Wide Field of View Panning Camera

A wide field of view 3-D camera sequentially acquiring regions of interest within the said wide field comprising:

• a set of several lens elements mounted on a stationary housing, each observing a different section of said wide field of view;
• a second set of said several lens elements mounted on said stationary housing at an offset distance;
• a plane wherein both said sets of lens elements have their image placed upon;
• at least one electronic imaging device sequentially moving across said plane;
• and
• a motorized linear stage to move said electronic imaging devices across the said imaging plane;

A wide field of view 3-D camera based on laser time of flight technology, sequentially acquiring regions of interest within the said wide field comprising:

• a set of several lens elements mounted on a stationary housing, each observing a different section of said wide field of view;
• a second set of said several lens elements mounted on said stationary housing at an offset distance;
• a plane wherein both said sets of lens elements have their image placed upon;
• a time of flight camera moved across said first lens element;
• a pulsed laser array moved across second said several lens elements rigidly attached to said time of flight camera;
• and
• a motorized linear stage camera to jointly move said time of flight camera and said pulsed laser array;

A method for panning a wide field of view by sequentially acquiring a region of interest within the said wide field comprising:

• several lens elements mounted on a stationary housing, each observing a different section of said wide field of view;
• a plane wherein said lenses have their image placed upon;
• an electronic imaging device moved across said plane;
• and
• a motorized linear stage to move said electronic imaging device across the said imaging plane.

A method for 3-D panning over a wide field of view sequentially acquiring regions of interest within the said wide field comprising:

• a set of several lens elements mounted on a stationary housing, each observing a different section of said wide field of view;
• a second set of said several lens elements mounted on said stationary housing at an offset distance;
• a plane wherein both said sets of lens elements have their image placed upon;
• at least one electronic imaging device sequentially moving across said plane;
• and
• a motorized linear stage to move said electronic imaging devices across the said imaging plane;

A method for wide field of view 3-D camera based on laser time of flight technology, sequentially acquiring regions of interest within the said wide field comprising:

• a set of several lens elements mounted on a stationary housing, each observing a different section of said wide field of view;
• a second set of said several lens elements mounted on said stationary housing at an offset distance;
• a plane wherein both said sets of lens elements have their image placed upon;
• a time of flight camera moved across said first lens element;
• a pulsed laser array moved across second said several lens elements rigidly attached to said time of flight camera;
• and
• a motorized linear stage camera to jointly move said time of flight camera and said pulsed laser array;