A scanning camera includes a camera assembly associated with curved scan paths. Each camera assembly includes an image sensor and a lens, and has a camera optical axis. Also included are a scanning mirror, and a drive to rotate the scanning mirror about a spin axis, which is tilted relative to the camera optical axis, according to a spin angle. The scanning mirror is tilted relative to the spin axis. For each camera assembly, the scanning mirror is tilted relative to the camera optical axis, and is positioned to reflect an imaging beam into the lens. A viewing angle and a viewing direction of the imaging beam relative to the object plane varies with the spin angle and a pointing direction of the camera optical axis. Each lens focuses the imaging beam onto its respective image sensor, which captures each image along a respective scan path.
SHAPED-APERTURE SCANNING AERIAL CAMERAS
LUFTBILDKAMERAS MIT ABTASTUNG MIT GEFORMTER APERTUR
CAMÉRAS AÉRIENNES À BALAYAGE À OUVERTURE FORMÉE
2024-05-15
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64D Ausrüstung für Flugzeuge , EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT / F16M Rahmen, Gehäuse oder Grundplatten von Kraftmaschinen oder anderen Maschinen oder von Apparaten, nicht auf eine besondere Art von Maschine oder Apparat eingeschränkt, die anderweitig vorgesehen ist , FRAMES, CASINGS, OR BEDS, OF ENGINES OR OTHER MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO AN ENGINE, MACHINE, OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE / G01C Messen von Entfernungen, Höhen, Neigungen oder Richtungen , MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS / H04N PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION , Bildübertragung, z.B. Fernsehen |
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