Aerial Imaging Array

Abstract

An aerial imaging array including at least two imaging devices provided on a mount attachable to an aircraft, such that the imaging devices view downwards. Each imaging device has a field of view, and the imaging devices are arranged such that there is a gap between adjacent fields of view. Each imaging device has an image frame, and each image frame has a vertical centerline and a transverse centerline. The imaging devices are posed within the mount such that the projections of the vertical centerlines onto a horizontal plane are substantially parallel. The gap between adjacent fields of view is at least a quarter of the width of the smaller of the adjacent fields of view, and the viewing directions of imaging devices providing adjacent fields of view are less than 20 degrees apart.

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