of view of the first, second, and third cameras; i. with fields of view of the fourth and fifth cameras not overlapping; j. with the first and optical axis being oriented along a path along which the moving vehicle moves, k. with the second camera cluster being disposed between the first and third camera cluster; l. with the fourth and fifth optical axes being approximately perpendicular to the first optical axis. ### Claim 19 A camera array system comprising a plurality of cameras, with the plurality of cameras comprising a first camera cluster, a second camera cluster, a third camera cluster, and one or more plates; a. with the first, second, and third camera clusters attached to the one or more plates; b. with the one or more plates configured to mount to a moving vehicle; c. With the first camera cluster comprising a first camera, a second camera, and a third camera; d. with the second camera cluster comprising a fourth camera and a fifth camera; e. with the third camera cluster comprising a sixth camera, a seventh camera, and an eighth camera; f. with the first camera, second, and third camera being positioned on an axis perpendicular to a forward direction of the moving vehicle; g. with the sixth, seventh, and eighth camera being positioned on an axis perpendicular to a forward direction of the moving vehicle; h. with the first camera having a first optical axis, the second camera having a second optical axis, the third camera having a third optical axis, the fourth camera having a fourth optical axis, the fifth camera having a fifth optical axis, the sixth camera having a sixth optical axis, the seventh camera having a seventh optical axis, and the eighth camera having an eighth optical axis; i. with the optical axes of the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth cameras occupying a common plane; j. with the first, second and third optical axes intersecting in fields of view of the first, second, and third cameras; k. with fields of view of the fourth and fifth cameras not overlapping; l. the sixth, seventh, and eighth optical axes intersecting in fields of view of the sixth, seventh, and eighth cameras; m. with the first and sixth optical axis being oriented along a path along which the moving vehicle moves, n. with the second camera cluster being disposed between the first and third camera cluster; o. with the fourth and fifth optical axes being approximately perpendicular to the first optical axis. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The camera array of claim 18, a. with the one or more mounting plates sandwiched between upper and lower stabilizers; b. with the upper stabilizers attached to the lower stabilizers via bolts; c. with the one or more mounting plates attached to a set of rods via the lower stabilizers; d. with the set of rods attached to the moving vehicle via suction cups; e. with each of the lower stabilizers comprising a top, a base, and intermediaries; f. with the top attached to the one or more mounting plates and the bottom attached to a rod in the set of rods; g. with the top and base each having a plurality of prongs, h. with each prong of the top flexibly connected to a corresponding prong on the base via the intermediaries; i. with the intermediaries being tension springs, viscoelastic material, fluid-filled pouches, discs, pads, rings, washers, or flanges.