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US 2013/0278818 A1Published application
Curved sensor system
OwnerGary Edwin Sutton, Douglas Gene Lockie +1inventors
InventorsGary Edwin Sutton, Douglas Gene Lockie, William Maynard Barton
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for a Curved Sensor System are disclosed. The present invention includes a wide variety of generally curved, aspheric or non-planar arrangement of sensors and their equivalents. The curved surfaces, edges or boundaries that define the geometry of the present invention may be continuous, or may be collections or aggregations of many small linear, planar or other segments which are able to approximate a curved line or surface.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a camera enclosure;
- said camera enclosure including
- an objective lens;
- said objective lens being mounted on said camera enclosure;
- said objective lens for collecting a stream of radiation;
- and
- a curved sensor;
- said curved sensor including a plurality of planar facets;
- said curved sensor being mounted inside said camera enclosure;
- said curved sensor being aligned with said objective lens;
- said curved sensor having a portion which extends beyond a generally two-dimensional plane;
- said curved sensor having an output for recording an image.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a camera enclosure;
- said camera enclosure including an objective lens;
- said objective lens being mounted on said camera enclosure;
- said objective lens for collecting a stream of radiation;
- and
- an optical train;
- said optical train being mounted inside of said camera enclosure;
- said optical train being intentionally destabilized during an exposure;
- a curved sensor;
- said curved sensor including a plurality of planar segments;
- said plurality of planar segments being disposed to approximate a curved surface of said curved sensor;
- said curved sensor being mounted inside said camera enclosure;
- said curved sensor being aligned with said objective lens;
- said curved sensor having a portion which extends beyond a generally two-dimensional plane;
- said curved sensor having an output for recording an image.
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