US 12,769,007 B2 · System and method of capturing and generating panoramic three-dimensional images

Abstract

An apparatus comprising a housing, a mount configured to be coupled to a motor to horizontally move the apparatus, a wide-angle lens coupled to the housing, the wide-angle lens being positioned above the mount thereby being along an axis of rotation, the axis of rotation being the axis along which the apparatus rotates, an image capture device within the housing, the image capture device configured to receive two-dimensional images through the wide-angle lens of environment, and a LiDAR device within the housing, the LiDAR device configured to generate depth data based on the environment.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A system comprising:

a housing having a front portion;
a first motor to rotate the system around a first axis, at least a portion of the first motor within the housing;
a lens fixedly positioned at the front portion, a portion of the lens intersecting the first axis;
an image capture device within the housing;
a LiDAR to send laser pulses, the LiDAR within the housing, at least a portion of the LiDAR being positioned along the first axis;
a mirror to receive the laser pulses and to direct the laser pulses;
and
a second motor to rotate the mirror around a second axis.

5 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

19/372,018Filed 28 Oct 2025 · continuation

Priority

30 Dec 2019

Published

US 2026/0056325 A126 Feb 2026

Granted

20 Oct 2026

Term ends

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Classification9 codes

G01S 17/931
For anti-collision purposes: of land vehicles
G01S 7/4813
Common to transmitter and receiver: housing arrangements
G01S 7/4815
Of transmitters alone: using multiple transmitters
G01S 17/89
Lidar systems specially adapted for specific applications: for mapping or imaging

Family

Application62/955,414Us provisional application · filed 30 Dec 2019

Application17/137,958Parent of this continuation · filed 30 Dec 2020

US 2026/0056325 A1Pre-grant publication · published 26 Feb 2026

US 12,498,488 B2Parent of this continuation

US 2021/0199809 A1Published application

US 12,769,007 B2This patent

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System and method of capturing and generating panoramic three-dimensional images

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System and method of capturing and generating panoramic three-dimensional images

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Abstract

Claims20