Simultaneous spherical panorama image and video capturing system
OwnerBarry Henthorninventor
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Abstract
An omnidirectional image and video capturing system is disclosed. The omnidirectional image and video capturing system may include a tube, a plurality of reflectors, openings for rays of light to the enter tube, an opening on the top surface of the tube, and a stitching, display or decoding non-transitory storage media. The reflectors may include a first mirror, a second mirror, a third mirror, and a fourth mirror, and a fifth mirror that may reflect rays of light reflected from the first (4) four mirrors and the opening on the top surface of the tube.
Claims20
A video and image capturing system comprising:
- a tube with a top surface, an exterior surface, and an interior surface;
- at least one primary reflector positioned on the interior surface of the tube wherein the primary reflector reflects rays of light from at least one open cavity through the tube;
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- at least one secondary reflector positioned within the interior surface of the tube to reflect rays of light from at least one primary reflector on the interior surface of the tube.
A video and image capturing system comprising:
- a tube with a top surface, an exterior surface, and an interior surface;
- a plurality of primary reflectors positioned on the interior surface of the tube wherein the plurality of primary reflectors reflects rays of light from a plurality of open cavities through the tube;
- an open cavity positioned through the top surface;
- at least one secondary reflector positioned within the interior surface of the tube to reflect rays of light reflected from the plurality of primary reflectors on the interior surface of the tube and to reflect rays of light from the open cavity positioned through the top surface;
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- an open cavity positioned through the tube to receive the reflected rays of light from the secondary reflector.
A video and image capturing system comprising:
- a first and second tube with a top surface, bottom surface, an exterior surface, and an interior surface;
- a plurality of primary reflectors positioned on the interior surface of the upper and lower tubes wherein the plurality of primary reflectors reflect rays of light from a plurality of open cavities through the first and second tubes;
- an open cavity positioned through the top surface of the first and second tubes;
- at least one secondary reflector positioned within the interior of the first and second tubes to reflect rays of light reflected from the four primary reflectors on the interior surface of the first and second tubes and to reflect rays of light from the open cavity positioned through the top surface of the first and second tubes;
- an open cavity positioned through the first and second tubes to receive the reflected rays of light from the secondary reflector;
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- wherein the second tube is mounted to the first tube in an opposed configuration wherein the bottom surface of the first tube shares a surface with the top surface of the second base tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.