Patent · US Expired

Camera for taking panoramic photography

US5045872A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 16, 1990
Grant dateSep 3, 1991
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Expiry dateOct 16, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B37/02
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A camera for photographing a panoramic photography which is composed of plural separated picture frames. The camera has a detector to detect an angle of photographing view of the camera, a determiner to determine a rotation angle of the camera according to the angle of photographing view, and a movement to rotate the camera in the rotation angle when each of the separated picture frames is photographed. The camera is rotated as to stay the camera on the same plane when the panoramic photography is taken.

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