Panoramic pickup camera
US4038670A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 3, 1975 |
| Grant date | Jul 26, 1977 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 3, 1995 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03B37/02
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A panoramic camera for producing pictures with randomly large image or viewing angles which may exceed 360.degree. and in which at the moment of exposure the objective or film is stationary. There is provided a camera housing containing the objective and rotatable relative to a support or holder. There is further provided a film container and a film guide having a cylindrical guide portion, the radius of curvature of which is equal to the focal length of the objective. According to the invention the camera housing besides containing the objective also includes the film container, the film guide also including a ring in the housing opposite from the support which is freely rotatable or stationary respective to the housing. The support is cylindrical and a cylindrical circumferential surface is provided at the edge of cylindrical support. The film is fixedly held with its one edge at the cylindrical circumferential surface and with its other edge is held under contact at a second cylindrical circumferential surface formed on the ring.
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