Digital mapping system based on continuous scanning line of sight
US10337862B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 30, 2006 |
| Grant date | Jul 2, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 5, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03B15/006
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Apparatus for capturing images while in motion, including at least one CCD camera housed within an aircraft traveling along a flight path, for capturing aerial images of ground terrain, a motor for rotating an axis on which the at least one CCD camera is mounted, and for generating a sweeping back-and-forth motion for a field of view of the at least one CCD camera, the sweeping motion being transverse to the aircraft flight path, and an optical assembly connected to said at least one CCD camera.
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