US Patent:
20130013185, Jan 10, 2013
Inventors:
Chester L. Smitherman - Houston TX, US
Joseph McCoy - Houston TX, US
James Tilley - Colorado Springs CO, US
Mohan Baro - Houston TX, US
Assignee:
Visual Intelligence, LP - Houston TX
International Classification:
G01C 21/00
H04N 7/18
US Classification:
701409, 348148, 348E07085
Abstract:
An imaging sensor system comprising: a mount unit affixed to a vehicle or a platform and having at least three imaging sensors disposed within the mount unit, wherein a first, second and third imaging sensor each has a focal axis passing through an aperture in the mount unit, wherein the first image sensor generates a first image area of the target area comprising a first array of pixels, wherein the second image sensor generates a second image area of the target area comprising a first array of pixels, wherein the first and second imaging sensors are offset to have a first image overlap area in the target area, wherein the first sensors image data bisects the second sensors image data in the first image overlap area.
