Imaging system
AssigneeFugro Roames Pty Ltd.
InventorsSteven Robert Keen, James Gordon Bangay
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Abstract
An imaging system for creating an image of a target object comprising a mirror mounted on a gimbal and arranged to rotate about at least one axis, a gimbal drive unit configured to control the orientation of the gimbal, and a camera having its optical axis directed onto the mirror in order that an image reflected in the mirror is within a field of view of the camera, wherein the control unit is arranged to position the gimbal such that a reflection of a target object is within a field of view of the camera.
Claims31
An imaging system comprising:
- mirror arranged to rotate about at least one axis;
- control unit to control the position of the mirror;
- and,
- camera having a field of view;
- wherein the control unit is arranged to control the angle of the mirror to position a reflection of a target object in the field of view of the camera.
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A method for capturing an image of a predetermined target object, comprising the steps of:
- selecting a target object;
- arranging a mirror to position a reflection of the selected target object within a field of view of a camera.
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An imaging system for creating an image of a target object comprising:
- mirror mounted on a gimbal and arranged to rotate about at least one axis;
- gimbal drive unit configured to control the orientation of the gimbal;
- camera having its optical axis directed onto the mirror in order that an image reflected in the mirror is within a field of view of the camera;
- wherein the gimbal drive unit is arranged to position the gimbal such that a reflection of a target object from the mirror is within the field of view of the camera.
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An imaging system according to 10 wherein the angle of the mirror is determined in dependence on at least one of:
- speed of the imaging system;
- orientation of the imaging system;
- altitude of the imaging system;
- location of the imaging system with respect to the target object;
- distance between the target object and the imaging system.
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A method for creating an image of a target object from a camera comprising the steps of:
- determining the location of a target object;
- determining the location of an imaging system, the imaging system comprising a camera arranged to capture a reflected image from a mirror;
- determining orientation data of the imaging system;
- and, positioning the mirror in order that a reflection of the target image from the mirror is located within a field of view of the camera.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.